Shooting in US - Virginia

[Python]

Absolutely right about psychos doing psycho things and nothing will stop them. Unfortunately, they often take a lot of innocent people with them

In this country (UK) we have a very weak government who puts the criminal before the victim so gang killings are becoming commonplace. What is even more worrying is that children are killing children. By that I mean 13 and 14 year olds or even younger. There have been several children murdered by their peers in the last few weeks - stabbings mainly. In this country we are no longer allowed to protect our family and home. Retaliate and hit, say, a burglar and it's the houseowner who gets prosecuted by the police and sued by the burglar

I don't know what the answer is and there will always be psychotic people who, for some reason, go over the edge and do these terrible things. Very sad for all concerned - even the perpetrators. They have families too. To know your son or daughter has murdered many people in cold blood just doesn't bear thinking about

[KayTee]

I hope we can learn from this catastrophic horror and keep the politics, media frenzy and blame-throwing aside (and that's not directed at our TE community, BTW!!). My niece is on her way home from VT at this moment, safe but understandably upset and stressed out. She and her friends were being accosted by the reporters and media reps who are everywhere on campus, but especially as they were leaving the convocation yesterday. I cannot imagine what the families and friends of those who died are going through but fervently hope that they can find some comfort in the support of their loved ones, the Hokie community and all who are reaching out in sympathy.

[crazycanuck]

Could i ask why some students wear thier military dress at uni's in the states?

Is Virginia Tech a stepping stone to Westpoint?

C

[Aggie_Ama]

Canuck- Virginia Tech is a land grant school, part of their original intent was to teach military tactics. Virginia Tech has a program to train their students for military careers. My alma mater is also a land grant school with a Corp Program. They wore uniforms and did drills each day. Many were commissioned into the military as officers upon graduation.