tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401632442730079165.post2656628772336952256..comments2024-01-12T10:49:45.680-05:00Comments on LAVENDER ROSE RAMBLINGS: Virginia Tech ShootingsDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318926277089882125noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401632442730079165.post-32783794902625420512007-04-24T07:54:00.000-04:002007-04-24T07:54:00.000-04:00I can't even begin to imagine how many lives are a...I can't even begin to imagine how many lives are and will always be affected by this senseless tragedy. <BR/><BR/>But I will give the media credit for no longer showing any more video/pictures that the killer had mailed out to NBC. When I first started to see that, I was truly horrified and thought I would have to stop watching any more news programs altogether. <BR/><BR/>Finally some common sense....may be its a beginning?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12194880509630916177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401632442730079165.post-46150768922055426992007-04-23T18:13:00.000-04:002007-04-23T18:13:00.000-04:00You're right, Sonya, the gun laws are such a debat...You're right, Sonya, the gun laws are such a debate in the US. It's stepping on the toes of freedom on one hand, and allowing those who defy the laws that protect us to run rampant, on the other hand!! I'm not sure there is an easy solution. That's why I think more parental responsibility is really essential. I don't believe for one minute that that young man's parents didn't know he was a timebomb waiting to explode. The college certainly knew it, too!! <BR/>It's frightening that nobody wanted to take responsibility to get him off the streets!<BR/><BR/>I appreciate all of your candid comments. This isn't an easy topic to go out on a limb about.<BR/><BR/>DebDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318926277089882125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401632442730079165.post-4747855525144031182007-04-22T14:47:00.000-04:002007-04-22T14:47:00.000-04:00Thank you for saying what many of us feel so eloqu...Thank you for saying what many of us feel so eloquently.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847173538262166677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401632442730079165.post-47185816161909849142007-04-22T09:06:00.000-04:002007-04-22T09:06:00.000-04:00It's been all over the news here too Deb. It's all...It's been all over the news here too Deb. It's all very sad. I agree with everything you've said and couldn't agree more.<BR/><BR/>His violence was probably unavoidable, given that he was most definitely a volatile psychopath, but I think it was all too easy for him to gather the means to carry out the attrocious carnage.<BR/><BR/>I've got views on this, but a)I'm not American, and b) I'm probably skating on thin ice with my 'take' on things. Maybe I'm taking the simplistic (outsider's) view but fundamentally, a review of the gun law would be my starting place.<BR/>We don't have the constitution here but I do know what it is and I realise it would make me unpopular with some but I'd be willing to run the gauntlet if my policy saved something like this from happening again.<BR/><BR/>Forgive me if I've said the wrong thing. It's not my intention to offend.The Silver Thistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195004472008307994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401632442730079165.post-31084327936571348492007-04-22T09:00:00.000-04:002007-04-22T09:00:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Silver Thistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195004472008307994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401632442730079165.post-85287275360412566512007-04-21T13:24:00.000-04:002007-04-21T13:24:00.000-04:00You've posted by far the most thoughtful response ...You've posted by far the most thoughtful response to this tragedy.<BR/><BR/>To be honest, this commonplace schoolyard violence is one of the reasons that we haven't moved home to the US. It scares me. <BR/><BR/>Everyone is so busy doing his/her own thing now that our connections, even to our own kids or parents, are stretched to the breaking point. If you feel like you exist in a void, the step to committing some horrendous crime is much smaller. It's no longer possible to imagine your actions actually having any effect. The teenagers I see seem to live in a sort of gray world where they aren't connected, don't have any accountability ... how can we expect them to truly grasp the consequences of their actions? It both terrifies me and makes me want to cry.mainely stitchinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915498269348257624noreply@blogger.com