Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Va Tech

You all know about the shootings yesterday at Virginia Tech. I've watched some of the news and people are asking all kinds of questions. Why did the police and campus wait so long to warn students? Why do we allow guns? Why did we let the ban on assault weapons and clips that large expire? How can we protect against this in the future? Who was this shooter and why did he do it? All legitimate questions. But wouldn't it be better to ask these questions later? At this moment none of these questions are important. Right now it seems to me as if the survivors are important. People that lost loved ones need to mourn. Professors will have to learn to trust students again. Students will have to learn to sit in class again. There will be time for questions later. I almost wish they had closed the campus and not let the news crews on.

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