There was a major shooting today at Virginia Tech, in which around 30 people are confirmed dead, twice the number killed in 1999's Columbine massacre. It's a horrible tragedy that I can expect we'll be hearing about for several months.
Details are still sketchy on what exactly happened. But in terms of reaction, we can now expect this to be Columbine all over again, in which everyone in America blames the incident entirely on their most convenient political enemies.
Therefore, in the next couple of weeks you can expect to hear the shootings blamed on each of the following: George Bush, Bill Clinton, the war in Iraq, the NRA, the South's long-held gun culture, gun control advocates, video games, heavy metal music, goth culture, Marilyn Manson, Michael Vick, Marcus Vick, rap music, Al Sharpton, Don Imus, Rosie O'Donnell, and steroids. And I'm sure that's only about half the list.
I tend to think it makes more sense to blame the person who pulled the trigger, but that's just me.
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 16, 2007 05:07 PMWill all the roommates of all the victims get automatic 4.0 GPAs now?
Posted by: at April 16, 2007 05:22 PMYou also forgot the immigrant agenda. I was watching FOx News and they confirmed that the shooter was an asain dude from Shanghai who was here on a VISA. This will just feed the conservatives craving to not let anyone from other countries here.
Posted by: A at April 17, 2007 12:26 AM