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“…the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history…”
Early this morning, a gunman entered Virginia Tech and massacred 32 people while 26 others were injured.
He entered a dormitory where he killed two and then proceeded to a more populated classroom building, chained the door behind him, and started shooting.
I’m shocked and disgusted that educational institutions aren’t safe anymore (But is any place these days?). There is not a faint amount of reasoning that I can conjure as to why someone could commit such an atrocity. I’m outraged that it puts fear in collegiate student’s hearts and gloom upon our whole country.
As a college student I most certainly won’t let this keep me from my education. It seems to be the risk we take in living these days. Going to the grocery store, gas station, or school, it’s as if we take our lives into our own hands. But we can’t stop living. We can’t let these acts of intense evil turn us into petrified hermits.
I don’t normally make posts about news items, but this one really struck me in the gut. My heart goes out to the victims and their families.
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I was surprised by the number of people in blogs around the world who made some comparison between the loss of life in Iraq, or due to car accidents or S11, with the university killings. Odd metaphors.
Just listening to your album for the first time in a while. Had to laugh at your Ramen Noodle Appeal. Sorry, I’m busy with my own noodle situation at the moment. But another killer album? Yeah, I’ll buy another 10.
On another note, thought you might like this blog on the war on terror and peoples responses…
http://blogs.smh.com.au/thedailytruth/archives/2007/04/al_qaeda_keyser_soze.html
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A friend of mine emailed me from VA Tech’s campus today, begging for someone to just call her. Her anxiety was through the roof. My thoughts are with her tonight, as well as with all the victims and their loved ones.