this is why humanity is going to hell

[myurbandream]

and the... total appropriateness and inappropriateness and utter, deathly irony of this icon on today of all days just goes to show you: humanity is weird.

if anyone else is like me and hasn't been watching the news, go do it. you can't miss it, it's like columbine to the fourth power out there.

i went to the opening lecture on freud at noon this morning, and then my friends and i went to the cafeteria to eat lunch. everyone was staring at the tv that they always have on mute in there, but i ignored it, because my philosophy is that everyone in our society is always staring at the damn tv no matter how pointless the drivel is, and that bothers me. but then someone (lauren?) commented about what a pity it is how messed up people get like that, so i had to ask 'what?' and then it all came out and i had to turn around and look at the tv too. we spent most of lunch trying to debate what happened and why someone would have to be absolutely batshit fucking insane to do that. it pisses me off so much.

so, yeah, in case anyone actually really doesn't know what's going on: some idiot shot over thirty people this morning at virginia tech, and most of them are dead. including mr. idiot, more's the pity, because this is why texas has capital punishment: some people deserve it, hands down. i can't think of any reason why this might have been a good idea, except (and can't you tell i'm a sci-fi geek?) if all those kids were in on a plot to blow up the world in five minutes unless someone is heroically brave and stupid enough to try and stop us right bloody now, oh noes!!! and the likelihood of that being true is so close to nil that i don't even care to find out, and he shot himself anyway, or at least they can't tell if it was the police bullets that got there first.

idiot. idi-fucking-otic, and i am so pissed off!!!!!

and now i need to email sam and make sure she's not dead. fuck.

ETA: still no reply from sam. (and what the heck does 'eta' stand for anyway? imo it just means 'edit'.)

ETA2: so, sam is alive after all. and she IS going to virginia tech. whookay.

Comments

[catc10.livejournal.com]

*pets your head and tries not to invade anger zone at the same time*
ME

Apathy

[songofknives.livejournal.com]

Shit like this happens in Africa plus other third world countries and no one seems to care. Fuck, the middle east has news about schools being bombed and whatnot....

Re: Apathy

[jen-chan13.livejournal.com]

yeah, and i'll admit that i generally don't hear about that kind of thing very often, and not in a way to care (but, in my defense, yesterday while at the campus bookstore i took a flyer about the genocide going on in dafur right now and actually asked some questions). my thing, though, is that in america it's generally accepted that killing people is wrong. maybe in other countries ppl can get away with genocide and car bombs and stuff, but we don't just let that go here. i'm betting that's why he shot himself, but what possessed him to think that it was a good idea? the one thing i appreciate about being in an advanced western civilization is that we just don't do that collective senseless murder thing much anymore. i thought we were past all that.

Re: Apathy

[songofknives.livejournal.com]

The shooter is South Korean, but yes. Genocide is answered by more genocide. Humans are never above killing, the term is just renamed.

I just can't wait till Japan builds the first actual Gundam for military use, then we'll see some real fun.

[blackswan158.livejournal.com]

What pisses me off is that he started by killing some people in a dorm and then 2 HOURS LATER went to some classrooms and lined the students up military style and shot them down like dogs. No offense meant to canine-lovers. What were those students doing in class?! Everyone should have been evacuated until he was caught, but no one on campus knew about anything until 2 hours after the fist shooting, because the administration didn't bother or "didn't have time" to PA everyone.

It's a pity he's dead - I think he should have been tortured medieval-like for what he did. I can't get over how those students woke up probably worried about tests and stuff, and then, boom, they're dead. And their parents, friends, boyfriends/girlfriends... Imagine the heartache, especially this close to summer when everyone's so excited about the end of school and finally being able to go home...

ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blackswan158.livejournal.com]

Oh, and how's your friend? Ok, I hope... My prayers are certainly with everyone.