In case you haven't heard, although I'm quite confident you have, some deranged psycho shot and killed 30-some people on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Although the identity and motive are not yet known, I imagine they will be as bizarre as any other mass murder in history.
As I grew up and went through school an event like this occurring was the farthest thing from my mind. I do remember once, in eighth grade, a kid brought a handgun to show off to his friends. He was expelled from school because someone told on him. But no one ever worried about some social outcast or nut who skipped his meds coming into the school and snuffing out the lives of a few innocent people whose only mistake was to be in the worst possible place at the worst possible time.
At one point in my life, when I was eighteen or so, I had these idealistic beliefs that I was prepared to die in the defense of my country and the foundations upon which it was built. However, I never had to worry about whether or not I would be shot to death in math class, in the shopping mall, or in a college dorm. I know this will sound a little melodramatic, but it really is a different world we live in.
Although the identity and motive are not yet known, I imagine they will be as bizarre as any other mass murder in history.
As I grew up and went through school an event like this occurring was the farthest thing from my mind. I do remember once, in eighth grade, a kid brought a handgun to show off to his friends. He was expelled from school because someone told on him. But no one ever worried about some social outcast or nut who skipped his meds coming into the school and snuffing out the lives of a few innocent people whose only mistake was to be in the worst possible place at the worst possible time.
At one point in my life, when I was eighteen or so, I had these idealistic beliefs that I was prepared to die in the defense of my country and the foundations upon which it was built. However, I never had to worry about whether or not I would be shot to death in math class, in the shopping mall, or in a college dorm. I know this will sound a little melodramatic, but it really is a different world we live in.
