Nikki Geiovanni saw that something was wrong with Cho almost immediately. If she could tell, why couldn’t the other people tell? Why couldn’t Tech administration? Why didn’t someone step in when Nikki refused to teach him? Why was he allowed to buy a gun?
What has changed since that horrible, snowy day in Blackburg, 6 years ago? What has changed to at least attempt to keep the horrific events of that day from reoccurring? Nothing I am aware of. It’s even easier to buy a gun and mental health services have been cut back both statewise and locally.
VA Tech has revamped their alarm system of student notification but that’s about the only thing. The danger is still out there but students will know about that danger faster. I don’t think that is exactly what we all had in mind when we uttered those words about enough being enough.
Tragedy struck again today, this time in Boston. No, it wasn’t a gun. It was a series of bombs. The innocent were maimed and killed. One of those who died was an 8 year old boy. No one knows why. Was it political or just the product of a real sick mind?
Enough is enough. What explosives are restricted? If we can restrict explosives, why can’t we restrict large magazines and require background checks for all people?
Giovanni suggests that cars and guns have simply outlived their usefulness. Perhaps she is right and her remarks weren’t all hyperbole.
Was the VA Tech Massacre a terrorist attack? Exactly what constitutes a terrorist act?
Like most Americans, I think that we are all pretty much in shock over the terrorist attack in Boston yesterday. The blink of the eye thing takes my breath away, One minute things are fine, the next second, everything is turned on its head.
I was on the phone with Elena, watching a soundless TV around 3 pm. It took a while to process.
As for Tech, I am still not processing that.