Tuesday, April 17, 2007

WHO FLIPPED THE SWITCH?

I've been watching the news the past two days about this Virginia Tech massacre. The whole thing seems surreal but the craziest part to me is the randomness of the violence. It seems like the gunman had made up his mind that he was going to take out as many people as he could (whether he knew them or not) before he turned the gun on himself.

When did the idea of a massacre take the place of an ol' fashioned suicide? When I was in high school and college and someone was depressed or felt the world offered nothing beneficial to them anymore they killed themselves. The thought of taking out random individuals first...well, it wasn't a thought...I don't think...

What happened? When did the world get to the point where it is filled with so much desperation, anger and resentment that you not only want to kill yourself but you want to hurt people you don't even know on your way out? What could have happened to this kid?

It's all very sad. I hope this isn't an indication of a substantial loss of respect for life and people by society as a whole that would bring this on, but instead the actions of an ignored psychopath.

1 comment:

Polly Etienne said...

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...and how easy is to buy a gun in USA!!!