You can’t call that fellow a victim of the massacre.
I can and I have. I still think he's a jerk, but I'm looking at the bigger picture. He's dead, too.
Hell, how many other people died that day? I'm absolutely far away and unaffected by this incident. If that makes me callous, so be it, but I honestly haven't the willpower to mourn every person to ever die in the United States. Ever. Unlike you. You're special.
I'm not suggesting I'm an expert, and perhaps I shouldn't have commented on a personal issue that I'd be unable to connect without an essay, but we all have our stories and our reasons.
I don't tell people I don't care, and I don't go out of my way to be a bitch about this. I'm not a moron, I know I can turn the page or close the window if I don't want to read something.
Why do you feel the need to tell people how they should handle their grief and shock at this crime?
You're doing it too, mate. You're telling me to not say how I feel. The last thing I'm going to do is tell somebody how to grieve. Of course people are grieving.
All I suggested from the beginning is that saying '... a touching tribute to all 32 victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre ...' isn't entirely true. Thirty-three people are dead, remember?
My dad died last month from alcoholism and his own selfish stupidity. I think I know a thing or two about what being a victim means, and who is and isn't a saint.
Suggesting he was a victim doesn't dehumanise those he killed. He too died in the massacre. It's tragic that such a person existed and felt he needed to do something so awful. It's tragic that he didn't bother to get help, and it's tragic that he was so skewed. What I'm trying to get at is that those people up there? Aren't the only ones who died. Maybe he was dead long before any of this happened, but it's still pretty damn sad.
I agree with goodgrief. I live in Saskatchewan, and yet this has been on the front page of the local paper every day since it happened. Unfortunately, I can't say 'I don't care' without having my ass handed to me.
I can and I have. I still think he's a jerk, but I'm looking at the bigger picture. He's dead, too.
Hell, how many other people died that day? I'm absolutely far away and unaffected by this incident. If that makes me callous, so be it, but I honestly haven't the willpower to mourn every person to ever die in the United States. Ever. Unlike you. You're special.
I don't tell people I don't care, and I don't go out of my way to be a bitch about this. I'm not a moron, I know I can turn the page or close the window if I don't want to read something.
Why do you feel the need to tell people how they should handle their grief and shock at this crime?
You're doing it too, mate. You're telling me to not say how I feel. The last thing I'm going to do is tell somebody how to grieve. Of course people are grieving.
All I suggested from the beginning is that saying '... a touching tribute to all 32 victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre ...' isn't entirely true. Thirty-three people are dead, remember?
Suggesting he was a victim doesn't dehumanise those he killed. He too died in the massacre. It's tragic that such a person existed and felt he needed to do something so awful. It's tragic that he didn't bother to get help, and it's tragic that he was so skewed. What I'm trying to get at is that those people up there? Aren't the only ones who died. Maybe he was dead long before any of this happened, but it's still pretty damn sad.
I agree with goodgrief. I live in Saskatchewan, and yet this has been on the front page of the local paper every day since it happened. Unfortunately, I can't say 'I don't care' without having my ass handed to me.