Interesting article in the Washington Post about international reaction to the Virginia Tech massacre including reactions from Iraq particularly after bombings that killed at least 158 people in Baghdad today.
Interesting article in the Washington Post about international reaction to the Virginia Tech massacre including reactions from Iraq particularly after bombings that killed at least 158 people in Baghdad today.
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This is interesting. It doesn't surprise me at all, though.
The media's coverage of this is infuriating. They're giving so much airtime to this psychopath... when, judging by his taking the time to produce a video confession and mail it off to NBC, this is what he wanted all along.
It constantly amazes me how superficial foreign media coverage of the U.S. is. You have a sick, disturbed young man who's a loner, writes dark, violent plays, and generally hates everyone around him. So then what caused this tragedy? Why, not enough gun control. Obviously.
I agree with what Ernie has said, but I would also like to add that the Virginia issue has a couple of things that distinguish it from Iraq:
1) It's the NEW in NEWS.
2) It's students, where college is like an episode of Felicity and people are young and experimental and innocent.
3) This is a tragedy that we could have prevented. Iraq is such a large disaster and so far away that we can not comprehend what is going on. The numbers here are just small enough that it feels tangible.
4) This issue has highlighted the issue of university safety. At Berkeley, we have a community of over 40,000 individuals. That's a lot of bodies on campus daily. Make certain to familiarize yourself with UCB Emergency Plan to know our current status.
Interesting article on this topic from Slate.
http://www.slate.com/id/2164828/nav/tap1/