Nope, the gun control laws have made zero difference, as usual , only the crooks have them. I see the anti-gun nuts are having a feild day with this-typical, and entirely predictable.
I am working on the solution from this angle. Psychological science, that is. Cooperation much appreciated! Jesus
Re: Matrix/hell parable... In hell, there's always an "Allmighty1" looking over your shoulder, breathing down your neck, keeping you in place through intimidation and conformance standards. Deviate from the brand of insanity required to standardize hell, and you will see through the farce like Dorothy saw through the Wizard of Oz. Jesus
The killer identified himself with a question mark. Everyone in a body has questioned his identity, and answered incorrectly. Atonement remedies the strange idea that it is possible to doubt yourself, and be unsure of what you really are. This is the depth of madness. Yet is is the universal question of the world. What does this mean except the world is mad? So I asked myself, 'Why share its madness in the sad belief that what is universal here must be true'? Nothing the world believes is true. It is a place whose purpose is to be a home where those who claim they do not know themselves can come to question what it is they are. And they will come again until the time Atonement is accepted, and they learn it is impossible to doubt yourself, and not to be aware of what you are. Our mission, if you will join me, is to accept for ourselves an identity that everyone must be, along with us. Let us not fail our brothers, or we will fail ourselves. Let us not reinforce the madness that we once believed in. Today, accept Atonement, not to change reality, but merely to accept the truth about yourself, and go your way rejoicing in the endless Love of God. This is all we are asked to do. Jesus
Thanks Bill, that was funny. Hell is a joke the Son of God forgot to laugh at. It remains as long as he believes the truth is stranger than fiction. Jesus
Denied... but do they have other way out other than the "Witness Protection Program"? "A spokeswoman made quite clear also that "news" reports that the parents of Cho Seung-Hui had committed suicide were erroneous and untrue." http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20070417193523830
CIA recruiting at Virginia Tech The Truth Will Set You Free Tuesday April 17, 2007 "The single shooter was unusally effective at killing, almost as if he had been trained to do so." --mparent7777 From November 2005 . . . For the second time this year, the Central Intelligence Agency will be coming to Virginia Tech to recruit students. And for the second time this year, they will be met with protests from students who view the CIA as an immoral organization that engages in torture and murder. Nicholas Kiersey organized a protest last spring when the CIA came to campus. He released the following statement Monday about the CIA's trip to Torgeson 3100 Thursday at 7 p.m.: "Blacksburg, VA November 13, 2005 - A coalition of concerned graduate students and campus organizations at Virginia Tech are this Thursday staging a 'teach in' to protest CIA recruitment on campus. Planned events also include the protest of a 'career information' session to be held by the CIA later that evening. On November 2nd, 2005 the Washington Post published an article entitled âCIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisonsâ. The article reported that the CIA has set up a covert network of secret prisons and interrogation centers, known as âblack sitesâ, in several countries around the world, including several democracies in Eastern Europe and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Prisoners at these facilities are held indefinitely and often in isolation, without due process of the law. Moreover, CIA interrogators working at these sites are permitted to use the CIA's approved "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques," some of which are prohibited by the U.N. convention and by U.S. military law. Among the tactics approved for use are "waterboarding", intended to induce in prisoners the idea that they are drowning. While intelligence officials defend the unrestricted operation of these sites as necessary for the successful defense of the country, it should be noted that both the sites and the suspected practices carried out at them would be illegal if operated within the USA, which is a signatory to the U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Importantly, the same is true for the democratic host states in Eastern Europe where some of these sites are located. The 'Teach In' will take place on Thursday, Nov. 17, 5-6.30pm, in Torgerson 3100. The event will feature talks by Virginia Tech instructors and the presentation of a draft letter to President Steger's office, signed by a number of concerned Virginia Tech faculty and students. The letter will request that Virginia Tech place a moratorium on all CIA activities on Virginia Tech's campus until such time as a thorough and independent investigation certifies that the organization has been thoroughly reformed and no longer engages in practices that contravene international law and basic standards of human rights. The CIA's scheduled 'career information' session will take place at 7pm in the same location. Sponsoring campus organizations include: The International Club and Amnesty International at Virginia Tech."
To all who are blaming the parents, please take a moment to read the following. Fortunately I have some compassion and have never made the kind of statments that some have made about the student's parents, however, I do understand to a point the statements being made. Read this and tell me if you might not change your mind. From the Penny Arcade blog, a post on another terrible unrelated crime that makes a point about the parents of such children in words that hit home: http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/02/21