I sit here with great sadness in my heart. Sadness over over the VT incident. Sadness of all of the other threats that have been going on throughout the country this week on the anniversary of Columbine. Sadness for the families of the people that were senselessly killed. Sadness for those that were killed. Sadness for the family of the killer. Sadness for the fact that our country has become a nation that lives through this type of thing over and over, and yes sadness for the boy that did this and then took his own life.
Discussions abound over why he did it, or what it all means. Islam, Christianity, madman. Whatever.
The plain fact is that a disturbed young man took the lives of so many people that had promise in the world. A disturbed young man took his own life.
People want to place blame. It’s being said that the school should have seen it coming because of his writings, or that the psychological exam should have prevented him from buying the guns. The gun control people say that if there were tighter gun control laws, then this wouldn’t have happened. People are blaming it on Islam, and some are suggesting Christianity.
The bottom line is that a lot of suffering people are left on this planet wondering why.
One thing is clear. This was the act of a very disturbed person.
There seems to be a groundswell of hatred brewing in the world and in this country. It’s become o.k. to hate people. People treat other human beings with hatred, and those human beings then lash out in anger and hatred. It’s a never ending cycle. I don’t mean to blame the people that may or may not have “picked on” this boy in his earlier days. I don’t mean to suggest that this is the reason that he did this. However, it does seem that this type of behavior is simply tolerated in this country.
I’ve heard it said time after time, “Boys will be boys”, thereby excusing the poor behavior of the bullies in this world.
I’ve also heard it said that this was just pure evil.
Whatever you believe, there are still 33 people dead, along with many grieving people, and the violence in this country doesn’t seem to be diminishing. It seems to be proliferating.
When did we come to the point where it was o.k. to hate? Some would say that it’s been around for a long time. It seems as though it’s now a part of our culture.
Sadness.
