More violence. More death.

[jedusor]

A man went on a shooting rampage this afternoon at the Ward Parkway Mall, less than five miles away from my house. People got killed.

My mom and brothers went to that mall this afternoon, saw the police cars and flares and everything, and decided it would be better to leave. I am very, very glad that they did not choose to go a few minutes earlier.

I would like to note that Seung-Hui Cho was Asian, the guy in my history class is African-American, and this shooter was white. Hate and insanity have no race.

EDIT: Scott Adams wrote a blog post that I found thought-provoking.

Comments

[dacrons-lair.livejournal.com]

I just read about that.

And yeah... hate and insanity aren't picky about whose mind they infest.

-M

[breathing-awake.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU for that last bit. I haven't experienced any kind of backlash for the VT shooting, but I have little faith in humanity sometimes and expected some anyway (I'm Korean).

I'm glad that you and I share the same views :)

Also, I'm VERY glad that your mom and brothers are okay!

[gerald_duck]

One of the most telling commentaries on British radio concerning the VT shooting spree noted that, in the USA, if a guy shoots two people on a university campus the police treat it as a minor incident until he shoots some more.

Compared with other parts of the developed world the murder and gun crime rates in the USA are appalling. Simple measures like gun laws won't work: what's needed is for American society to better understand the social contract, realise which liberties are worth fighting for, and take a more mature attitude to that fight. Carrying a gun isn't a brave or strong thing to do: it's frightened and cowardly. In the UK, even police officers don't carry guns unless they have to; as a result, by and large, the criminals don't shoot them.

The brutality that put the USA in Iraq seems to me to be the same as the brutality that made that guy go on a shooting rampage in your local mall.

John F. Kennedy was doing a lot to change that attitude, to realign the American sense of power and greatness, security and safety. But then someone shot him. Hopefully, some day the world will see his like again and he'll dodge the bullet.

I'm glad your family is OK, at least. /-8