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i don't blog anymore. i haven't in awhile, but i've been clicking around the interweb for a little while this evening and some of the coverage of the va tech massacre is making my stomach turn. everyone wants to put their own spin on it. bush's spokesperson launched into talking about gun policies, the hate group westboro baptist church is planning on picketing the funerals of the students saying that they were killed because of the world's lenient attitude toward homosexuals. i don't know where to begin...32 people were wantonly murdered...some adults, some still in their teens. they're dead. really truly dead. i don't know if those of you non-point parkers have ever lost a classmate in unforseen circumstances, but speaking from experience, it's bad enough to lose one...try 32. you can't explain it, you can't even deal with it...you just have to mourn because it will eventually sink in they are never coming back.
and outsiders who didn't know anyone involved want to use this precious time of coming together for a common purpose to talk about POLITICS? sure, you can connect gun violence to gun availability, but it always seems the sickos that commit these crimes find ways to destroy life no matter how hard anyone makes it. build a better mousetrap and the mice get smarter. this is not about policies, it's about human beings who were born innocent babies. at some time they were nurtured, cuddled and loved unconditionally. what happened? where was the breakdown in communication that allowed these people to destroy innocent lives?
last month there was a shooting on the uw campus as some of you know/experienced. a guy walked into a classroom where his ex was, killed her, someone else and then himself. as sketchy as the u-district can be, you worry more about drugs than murderous ex-boyfriends walking into a building with a loaded gun.
today at 8:30 in the morning down the street from my downtown classroom, a man was shot 6 times and killed by gang violence. broad daylight, downtown. i would say that i want to get out of this city, but i know that this event is not isolated and it could have happened anywhere. i want to say no one is safe anymore, but when were we ever really safe?
will anyone ever be safe?
32 people. 32 lives. 32 families and countless friends and acquaintences.
there's no use asking why. there is no single explanation. this is not the time for politics or agendas. you would think this would be a time where everyone could at least agree to be affected.
personally...i think God watched all of these events unfold with tears in His eyes. i wish he had stopped it, but he hasn't clued me in on his master plan as of yet so i guess i can't judge.
just had to get that out there. discuss if you feel so inclined.
and outsiders who didn't know anyone involved want to use this precious time of coming together for a common purpose to talk about POLITICS? sure, you can connect gun violence to gun availability, but it always seems the sickos that commit these crimes find ways to destroy life no matter how hard anyone makes it. build a better mousetrap and the mice get smarter. this is not about policies, it's about human beings who were born innocent babies. at some time they were nurtured, cuddled and loved unconditionally. what happened? where was the breakdown in communication that allowed these people to destroy innocent lives?
last month there was a shooting on the uw campus as some of you know/experienced. a guy walked into a classroom where his ex was, killed her, someone else and then himself. as sketchy as the u-district can be, you worry more about drugs than murderous ex-boyfriends walking into a building with a loaded gun.
today at 8:30 in the morning down the street from my downtown classroom, a man was shot 6 times and killed by gang violence. broad daylight, downtown. i would say that i want to get out of this city, but i know that this event is not isolated and it could have happened anywhere. i want to say no one is safe anymore, but when were we ever really safe?
will anyone ever be safe?
32 people. 32 lives. 32 families and countless friends and acquaintences.
there's no use asking why. there is no single explanation. this is not the time for politics or agendas. you would think this would be a time where everyone could at least agree to be affected.
personally...i think God watched all of these events unfold with tears in His eyes. i wish he had stopped it, but he hasn't clued me in on his master plan as of yet so i guess i can't judge.
just had to get that out there. discuss if you feel so inclined.