For those who spent today in bed, sleeping, there was a massive shooting at Virginia Tech. 32 are confirmed dead, and 12 are in the hospital listed under serious condition. There were 2 seperate shootings, 2 hours apart on opposite ends of the campus. Apparently, during the first shooting, located in a co-ed dormitory, the gunman (who may never be identified, as when he committed suicide, his face was too badly damaged to get a proper ID), lined people and then executed.

And very soon afterwards, Jack Thompson was on the news ranting and raving and railing against violent video games, saying that it's their fault somehow. Jack, I realize that you love it when shit like this goes down, but let me just say: shut the fuck up. It's too early. This shit just happened. Christ, Geraldo is covering this. We as responsible, intelligent gamers cannot have both you and him coming at us during all this. You went all batshit crazy trying to prove a man from an Amish fuck community shot up the school last year, and you were wrong. So before you start in here, why not, oh, I don't know, take a moment to reflect on that and perhaps get your facts in? I mean, I realize that as a young boy, a video game raped you, but seriously. Come on. Shut the fuck up.

At this point, what we need to focus on is why, after the first shooting, the campus wasn't shut right the fuck down. I mean, seriously. The gunman LINED PEOPLE UP! Then he fucking shot and killed them. Seriously, why wouldn't you shut the place down? I got news for you: even the Amish shut their school down and stopped building barns for a couple of days before they went back to their normal routine. Currently, I live in a college town (unhappily, but I do it for the children) in Louisiana. Louisiana, is a state, according to the Shreveport newspaper, that is number 10 on the Top 20 Most Dangerous States to Live In. And (and there's also no connection and you'd be a fool to make one) Louisiana is 49th or 50th, I forget which, in state-ranked education. So even if someone got all violent and whatnot here in Natchitoches, even if they got all violent, and because the state is made of retards and fuck ups, they'd still evacuate and close the place down.

2 hours in between rampages. Christ, you couldn't prevented a lot more shit if you'd just taken the time to say, "classes have been cancelled, please see the police officers in full SWAT gear to be taken to a safe haven."

I'm seriously wondering what you're thinking when you say, "no, no. We won't close the school down. This is an isolated incident. We don't need to close anything down."


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