Facing Wolves
Confederate Yankee
This is perhaps one of the most disturbing aspects of the Virginia Tech massacre I've read thus far (my bold).
Police are still searching for a motive. Cho, the 23-year-old English major who was described as reclusive and extremely shy, left behind a package of videos and letters railing against privilege and wealth, but did not say how he chose his victims...
Those victims apparently did not fight back against Cho's ambush. Massello said he did not recall any injuries suggesting a struggle. Many victims had defensive wounds, indicating they tried to shield themselves from Cho's gunfire, he said.
Massello said Cho hit many of his victims several times.
The media's portrayal of the Virginia Tech massacre has been abysmal and highly inaccurate during the course of the past week. Because of their well-documented shortcomings, I've wanted to avoided commenting on certain aspects of the events of April 16 in Norris Hall at Virginia Tech, where Cho Seung-Hui shot to death 30 of his victims, and wounded 29 more.
During this time period, primarily local media accounts have started to create a patchwork of stories that are helping us piece together an image of how individual students reacted during this tragedy, one that has disturbed several people I've spoken with, both online and in person. ...
Confederacy of dunces
Michelle Malkin
Lawrence O'Donnell's gun ignorance was on full display on The McLaughlin Group.
Carolyn McCarthy showed hers last week.
And more on Yale's anti-gun idiocy from Inside Higher Ed:
It was six hours before opening night. Sarah Holdren, director of a Yale student production, had just entered the theater for a routine pre-performance errand when the man who runs the hall gave her an update: In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, a Yale administrator decided that she didn’t want any weapons used or portrayed during theatrical productions.
Holdren was perplexed. Her show, Red Roses, is set in the Middle Ages and includes metal swords and daggers. But they are stage props. And there were no guns. ...
