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[theoriginalblurker]

Still can't believe what happened yesterday at Virginia Tech.  I know this is going to sound strange, but somehow I just don't expect this kind of thing to hapen at a technical school.  Had it been U of F, I think I would be a lot less shocked.  Horrified, but less shocked.  I wonder why that is.

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[la-directora.livejournal.com]

I don't really think of events like this as being connected to their location. Think about that small schoolhouse in Amish country - is that the kind of place you'd imagine fostering that kind of violence and horror? Most likely not.

It seems to me that when events like this happen, it's natural to try to understand and explain them. But to do what that man did, reason has to stop being a factor. There is obviously a serious degree of mental illness. And that, my friend, unfortunately has no target audience.

[auspeople.livejournal.com]

What she said...

[kcarp.livejournal.com]

"If the world were a logical place, men would ride sidesaddle"

-Rita Mae Brown

Liz, does it help that he was an English major and thus less likely to be a part of the tech culture?

[greeneyes-rpi.livejournal.com]

Are you mocking me? ;)

[kcarp.livejournal.com]

Nah. Just pointing out that perhaps VT isn't as much the hardcore tech community it used to be? (if it ever was? Dunno!)