I Just looked at the old thread and realized it started from the very first shooting then progressed from there. Since a lot more of the facts have been ascertained, I believe this thread can serve a more dutiful purpose of remembering those who died, and less bickering about false facts. FOCUS: Discuss your feelings concerning this tragedy, but please don't spout off if you are uninformed.
Are you talking about my original thread? I posted it once I saw it on the news. I looked and no one had anything on it.
well of course its a horrible situation but everytime this happens, i cant help but... feel wierd? that there is so much focus on this, and rightly so, but so many people go through unimaginabel things each day and die each day, it seems almost disrespectful for them in a way? ya know, like these lives are worth more so we focus on them... im not calling for a call to action, or saying this is anything that we should/can change, but i just think about it... so those are my thoughts. and for something like this they come up less, but like when anna nicole died...
What is there to say? Logical reasoning be damned. The worst thing people can do after something of this nature is refuse to move on. Maybe I'm romanticizing the impossible.
I'm not asking anyone to refuse to move on and stop their daily lives. I'm simply asking people to share their thoughts/feelings on the tragedy.
im saying all the coverage of her is a shame because so many people die each day, what extra signnifigance is anna nicole and why is she more important than anyone else who is ignored and dies silently? thats what im saying. that was just an example of course, its less the case with something like this... but still makes me think. read the words i write homie.
it's unfortunate it happened. But we should learn from this imo. I mean, if we dont want this to happen again, then some kind of change should take place because if it could happen now- something's wrong. I'm not saying it should be gun control, so dont start on that, but i do think we should make som e good from this situation and at least try to do SOMETHING to prevent this from happening again. I think we owe at least that to our young generations that will be in college some day. They deserve to be safe.
It's impossible to focus on every single murder or death in the world, but how often do you have some nutcase take 32 lives on a college campus. No one said that there lives are worth more.
There really is no way to stop this from ever re-ocurring besides becoming some kind of Fascist police-state, and no one really wants that.
I think most of the media outlets are giving VATech way too much heat because of the whole "there was a shooting earlier that morning" thing. Yeah there had been a shooting earlier, but the cops were already on it, and It really did seem like an isolated incident. Also, it happened at 7 am before most classes start, so deciding to lock down the school at the moment that 5000+ students are driving or walking to campus does not sound very sane. Im sure if they did lock down the school and nothing happened later, everyone would've complained of the false alarm. And as with massacres/shootings in general, the kid who did so is weak and stupid, fucking attention whores who think shooting people will make them a martyr, too bad noone is going to remember you for shit.
sure there is. metal detectors? he never would've gotten in the hall nor the dorm if there were metal detectors. If anything, campus personnel would've been injured, if he had the balls to whip it out then and there. Increased security IS possible without the "police-state" and fascism
I understand what you said. She was some fat and old golddigger who's 15 min of fame expired years go and there were weeks of non-stop reports and where the hell she should be buried. Now 32 people were shot yesterday, a massacre larger than Colombine, and the reports come in and out like a local truck turnover. Though, Im sure we are going to be watching this for a while.
[quote name='laxphenom']sure there is. metal detectors? he never would've gotten in the hall nor the dorm if there were metal detectors. If anything, campus personnel would've been injured, if he had the balls to whip it out then and there. Increased security IS possible without the "police-state" and fascism[/quot I never said it wasn't. My point is that it is not completely preventable in a free nation like the U.S. That doesn't mean I don't think there should be precautionary implements like a P.A. system and dead bolts on classroom doors.
ya, im not saying they are anywhree close, its just an example but of course we cant focus on eveeryone who dies, and this is insane what happened here im just saying thats the thought that came to mind when i opened this thread so i posted it