tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post703894436137971486..comments2023-10-22T05:25:40.433-04:00Comments on Ramblings of an Idle Insomniac: mindless jerks pollute the airwaves as I lie coughingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915186427167408768noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post-21581827512666545962007-04-27T17:39:00.000-04:002007-04-27T17:39:00.000-04:00You're right of course but emotion often takes awa...You're right of course but emotion often takes away any common sense when if comes to this kind of thing.<BR/><BR/>This is why I ignored all media coverage of this event after the first couple of days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post-29208046742004786312007-04-26T21:17:00.000-04:002007-04-26T21:17:00.000-04:00for what it's worth, the murderer's family are jus...for what it's worth, the murderer's family are just as much victims as the families of those murdered. That's the worst part, this guy F'd up so many lives.Mickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292432520502321068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post-6126775751647341702007-04-26T21:15:00.000-04:002007-04-26T21:15:00.000-04:00I've been listening to a lot of talk radio(FM talk...I've been listening to a lot of talk radio(FM talk, cant handle the Howie Carr's of AM) about this issue, and mainly it's to reinforce my own opinions about it. <BR/><BR/>My problem with identifying the murderer as a victim, is that he chose to accept a court ordered voluntary mental ward visit. The time line of when he was in the mental institute and when he returned to school is unknown, but it could have been as little as a day.<BR/><BR/>In the court, he admitted he needed help by agreeing to the voluntary mental ward visit. Unfortunately, there's a loop hole in the VA Gun Laws that stipulates that those who are deemed a danger to themselves and others are put on the Do Not Sell List(that's obviously not the name of it,but i don't know the actual terminology) only if they're committed to a mental institution INvoluntarily. Not even the murderer's parents can be informed of the judgment that their son is mentally unstable without his explicit permission. The school could not be told anything either. Privacy rules in this instance because the murderer freely went to get help.<BR/><BR/>He didn't get help.<BR/><BR/>He acknowledged his problem, and instead of getting the help he needed, he exacted his 'revenge' or whatever he called it. He was sick, and he failed to follow through with the prescribed solution. Due to privacy laws and loop hopes, he was the only one who could have prevented this. He failed at life, and doesn't deserve any 'victim' label.Mickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292432520502321068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post-27692244943462185852007-04-26T13:47:00.000-04:002007-04-26T13:47:00.000-04:00People mocked people who mourned?I can understand ...People mocked people who mourned?<BR/><BR/>I can understand feeling too much media attention was paid to it, especially that damn picture<BR/><BR/>Yet if all the media attention was about how easily he bought a gun, despite having been judged harmful to himself and others, maybe that would be a good thing<BR/><BR/>If the media talked about tightening gun control laws, and maybe spurring a debate as to the usefulness of the Second Amendment in the 21st Century, it would be a great thing--and think of the debates Alan and Denny could have on BL<BR/><BR/>Instead we let The Second Amendment stay as is, and chip away at The First Amendment, the one amendment that is really about protecting individual good rights. Oh yes, there was the Fourth Amendment but we're doing away with that one<BR/><BR/>My heart does go out to the shooter's family.<BR/><BR/>I assume that American/Koreans are learning that no group is immune from having crazed gunmen in their midstVoices of NLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922057575545981769noreply@blogger.com