I mean, i have seen worse. What do you think?
2007-05-17 13:05:53 · 15 answers · asked by youngchaoss 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
to me, not really... i know it sounds bad, but 30 people didn't seem like alot of people to me (i know people are gonna ***** about how it was one for the families of the victims). i don't know why but it just doesn't seem like alot, maybe because we hear about 50 or so people being killed by suicide bombers in the middle east, or around the world. the news seems to have a numbing effect on people nowadays. every time we turn the news on, we hear about death, destruction, kidnapping, rape, robbery, and never think twice about it unless it happened in our community, and even then we follow it for a few days, and then its on to the next thing. just seems like as a whole nation, we have been de- sensitized by the everyday view of death and destruction that people can do to each other.
2007-05-17 13:23:44 · answer #1 · answered by a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a formerly "safe" place has a traumatic event it causes fear to be attached to its location, so from that perspective, absolutely. While high schools have been marred for a while from their shootings, colleges and universities were seen as sacred, safe places of learning, and that notion is now shattered. The same thing happened with 9/11 and tall office buildings and airplanes. It crosses your mind. (Note that Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber were only horrible because the impact of those events for most people have faded from memory. Or, remember the Anthrax scare in the mail? No one cares about "white powder" coming out of envelopes any more. ) So I'd say what separates a "horrible" event from a "tragedy" is one that changes the national consensus on a type of location out of fear for safety for one's life.
2007-05-17 20:16:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see a worse tragedy in America, yes--the desensitization of people like you to others' suffering.
Your posting sounds like you are talking about a movie or something, like you're saying, "Did you guys think the action/blood/violence in that movie was REALLY worth all the hype?"
This was a real situation involving real people. Turn off your friggin' television and understand the difference between entertainment and real life.
Oh, and for the love of all things sacred, don't reproduce.
2007-05-17 20:17:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it was not a tragady to me but a tragedy
2007-05-17 20:22:17 · answer #4 · answered by Skye 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What was a tragedy about Virginia Tech was how the government caused it through negligence. How much sense do you need to have to realize that not allowing people to carry a firearm to defend themselves is an idiotic idea?
What happened at Virginia Tech should remind us that you go to a government-run school at your own risk. Because only a school shooter can carry a gun into a government school or a college, you're at huge risk of getting shot at one of those places.
2007-05-17 20:12:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes
2007-05-17 20:27:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have seen worse than 31 innocent people slaughtered?... where you at the Holocost or something?... the only thing i can think of that was worse was 9/11... any time innocent people are murdered its a tragedy...
2007-05-17 20:11:03 · answer #7 · answered by Ryan F 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I haven't seen worse, except maybe 9/11.
2007-05-17 20:09:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While it is horrible that so many innocent people died I was not affected directly by the incident and it is not not a tradgedy to me. My heart goes out to people who were affected, though, and I know I would see things differently if I were involved in some way.
2007-05-17 20:14:51 · answer #9 · answered by mushuflare 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Having no direct connection to the school or the victims it's just another fact of only passing interest.
2007-05-17 20:15:35 · answer #10 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