About Virgina Tech

[amavel_bel]

I read on the news about what happened at Virginia Tech. I felt very shocked and sad for those who lost their loved ones. And then I read that, because of this tragic event, the discussions about disarmament have been "reopened". Well, the authorities wait for a massacre like that to happen to discuss what could be its causes and what to do to avoid future events like that.

It seems people don't mind about prevention anymore and I am not just talking about disarming, but the mental care of the population, 'cos obviously people who commit mass murder like that surely have some mental/psychologic problem. That's so sad.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Well, I'm a cynic, so even though no one would say it I'm fairly sure that it's cheaper overall to allow random killings to occur (especially when it ends in the killer's suicide, neatly avoiding trials and other costly events_ than to take steps to improve health care in the country. And I'm fairly sure mental health care will be the last thing to address.

[amavel-bel.livejournal.com]

Indeed. And I don't see this situation changing any time soon, 'cos often we see the few good politicians being corrupted by the bad politicians (and when they don't take part in the "scheme of things", they are put aside) and in the end, what really counts is the money (and power) instead of the well-being of people. Oh well, that's a pity.

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