i still can't quite wrap my mind around the shootings at virginia tech. how could someone rationalize taking that many peoples' lives? religious reasons? unrequited love? schizophrenic? flat out crazy? large quantities of people are killed in iraq & the middle east, with suicide bombers. is this really worse? does the press sensationalize suicide bombers as much? are american lives worth more? i read on another blog, this point exactly. the post discusses many things, including gun control, and how it may have lowered crime rates in britain & australia. i don't really know what the solution is to preventing these mass murders.
last night, william jefferson clinton reminded us that the oklahoma city bombing and the shooting at columbine both happened years ago this very same week.
my heart goes out to the friends & family of those killed, and to the survivors and witnesses of the tragedy.