Virginia Tech Shootings

The Virginia Tech shootings are a tragedy. The whole situation is so sad. I wish the media would step back though. They're like pitbulls attacking, eager to blame everyone for the shooting except the shooter. I'm a big supporter of reviewing an incident after the fact and determining what could have been done better. But the media is doing everything they can to blame the police for not taking better action, the school for not having a better plan in place or shutting down classes sooner, etc. How about this: Some asshole kid shot and killed 31 other people. It's his fault. Period. The police and school did what they thought was best at the time. Hindsight is always 20/20 and there's always something that could have been done better. But to put blame on the people who were trying to protect the students and do what was in their best interest is sick and wrong.

The media will do anything for a story and it literally makes me sick. I refused to watch the news covereage after it happened yesterday. I started watching for a few minutes and all they did was harass the police and school officials and repeat the same 2 facts over and over again. I think at that point, watching any further is just participating in a heightened level of gossip. You gain no more facts about what happened, are no more knowledgeable about the situation, and therefore it is a useless waste of media covereage.

Regardless though, none of that really matters. The vengeful nature of the media and hate for the kid that did the shooting don't matter. Revenge won't bring these kids back to life. It makes me sad that the only thing being talked about is who we can blame. What we should be talking about is how horrible this loss of life is. Young lives were taken for no reason. Can you imagine being one of those parents? And they can't even turn on the tv because every station is covering the "story". It's so sad. My heart literally aches for the victims and their families.