Virginia Tech Shooting - Condolonces

Has anyone seen the Porcupine Tree video released today?  The message in the movie IS that stuff like this is happening.  In the video even, the kids are holding guns, pointing at each other.

The shooting was a horrible thing.  I do not understand why people could feel as though they need to do something like that.

Everyone please go watch the Porcupine Tree video.  It was released on the same day as this tragedy, and I think that everyone should see it.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2021941683

I forgot to say why I believe that stuff like this happens.  I am a teenager, a sophomore in high school.  All I really ever see is people who don't care.  People who hate their teachers for trying to give them an education.  People who do drugs cause they saw someone else do it.  People who drink cause they think it's fun.

I very much dislike this society that I am growing up in.  As for myself, I avoid everything that I can.  No drugs, no drinking, I try in my classes, yet I also have many friends and I do not wish to seem "odd" or like a "loser".  That's one of the major problems I see.  Many people are viewed as odd, out of place.  They are the people who try, they are the people who care.

Many times I hear the statement "Why do you try so hard?".  My only response is that "I care".  I believe that our youth are growing up not caring enough.  That not caring enough can lead to people not caring enough about life, which can lead to these mass murders.

This event really just fueled my long lasting disgust and anguish on this whole issue.

Update:

Apparently my friend who was in class where the shootings happened is in the ICU at a local hospital.  We don't know any details besides that he's doing OK and that we're not allowed to visit.

THIS SUCKS

Between the greed and the never ending pursuit of materialism and social status that drives America, it is no wonder that today's youth are numb or are trying to make themselves numb.  Expansion of knowledge is seen by many as a waste because Big Brother is going to dictate your life anyway and without a high level of drive you can't get ahead.   There is a lot of money in this country and a lot of people have it who haven't earned it.  They have inherited it from hard working parents and grandparents and their right of entitlement is scary.

The outrage of this Don Imus thing is all just political correctness run amok.  But it really points out that people do not have in their sights what is really important and that is attaining or helping others attain some measure of fulfillment in life.

My 7 yr old daughter got upset at me because I wouldn't read her a bedtime story.  I thought that instead of reading a book that she has read 10 times, that we could talk about something new and I could try and teach her something interesting or give her something to think about.  I think I have my topic for tonight.

johnobvious wrote: Between the greed and the never ending pursuit of materialism and social status that drives America, it is no wonder that today's youth are numb or are trying to make themselves numb.  Expansion of knowledge is seen by many as a waste because Big Brother is going to dictate your life anyway and without a high level of drive you can't get ahead.   There is a lot of money in this country and a lot of people have it who haven't earned it.  They have inherited it from hard working parents and grandparents and their right of entitlement is scary. The outrage of this Don Imus thing is all just political correctness run amok.  But it really points out that people do not have in their sights what is really important and that is attaining or helping others attain some measure of fulfillment in life. My 7 yr old daughter got upset at me because I wouldn't read her a bedtime story.  I thought that instead of reading a book that she has read 10 times, that we could talk about something new and I could try and teach her something interesting or give her something to think about.  I think I have my topic for tonight.

I hope your friend will be OK.  

May God rest the souls of the innocents.

I'm happy to live in a place where having weapons is a crime.

For those who need to understand, the best "explanation" I ever got for such things happening was in the movie Elephant by Gus van Sant.

Was the name of this thread changed?

Edited by JJLehto - April 16 2007 at 16:58

I think it was Stonebeard who said it, but school shootings do happen all the time. It's always a tragedy, and in this case 31 people.