The Soapbox

So. Virginia Tech.

Coupla Things....

1. What the fuck?
2. So sad.
3. What the hell do we expect when every Tom, Dick and Dirty Harry can lay hands on a gun?

Then...
Yesterday, when I first saw the headline on my pc at work, it didn't really register. The magnitude that is. My first thought was, "how sad, another shooting at another school." Then I got home and saw the news. Sigh.

My next coherent thought was....stop saying it was the biggest massacre ever in America...you'll just insight someone to do worse.

Then today -- my students wanted to talk about it. (I love when people say not to bring things up in the class room.) Jr. High boys being what they are..."Ms Strumpet, did you know _______?" Having studied the Holocaust, "did you know that one of the professors killed survived the Holocaust?" God, GOD what a sad, sad thing. What a tragedy. As well as the victims, I feel bad for the U. Police, and President who are being gobbled up in Monday morning quarterbacking.

Having been involved in a much smaller tragedy at my college, people from outside just don't get how everything works. I got so mad at the reporter/school paper editor because he was such an ass. (some reporters are okay, and are just doing their job (some badly) but this guy was a class "A" dick before the incident). It's so easy to say what should have happened. Yeah, bucko, you get in that moment -- and you make 95% correct decisions.

Then, really sad...Koreans are hoping that Americans don't judge all Koreans by the shooters actions. What must the world think of us? (Don't answer that, I don't want my suspicions confirmed.)


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