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Monday, April 16, 2007
It was a crisp, clear, bright autumn day, the kind of day you drink in with every essence of your being. I was sleepy, woken early by my parents for the drive from Nashville to Blacksburg. But I was excited. Not only were we attending a Virginia Tech football game, I was going to see my brother, a student at VT and horn player in the marching band. The campus was quiet, beautiful, almost idyllic, and I was overwhelmed by my first views of college life.
My brother attended Virginia Tech in the mid-80's and graduated with a degree in nuclear engineering. His devotion to his alma mater has continued, as an alumnus and frequently attending football games. It isn't surprising, the mood of the campus that day was intoxicating, and had I showed any inclination towards engineering, science or mathematics, I might have returned there for my own college education. Blacksburg itself was a village filled with charm and friendly people, hip hangouts and the best record store I had ever been in.
I am <a href="http://news.ert.gr/en/4/24574.asp">grieving</a> the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6560685.stm">shootings at Virginia Tech</a>, the shots that rang out across the peaceful campus, killing many, wounding others, and deafening the ears of college students that today learned one of the hardest lessons life can teach. I mourn the deaths with the families, friends, and teachers, and wish them all peace in the days and months ahead. But mostly I mourn for the siblings who, unlike me, will never again have the joy of seeing their brother or sister on campus after a sleepy drive through the fog laden mountains to that small college town that has lost so much today.
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<p>Tuesday, April 17, 2007</p><p>The Bill Muehlenberg Trophy: Debbie Schlussel and the Virginia Tech Shootings</p><p>Just when you think the wingnut Right can't possibly get more insane or logic-deprived than it already is, along comes <a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2007/04/who_is_the_asia.html">Debbie Schlussel</a>, writing on the Virginia Tech university shootings.</p><p>First, <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/04/contemptible_ghoul.php">she blamed the Muzzies</a> without a shred of evidence. Then, updating her blog entry after <a href="http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21571821-5001021,00.html">reports</a> emerged that the suspect was a Chinese national, she wrote:</p><blockquote>The shooter has now been identified as a <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/343354,vatech041607.article">Chinese national here on a student visa</a>. Lovely. Yet another reason to stop letting in so many foreign students.</blockquote><p>When the suspect was later more vaguely described as "Asian," Schlussel saw this as a golden opportunity to revive her "it-was-a-Muzzie-wot-done-it" thesis. (This will take your breath away)</p><blockquote>Why am I speculating that the "Asian" gunman is a Pakistani Muslim? Because law enforcement and the media strangely won't tell us more specifically who the gunman is. Why?</blockquote><blockquote>Even if it does not turn out that the shooter is Muslim, this is a demonstration to Muslim jihadists all over that it is extremely easy to shoot and kill multiple American college students.</blockquote><p>Got that? (Once you've stopped bashing yourself senseless against the keyboard.) Regardless of who is actually responsible for the massacre, it's yet another reason to hate Muslims. Holy dogshit! How are we expected to take that side of politics seriously when it keeps churning out half-wits like Schlussel?</p><p>(Via Pharyngula)</p><p>P.S. Compare Schlussel's Islamophobic dribbling to Scott Poynting's <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/perspective/stories/2007/1898108.htm#transcript">thoughtful <span style="font-style: italic;">Perspective</span> piece on Islamophobia and moral panic</a>.</p><p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: It turns out that <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1899863.htm">the gunman was a 23-year old Korean student</a>, acting alone. Not that it makes a lick of difference to Schlussel. Maybe he's a Korean Muslim. Or maybe the Muslim centre of his brain was overstimulated. In any case, he's a foreigner. Foreigner bad. Muslim bad. Rinse. Repeat.</p><p><strong>UPDATE II</strong>: <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2007/04/darwin_shot_the_vt_students.php">Guess who the creationists are blaming . . . </a></p><p><strong>UPDATE III</strong>: <a href="http://pandagon.net/2007/04/17/tragedy-at-virginia-tech/">Guess who's planning to show up at the funerals of the slain students</a> (via <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/04/still_more_contemptible_ghouls.php">Pharyngula</a>)</p><p><strong>UPDATE IV</strong>: <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/04/dinesh_dsouza_is_a_contemptibl.php">Dinesh D'Souza claims that atheists don't care about the shootings</a>. Why? Because Richard Dawkins "has not been invited to speak to the grieving Virginia Tech community." Shame on us atheists! Even <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/18/national/main2699800.shtml">Fred Phelps and his WBC mourning committee</a> have the decency to pay their respects to the victims. (Pharyngula)</p><p>Originally posted at <a href="http://fivepublicopinions.blogspot.com/2007/04/bill-muehlenberg-trophy-debbie.html">Five Public Opinions</a></p>
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Contribucion de Democracy Now
Miércoles 18 de Abril de 2007
<b>Decenas de miles de personas lloran a las vÃctimas de tiroteo en universidad Virginia Tech</b>
Decenas de miles de estudiantes, familiares y miembros del cuerpo docente se reunieron ayer en la Universidad Virginia Tech para llorar a las vÃctimas de la masacre del lunes, que dejó un saldo de 33 muertos. Este fue el peor tiroteo dentro de una institución universitaria en la historia de Estados Unidos. Anoche se llevó a cabo una vigilia con velas. Ayer temprano el Presidente Bush habló en un servicio religioso que tuvo lugar en el campus.
