Virginia Tech Shooting - Condolonces

The downward spiral that is the human race continues today.

Fox News says 32 killed (although, I don't know if they count the shooter or not).

On an Italian papers website I read the casualties were 32. Micky lives in Virginia, but he hadn't yet heard about it... In any case, another terrible, utterly pointless tragedy. I really wonder why such things have to happen, but wondering won't change the reality of the facts. The world is a nasty place, nor is it getting any better.

This is so senseless.

Yep, just saw they upped it to 32 also.  Might be more before they sort it all out.  Why can't these nutjobs just off themselves first and let others go about their business?

Why, you ask?  The level of despair and unhappiness in this world of dog eat dog is very high.  Some of these people just end up, with the help of drugs, mental illness or an absence of giving a sh*t anymore, going over the edge.  The reasons are myriad and I don't ever see a tidy end to any of the atrocities people commit on each other.


Edited by johnobvious - April 16 2007 at 14:56

I've changed the name of the thread then we dont get multiple threads all on the same topic.

 

Goldenspiral:  So are you saying that after the first shooting was found out, that buses still brought students to campus?  Just because yours got flagged at a fairly late time, doesn't mean others didn't get through.  There's your can of worms.  

Edited by johnobvious - April 16 2007 at 15:03

johnobvious wrote: Goldenspiral:  So are you saying that after the first shooting was found out, that buses still brought students to campus?  Just because yours got flagged at a fairly late time, doesn't mean others didn't get through.  There's your can of worms.

Well, Blacksburg ain't that big of a town.  between 9am and 9:45 a single bus probably made 2 trips between my apartment complex and campus.  I also checked email just before I left for the bus, and just after I came back there was a new message saying that class was cancelled.

Anyway, these are still questions for a later date I think, and I'm speaking out of anger and anxiety.  The fact remains that I still have at least one friend who is unaccounted for who had a class in the building where most of the shootings took place.  All I can do now is wait to find out what little information I can.

I'm still amazed that terrible things like this still happen.  I still remember Columbine from several years ago, then there was that shooting in Pennsylvania last year.  It's a tragedy that violence like this sometimes occurs, in schools of all places.  It's sad to think that people my age were just killed.  I'm really sorry for the family and friends of the students that died.  I hope all of your friends are alright, GoldenSpiral.