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Apr. 16th, 2007 10:30 pmThe news of the...
Is it a massacre? Heck, it's less than a decimation. 31 students killed, 29 injured at last report, at Virginia Tech. The gunman is dead, possibly suicide by cop. More details are coming in slowly, and I'd wait until it's flushed out tomorrow.
Massacre?
I'm sorry for taking an impersonal view of this tragedy, as I heard this at work and needed to keep some sort of composure.
But massacre? This doesn't feel like one. I mean, Columbine was a massacre -- the entire high school was being shot up by two kids that were continuously harassed by some stupid jocks. This... was just one guy who took out a classroom and two students in a dorm, in a college. I mean, there's been sniper shootings on campuses that rank worse than this. But for the amount of carnage over an area... this is just too well contained.
And I'm probably dancing on the razor-thin edge right now.
I think I'm going to wait until the details settle down. The media overhype is getting to me, and adding to my off-negative mood (Monday + transit was a mess going up + train-and-two-buses-joke-complaint + hurry up and wait for replies + rain AND wind + transit was a mess going down).
Is it a massacre? Heck, it's less than a decimation. 31 students killed, 29 injured at last report, at Virginia Tech. The gunman is dead, possibly suicide by cop. More details are coming in slowly, and I'd wait until it's flushed out tomorrow.
Massacre?
I'm sorry for taking an impersonal view of this tragedy, as I heard this at work and needed to keep some sort of composure.
But massacre? This doesn't feel like one. I mean, Columbine was a massacre -- the entire high school was being shot up by two kids that were continuously harassed by some stupid jocks. This... was just one guy who took out a classroom and two students in a dorm, in a college. I mean, there's been sniper shootings on campuses that rank worse than this. But for the amount of carnage over an area... this is just too well contained.
And I'm probably dancing on the razor-thin edge right now.
I think I'm going to wait until the details settle down. The media overhype is getting to me, and adding to my off-negative mood (Monday + transit was a mess going up + train-and-two-buses-joke-complaint + hurry up and wait for replies + rain AND wind + transit was a mess going down).