<b>El Presidente Bush</b> dijo: "Para cuando culminó la mañana, habÃa sido el peor dÃa de violencia en el campus de una universidad en la historia de Estados Unidos. Y para muchos de los que se encuentran hoy aquÃ, fue el peor dÃa de sus vidas. Es imposible comprender tanta violencia y sufrimiento".
El Presidente Bush ordenó que la bandera de la nación se izara a media asta. Marisa Plescia se encontraba entre los estudiantes de la Universidad Virginia Tech que estuvieron presentes en el servicio religioso.
<b>Marisa Plescia</b> dijo: "Posiblemente esta fue la situación más devastadora que me haya tocado vivir. Probablemente ayer fue uno de los dÃas más aterradores de mi vida. Me encontraba en el campus cuando todo comenzó. Simplemente salimos corriendo del campus. Vivo cerca del campus asà que regresé a mi auto. Pienso que es realmente importante que todas las personas estemos hoy aquÃ. Lo que sucedió fue horrible".
<B>El estudiante de Virginia Tech Cho Seung-hui de 23 años fue identificado como el asesino</b>
El servicio religioso se realizó horas después de que el Jefe de la PolicÃa de Virginia Tech, Wendell Flinchum, identificara al estudiante responsable de la masacre.
<b>Wendell Flinchum</b> dijo: "Pudimos confirmar la identidad del atacante de Norris Hall. Esta persona es Cho Seung-hui. Era un surcoreano de 23 años de edad que vivÃa en Estados Unidos como residente extranjero. Cho estaba inscripto como un estudiante no licenciado que cursaba el último año del doctorado de Inglés en Virginia Tech. Cho se encontraba en Estados Unidos con una residencia establecida en Centerville, Virginia, y vivÃa en el campus en Harper Hall".
La PolicÃa dice que Cho Seung-hui se suicidó luego de asesinar a balazos a una treintena de estudiantes y miembros del cuerpo docente en la residencia universitaria Harper Hall.
<b>Profesores dicen que advirtieron a las autoridades universitarias sobre Seung-hui</b>
Mientras tanto, un par de profesores de inglés de Virginia Tech revelaron que anteriormente habÃan advertido a los funcionarios de la universidad sobre Cho Seung-hui. Un compañero de clases dijo que sus escritos eran "muy gráficos" y "extremadamente inquietantes". Lucinda Roy, directora del departamento de inglés de la universidad, habló con NBC News.
<b>Lucinda Roy</b> dijo: "Sentà que debÃa sacarlo de mi clase porque no estaba a gusto con el hecho de que estuviera con los estudiantes, y los propios estudiantes habÃan expresado su incomodidad. Le dije una y otra vez 'por favor recibe asesoramiento, yo misma te llevo' porque estaba sumamente deprimido".
Dos compañeros de habitación de Cho Seung-hui le dijeron a la CNN que hablaba sobre suicidarse y habÃa acosado a tres mujeres del campus. Uno de ellos afirmó que Cho habÃa exhibido "grandes señales de advertencia" en el pasado. El martes, el Gobernador de Virginia, Timothy Kaine, ordenó una revisión independiente sobre la manera en que la Universidad Virginia Tech manejó la masacre del lunes.
<b>Coreanos temen reacción de los estadounidenses tras el tiroteo</b>
Las secuelas del tiroteo en Virginia Tech también están siendo monitoreadas de cerca en Corea del Sur. El titular del sitio web del periódico Korea Herald dice: "Masacre pone en alerta a coreanos que residen en Estados Unidos". Residentes de Seúl expresaron su preocupación por las reacciones que los estadounidenses de origen coreano puedan afrontar.
