It's a new day for the Dawg House! I've decided to starts a blog so that the dawg house will be more accessible and interactive. OK, I also thought it would be cool to start a blog since everyone (including PE75) is doing it now. It really is the big thing now.
Sorry, the Dawg just couldn't help himself.
So please, enjoy. My ultimate hope is that whatever I write inspires dialog and debate about my beloved Panthers and any other topics I write and comment on.
And that leads me to a very important topic. The Virginia Tech shootings. Such a senseless horrible act that touched us all deeply. I really have nothing new to add to the dialog we've all read, posted, and discussed with family and friends. But there is something I would like to comment on. For the last week there has been a lot of debate regarding the university's administration decision not to raise the alarm and lock down the campus between the first and second shootings that were two hours apart.
The Dawg is already on the record as saying that I would have at least notified the campus as soon as possible after confirming the original incident as a double murder. That being said and on record, I find it extremely unfair to criticize the university for making the decision they did. We might never know what information they had on hand at the time of the first murder. And let's be honest, the first incident could happen hundred times again in the future and never lead to the shooter coming back and murdering additional people. It may be a cliche, but hindsight is definitely 20/20. That's because unfortunately murders and crimes happen on campuses every year. But it's been over 40 years since someone went on murder rampage similar to what happened on Blacksburg this past week.
Fact is, the administration and the university police have dedicated their lives to protecting, enhancing and nurturing the students of Virginia Tech. They take their jobs very serious and they in no way took their responsibilities lightly Monday when they made the decisions they made that horrible day. Nothing feels more empty in these terrible situations when the perpetrator kills themselves and steals away any chance for Justice being served on earth. That's when the second guessing is turned unfairly on others that don't deserve it. Even in light of the now infamous NBC tapes, it's still unfair to assume this could have been prevented. Especially when the murderer never specifically did anything enough for him to be expelled from school or be detained until the massacre last Monday.
As many of the students have so eloquently stated, the only villain is the shooter, no one else.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment