Comments on: “Multimedia manifesto” sent to NBC by Virginia Tech killer https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/04/18/multimedia-manifesto-sent-to-nbc-by-virginia-tech-killer/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Mark V https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/04/18/multimedia-manifesto-sent-to-nbc-by-virginia-tech-killer/#comment-4641 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:39:12 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/04/18/multimedia-manifesto-sent-to-nbc-by-virginia-tech-killer/#comment-4641 What I wander is…if there was such a wanderful sense of community at VT, as the governor of Virginia said, why did nobody (neither classmates, nor teachers) reach out to this troubled young man, try to get him out of his deadly spiral of thought? Or is solidarity, empathy, kindness, and generosity just empty words that help cover up an overall live-and-let die, often ruthless attitude?

]]> By: David Blakeslee https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/04/18/multimedia-manifesto-sent-to-nbc-by-virginia-tech-killer/#comment-4640 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:08:03 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/04/18/multimedia-manifesto-sent-to-nbc-by-virginia-tech-killer/#comment-4640 See Maggie Gallagher’s column here:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/printpage/?url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/04/heroes_in_hells_midst.html

“Why do they kill? Who cares? The explanation varies in the details, but the basic script is the same: They are men who choose murder to combat humiliation, to reign for a few ghastly moments in hell, rather than to serve in heaven.

How do some facing hell find the courage to act to stop it? That’s what I want to know.”

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