<b>Un hombre surcoreano</b> dijo: "Quedé impactado cuando escuché que el asesino del tiroteo en Virginia Tech habÃa sido identificado como un estudiante surcoreano. Como surcoreano, me preocupa que las personas surcoreanas que viven en Estados Unidos sean prejuzgadas por su origen".
Actualmente hay aproximadamente cien mil estudiantes coreanos en Estados Unidos. En este paÃs, la Asociación de Periodistas Asiático-Estadounidenses está exhortando a las agencias de noticias a que sean cuidadosas cuando mencionan el origen étnico o el estatus de inmigrante del atacante. En una declaración, el grupo dijo: "Nos preocupa el hecho de que algunos medios de comunicación destacan que el sospechoso es un inmigrante de Corea del Sur, cuando tal dato no aporta nada y es irrelevante en la noticia".
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David McKee, Director of The Marching Virginians, speaks with reporters at the
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Vice President for Alumni Relations Tom Tillar (left) and an unidentified participant (holding a piece of one of the victim's Hokie Stones) at the dedication ceremony on August 19, 2007.
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The Marching Virginians perform at the memorial dedication ceremony on August 19, 2007.
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Harold X. O'Boyle / <a href="http://www.the-extremist.com/">The Extremist</a> (Blog)
May 03, 2007
Mass murder invariably gets the Victim Disarmament Lobby into a lather promoting safety through helplessness. The Virginia Tech shooting is no exception. A brief but honest look at how the world works, however, should convince any but the most craven cowards that there is not much safety in being as helpless as a newborn. Acts of senseless violence will never be stopped by simply declaring them illegal.
It is ironic to me that many of the same people who so adamantly oppose self-defense in the face of violence are the same who claim that boosting "self-esteem" is the highest goal of education. Once we've created people enthralled with their own individuality and inestimable worth how can it be that the lives of those people are not worth defending?
Education authorities create "defenseless victim zones" where if confronted by violence students are expected to stand and deliver, whether the delivery involves their property or their dignity. The theory is based on the idea that life is immeasurably precious, to be preserved at any price and that a sane criminal, like a thief or a rapist, will let you live if you just lie nice and still. But what if he isn't a nice sane criminal? What if he just wants to kill you?
There was a time, long before years of government schooling and media propaganda had removed the spine from so many Americans, when the failure to defend yourself was considered the equivalent of suicide. That theory was based on the idea that life was a gift from the Almighty, not to be taken lightly or abused. Educational discussion in those days more often centered on "self-respect" and "courage" than "self-esteem."
In keeping with the modern preference for self-esteem over self-respect Virginia Tech is a "gun free school zone." That means only law enforcement personnel and psychopathic killers can have weapons on campus. On the day of the recent shooting not a law enforcement officer could be found until after the psychopath had already shot more than 50 people and himself.
The cops that did show up, and the SWAT teams, hid behind their cars until the shooting stopped. Then they rushed inside the building and threatened all the survivors with sudden death till everyone was properly prone.
Despite the death toll and the utter failure of the police to protect anyone, college officials are steadfast in their enthusiasm for maintaining the campus as a "Defenseless Victim Zone." According to a spokesman, the administration wants students to "feel safe" on campus. I have to agree that "feeling safe" is an important part of a good education. But just think of how a policy that actually provided some safety would make everyone feel.
There is no way to know whether the dead and wounded at Virginia Tech "felt safe" attending class in a gun free zone. I'm sure it finally dawned on them that no matter how they felt, they were in big trouble.
The shooter ignored laws against carrying a gun without a permit, bringing a gun on campus, assault and murder. The idea that another gun law or "gun free zone" or psych test would have prevented this tragedy is as about as credible as a Senator's promise.
In an astonishing turn of events Virginia higher education authorities already had experience with a campus shooting that should have made the solution to the safety problem clear.
Five years ago at a law school not far from VT 43-year-old exchange student Peter Odighizuwa shot two professors with a 38 caliber handgun. He also killed a student in the same building and wounded three others. But unlike today, Virginia colleges in those days were not a Helpless Victim Zones.
Two students, Tracy Bridges and Mikael Gross, acting independently, ran to their cars to retrieve handguns when they heard the gunfire. Gross was an off-duty police officer in his home state of North Carolina. He got his 9mm pistol and body armor from the car. Bridges returned with his .357 Magnum.
