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Mary Nell says:
i had the priviledge of visiting VT this past weekend. my dad is a graduate from there and was affected emotionally by the incident. it is a dreadful tragedy but in many ways what was meant for evil is being turned to good.
my prayers are with the families and campus.
posted May 1
Tremolo says:
I don't personally know anyone involved but am close friends with a few alumni. It's like a big family there and when one is affected, they all are. I just wanted to spread a bit of awareness of the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund. You can show your support there if you like, or even post up this ribbon somewhere (i.e. your Virb page) and let more people know of the memorial fund. Thanks.
posted Apr 25
Omar Blasgen says:
This was truly a tragic event. I grew up in tidewater VA, not too far from there. My hopes are that the people involved and their families can make it through an event like this without cameras showing up to constantly remind them of there loss. Such a unnecessary loss. Of course the news most certainly sucks in situations like this. How can they justify sensationalizing these events just to make a buck. Not to mention the heightened state of fear people tend to work themselves into after they get through with a story such as this. Take for instance the 911 attacks. Thanks to the media, our daily lives are constantly affected by the threat of a terrorist attack. Heck, we have a better chance of getting struck by a meteorite, than of being in a terrorist attack. I hope that schools around the country are not going to be in a police state like lock down now because the news feels the need to drag this out beyond reason. My question is, how can we do something to change the way the media portrays the news? If bad news makes more money than good news, what does that say about all of us as a society? I wish that more people could except their own responsibility in these situations instead of looking for someone or something else to blame. I mean, that kid was in need of help for the past couple of years. He was reported to the police, he was reported to psychiatric institutions, and yet nothing was done until it was too late. He had a couple hour break to go attack more people, for crying out loud!
posted Apr 19
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Bripe Klmun says:
Over he weekend, CNN international aired an hour-long special about the incident. Most of it was sensationalism about the killer - but the last segment focused on the faces and histories of the victims, and it really brought this home for me. I didn't even realize that I was crying until it was over.
posted Apr 23
Victoriuhh says:
I still haven't heard from my friend who goes there. I talked to a staff person at VA Tech and she said that "statistically" he should be fine since there are 20,000 students there. Only 23 of the victims' names have been released so far, so I'm still really concerned.
Please check out the university's site here: http://www.vt.edu/ They have been keeping it updated.
posted Apr 19
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Chris says:
I personally know a local family who's son was one of the victims.
I hope that you hear from your friend soon so that you can put your mind to rest. I couldn't imagine having to sit there wondering if someone I was close to was ok.
posted Apr 19
jo says:
my sincere hope is that the media will stop focusing so much on the person that perpetrated this tragedy. so many people feed off of horrendous news like this...all our thoughts need to be focused on the healing and how to prevent something like this from ever occuring again.
posted Apr 19
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Bripe Klmun says:
I completely agree. I was thinking just the same thing while watching Larry King Live. I agree that although by learning more about the person behind it may help to learn how to prevent future events - it's the people effected that must be delt with.
I cannot imagine being the family or friend of someone killed there and turning onthe TV only to see coverage of that murderer.
posted Apr 19
Chris says:
I actually turned off the television last night. I was watching NBC and they should be ashamed of themselves for glamorizing this murderer. Them playing the video he made just made my stomach turn. It just proves, yet again, the type sensationalist crap that drives network news.
posted Apr 19
jo says:
you're so right. i've not watched the news in 2 days, just because the only thing they're talking about is this incident and the killer. they don't stop to think about the trickle-down effect all this has on someone that might be unstable enough to be "inspired" into imitating the action in their own backyard.
posted Apr 19
Victoriuhh says:
Yeah, it's really disgusting. The media is just ridiculous. No wonder we're made a mockery of in other countries.
posted Apr 19
ova says:
whats even worse than inspiring someone to imitate it is the fact that they keep wording it in such ways that the next person will have to kill even more. words like "deadliest yet" just serve to make the next one need to one-up the last one.
(not really related to this post but related to the subject of school murder, I read a fantastic book last year called We Need to Talk About Kevin which deals with a 15 year old boy that goes on a rampage and kills seven of his classmates and two faculty members. It doesn't attempt to answer WHY one would do such a thing but its a fascinating read.)
posted Apr 19
theCornMan says:
What happened was one of the most unbelievable and sensless crimes in the history of our lives. I can't begin to feel what the victim's families are feeling right now. I, along with the enitire country has those families in our prayers. Also the family of the guy who did this.
Its like everytime we get over one tragedy, another appears.
When will this nation have peace?
posted Apr 19
very says:
It's insane. I used to live in Virginia, in the same town as the shooter.
posted Apr 18
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Jon-Kyle says:
i used to live in virgnia too, i was young and forget the exact area though
posted Apr 18
mouthlikesmuffins says:
out of curiosity, does anyone have anything positive to say about the shooter himself? Does anyone wonder if he was bullied, rejected, or if he went through a load of crap that tipped him over the edge?
posted Apr 23
very says:
Definitely, things had to have been difficult for him. It's easy to make him out as this monster, and everyone else involved as innocent victims, but rarely is that actually the case. No one deserved to die that day, including him.
The way the media handeled things, I don't know, it was all so trite.
posted May 2
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very says:
Has anyone seen the movie Bang Bang You're Dead? All of this brings that to mind.
posted May 2