It's been a tough week...
Though I am 3000 miles away from Virginia, my thoughts are with those who lost a loved one this week. The idea that someone felt the need to do something like this is a mirror which shows we as a sociaty are not nearly as sophisticated as we yearn to be. We still live in a world of war, violence, and brutality, both foreign and domestic, and fuel thoughts of prejudice and judgment over things we know nothing about. We feel it necessary to squash opinions and ideals which contradict the masses and seek to legislate morality towards tenets which suit the whims of those with enough power to spread their "influence."
Until we truly understand the concept of "all men are created equal" and work towards that end, we will continue to live with the very real threat this could and will happen again.
In other sad news, my brother-in-law's stepfather is gravely ill. Will is the kind of man every one should strive to be. He dotes on his grandkids and always has a friendly smile and handshake when he greets you. His laugh is infectious and his passing will leave a void not easily filled. When my sister got engaged, Will and Shirley developed a great and lasting friendship with my parents and the rest of my family. How often do you find a family whose in-laws seamlessly blend in creating a larger whole?
I leave you with the request to hug those close to you and give a call to those you are unable to touch..
posted by Roger C. @ 4/21/2007 12:12:00 PM
4 Comments:
Va Tech's disaster was the work of a single, mentally ill man. He in no way reflects any trend in America, college students, men, Korean-Americans, Koreans or whomever. He was a sick man. It was all him; Roger, you have nothing to feel guilty about. (And don't kid yourself...your comments point the finger of blame as squarely on you as on society. Point your finger at the lone gunman. There was no conspiracy here, real or implied. Crazy people do crazy things.)
I understand the blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the gunman, and I am not looking to push it anywhere else. I was commenting on how when things like this, or other senseless acts of violence occur, we prove there is still a lot things wrong in this world and we need to redouble our efforts for a peaceful world.
So says the Dali-Roger.
The truth is, Campus security KNEW he was going to be a problem MONTHS before he went postal and did NOTHING! Sorry for yelling but it just cheeses me off when I hear that the people that could have prevented something like this, didn't. YET AGAIN!!!
-Coz
Mental health facilites treat people for a few days and then have to turn them loose. Even if the cops--campus, local, state--picked this guy up, he hadn't done anything but make threats. He'd be given some meds, which he could stop taking the instant he walked out the hospital door, and he'd have been free to do what he did.
Holding him against his will for an extended period of time would not be possible. Again, he'd hurt no one until the day he went postal.
The ACLU, the press, all sorts of people, would scream "Fascists!" and "America is not a police state!" and demand that this young man be released. Anyone else like him would be treated the same.
Thank God there are very few like him. In America, as in most other "civilized" nations, we can't stop this sort of crime from happening. It's one of the higher prices of freedom.
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