They approached Odighizuwa from different sides and proved that guns are not just for killing. Bridges yelled for the shooter to drop his weapon. He dropped it and several unarmed students subdued him. Gross went back to his car for handcuffs to detain the shooter until police arrived.
Other school attacks have also been cut short by armed civilians. A vice principal who got a handgun from his car stopped a student shooter in Pearl, Mississippi and detained him until police arrived. A restaurant owner in Edinboro, Pennsylvania used a shotgun to convince a shooter at a school dance to surrender. He did it without firing a shot himself.
Israel had to deal with armed attacks on schools in the 1970s. These were attacks by terrorists, not students, and even then there were cries for disarmament instead of self-defense. Instead of disarmament, the Israelis decided to arm and train their teachers. Terrorists went looking for easier targets. The school attacks stopped.
The belief that guns cause murder is like believing that spoons cause obesity or that matches cause arson. The problems of school violence won't be solved by increasing the helplessness of potential victims. When confronted by bad guys with guns we always call good guys with guns. Good guys with guns are like taxi cabs and waiters, the more there are the less time you have to wait for one. Mr. Rogers doesn't become Mr. Hyde just because he has a pistol in his pocket.
Declaring insanity illegal won't eliminate insanity. We can only be prepared to minimize the damage that the worst among us can do. To do that we must abandon insane policies that make us "feel safe" while in fact increasing danger.
The only sane response to insane violence is to allow armed people to defend themselves and others. The tools and will to confront evil with self-respect, courage and dignity will improve self-esteem more than any number of useless gun laws designed to make us "feel safe."
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<b>Bei dem Massaker an der Universität in Blacksburg im Bundesstaat Virginia sind noch viele Fragen offen - unter anderem das Motiv des Amokläufers</b>
WASHINGTON taz Fast wirkte es gespenstisch, wie routiniert die US-amerikanische Öffentlichkeit mit Amoklauf in Schulen und Universitäten umgeht. Erste Handy-Bilder im Fernsehen. Kurze Zeit später eine Armada von Ü-Wagen und Reportern, schließlich die ersten bestürzten Augenzeugen, die immer wieder sagen, sie könnten es nicht fassen und alles sei so schrecklich.
Auch die US-Politiker wirkten traurig, aber so, als habe Leben in Amerika eben seinen Preis. Präsident George W. Bush, Parlamentschefin Nancy Pelosi, alle sprachen sie über das Unfassbare, Tragische. Alles klang, wie schon manches Mal gesagt. Nur Stunden nach dem, was die US-Medien als "Massaker in Blacksburg" bezeichnen, schwärmten Trauerbegleiter auf den Campus der kleinen Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Virginia. Psychologen und FBI-Profiler gaben ihr Wissen in Interviews zum Besten, und erste Warnungen vor Nachahmungstaten machten die Runde.
Vielleicht ist es auch nur das, was man zu einem so kaltblütigen Amoklauf wie dem vom Montagmorgen sagen kann. Die Schüsse, berichteten Augenzeugen später, seien so regelmäßig erfolgt, dass manche zunächst glauben, sie kommen von einer nahe gelegenen Baustelle. So, als treibe ein Kolben ein Stahlrohr in den Grund. Ein Schuss folgte dem anderen, manchmal mit Pausen. Das waren die Momente, in denen der Täter sein Magazin nachlud, um dann ebenso ruhig und regelmäßig weiter seine Kommilitonen abzuknallen.
Die Bluttat sei von einem südkoreanischen Studenten namens Cho Seung Hui verübt worden, sagte der Polizeichef der Universität, Wendell Flinchum. Der 23-Jährige habe mit einem Ausländervisum an der Virginia-Tech-Universität Englisch studiert und in einem Wohnheim auf dem Campus gelebt.
Der Täter hat 33 Studierende und Professoren erschossen sowie 15 Menschen verletzt. Die Bluttat fand in einer Deutschklasse statt. Beim Eintreffen der Polizei habe sich der Schütze das Leben genommen, sagte Flinchum. Der junge Mann soll sich von hinten in den Kopf geschossen haben, von seinem Gesicht ist nichts mehr übrig geblieben. Zu seinem Motiv gab es keine Erklärungen. Nichts.
