Sunday, April 22, 2007

Virginia Tech - who to blame - guns / people

My condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre on April 16Th 2007. No body deserves a death like that and those students and professors will never be forgotten by this world. The media has made the perpetrator a hero and the experts are trying to find out why he did it. Well there is only one answer for that he cannot make sense between right or wrong. Influenced by the wrong elements of society and used the tools provided by the society against it. Well instead of focusing on the victims and their achievements and their families as usual the American media is focused on the killer and his act. As a result almost everybody knows more about him than any of the victims. Its a shame, media thinks that they did their duty by reporting what needed to be reported,well i ask this media a question, what is the difference between you and the people who video taped and broadcast Saddam's hanging? Nothing. Both are wrong you cannot make a killer a hero. You just cannot do that. FCC should do something about things like these rather than focusing on Janet Jackson's pop up.

Now the other day after the killings i cannot stop myself thinking about who to blame guns or people? well possessing fire arms is a right of every American, as spelled out by the second amendment. Well news flash, its old, and people who quote its my right should find out the history behind second amendment. It should be extremely difficult to get firearms for any individual. of course some people will always find a way, but others like cho might have difficulty. Do we talk the same talk about fire arms if one of our loved ones is a victim? Does a shotgun would have had the same impact? Does the doctors be protected from revealing private information of individuals to authorities? should institutions react to a killing on campus by immediately shutting down activities? these are the questions we have today.

My bet is we will still have these questions till another tragedy happens. Unfortunately.