VT Judgment?
This past week has been a whirl wind for so many people. With the shootings at Virginia Tech, a lot of us have had to take a step back and get perspective on life in general, on ourselves, and think about things that we may never have thought about before. But one thing that I have noticed in the media and on different blog entries is that instead of showing reverence for the people who were lost, they are trying to find ways to judge the people who survive or condemn the school for not handling the situation correctly, etc etc.
Who in the world can predict how they would react in a situation when there is a gun pointed in their face until that actually happens to them? Therefore, who in the world has the right to judge or 'be disgusted with' those people who were too afraid to save others? Let me tell you, nothing disgusts me more than these people who think that they have some sort of pedestal to stand on over these poor students who have gone through this trauma and point fingers at them saying they are disgusting for not being more courageous in the line of fire. Which, I might remind you all, none of them were trained to deal with.
If people want to use what happened at Virginia Tech as a reason to be ashamed to be an American, perhaps they should. But only by how some Americans are responding to this tragedy. At a time where we should bind together to support these people, we are criticizing and cutting them down.
Does it make you feel big to stand up there and cast your judgment on them, telling them what they SHOULD have done whenever? Seems to me you are doing the same thing to the survivors now that you were condemning them for, only in a different way with much less justification as to why.
It seems ludicrous (and self-righteous) to me that someone who has never had a gun pointed in their face would judge people who have for being too afraid to do anything. Who is to say that you wouldn't do the same exact thing if you were in the same situation as they were. Besides, I have heard plenty of instance where students barricaded doors, pushed over desks in the line of fire so that others could hide, helped others out of windows, etc etc. I am not sure what else can be looked for.
What really disgusts me are all the people looking at VT and thinking of new ways to judge the survivors.
Who in the world can predict how they would react in a situation when there is a gun pointed in their face until that actually happens to them? Therefore, who in the world has the right to judge or 'be disgusted with' those people who were too afraid to save others? Let me tell you, nothing disgusts me more than these people who think that they have some sort of pedestal to stand on over these poor students who have gone through this trauma and point fingers at them saying they are disgusting for not being more courageous in the line of fire. Which, I might remind you all, none of them were trained to deal with.
If people want to use what happened at Virginia Tech as a reason to be ashamed to be an American, perhaps they should. But only by how some Americans are responding to this tragedy. At a time where we should bind together to support these people, we are criticizing and cutting them down.
Does it make you feel big to stand up there and cast your judgment on them, telling them what they SHOULD have done whenever? Seems to me you are doing the same thing to the survivors now that you were condemning them for, only in a different way with much less justification as to why.
It seems ludicrous (and self-righteous) to me that someone who has never had a gun pointed in their face would judge people who have for being too afraid to do anything. Who is to say that you wouldn't do the same exact thing if you were in the same situation as they were. Besides, I have heard plenty of instance where students barricaded doors, pushed over desks in the line of fire so that others could hide, helped others out of windows, etc etc. I am not sure what else can be looked for.
What really disgusts me are all the people looking at VT and thinking of new ways to judge the survivors.