Vor dem Amoklauf waren am frühen Montagmorgen eine Studentin und ein Student in einem Wohnheim auf dem Campus getötet worden. Die Polizei untersucht nach den Worten von Flinchum, ob beide Fälle in einem Zusammenhang stehen. Eine Augenzeugin sagte, es handele sich um einen jungen Mann asiatischer Abstammung. "Er war wie ein Pfadfinder gekleidet", sagte sie im Fernsehen. Schnell richtete sich die Wut vieler Studenten gegen die Polizei, die nach der ersten Schießerei, der eine junge Frau und ein junger Mann zum Opfer fielen, eigentlich nichts unternommen hatte. Sie hatte zugelassen, dass der Lehrbetrieb fortgesetzt wurde. Weder wurde der Campus abgeriegelt, noch wurden die Studenten geschützt. Der Amokläufer hatte fast zwei Stunden Zeit, den Campus zu überqueren und sein Todeswerk in einem anderen Gebäude der Universität fortzusetzen. Vertreter der Universität rechtfertigten das Verhalten damit, dass die erste Bluttat als Einzelfall bewertet wurde. Viele der Betroffenen werfen den Verantwortlichen deswegen vor, sie hätten viel zu spät vor dem Amokläufer gewarnt. Überhaupt tauchte im Laufe des Montagabend noch die Nachricht auf, die Polizei habe zwei Bombenwarnungen auf dem Campus zu Beginn des Monats als Routinedrohung abgehakt und keine verschärften Sicherheitsmaßnahmen angeordnet.
Der Amoklauf begann einem Mitstudenten zufolge nach einem Streit des Täters mit seiner Freundin. Der Schütze habe seine Freundin im Streit erschossen, berichtete am Dienstag ein taiwanesischer Student in einem Interview des taiwanesischen Kabelfernsehkanals CTI aus den USA. Einen Mann, der den Streit schlichten wollte, habe er ebenfalls getötet. Am Schwarzen Brett der Universität hatten Studenten später eine Botschaft angepinnt. "Unsere Gedanken und Gebete sind bei der Technischen Universität von Virginia und bei allen, die von den Ereignissen am 16. April betroffen sind." Das Blutbad in Blacksburg gilt als das schwerste Massaker mit Schusswaffen in der Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten.
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Written by Lynn Kindler
To all family, friends, and people affected by the horrific and sad shootings at Virginia Tech, please accept my heartfelt sympathy. I know that I am joined by many others who are keeping you in their thoughts and prayers.
With that said, I've been putting off writing about how the shootings affected me because I did not want to add to all the hype and gander that is already going on about it and because my initial reaction was NOT what I had expected to feel. Being an extremely intuitive person, I'm used to "getting" insights and a heightened sense of awareness before incidents like the one at VT occurs—often weeks before. This time not only did I not intuit anything but as the events unfolded I had no feelings about it. I'm a very caring person and since my initial non-feeling bubble, have had many insights but the initial non-feeling sensation really caught me off guard. I checked with many of my friends to find out how they reacted and found out that there were many very caring, spiritual people who had the same initial reaction as I did which was the absence of intense emotion.
After listening and reading some of the news about VT, what was revealed to me was the seemingly collective response of not wanting to fan the fire of the media. The way that many of the people from Blacksburg handled this event, showed a majority of caring and thinking people who wanted to respect the event and all its complexities without the media circus. I am inspired by the people who have been writing and communicating under the mass media radar through <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">www.facebook.com</a>
At first glance, I wondered if what "we" were experiencing en-mass was desensitization towards violence. How many of us wake up to NPR in the morning with the latest recount of a suicide bomber event? But someone very close to me noted that as listened to me she could hear anger under my numbness and upon closer inspection I realized that I was angry about our ignorance of mental illness and how to handle it fairly and successfully. I was angry about gun control (a rifle I can see, an automatic weapon—why?) and last but not least watching the story unfold in the media bit by bit as every one tried to become THE source for facts about the VT shootings.
In many of my spiritual teachings I have learned that it is important to be able to detach with love. It seems that in order for me (and you) to be effective, we've got to be able to get our personal spin out of the mix so that we can detach from the intense reaction in order to respond thoughtfully. It's about being able to feel and yet not getting run over by our feelings.
I am very hopeful about the kind of ideas and actions that will come out of this horrific event. I heard one student interviewed who responded, "What can we learn from the Amish shootings". One thing that we can do right now is to have difficult conversations such as what I'm admitting to you here and be willing to talk with each other about what is really going on.
As the great Coaching guru Thomas Leonard used to say, "Be real be human".
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