Holy Crap - Massacre At Virginia Tech

[Diomedes]

Oh?  Is this the poetry thread now?

[The BIGSTUD]

Vicarious by Tool.

[Diomedes]

Never heard of them.

[Rome]

I actually agree with almost all if not everything that reese, IGY, and rjs said earlier in the topic. No point in beating a dead horse but I think you fellas were right on.

I'm sure rjs is thrilled to hear that.

[rjs246]

Worst. Post. Ever.

[SD_Eagle5]

I was thinking to myself how happy Imus must be, now that this has happened his name is nowhere to be heard.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

You really think he cares about his name in the news now that he's been fired?

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Oh?  Is this the poetry thread now?

I was going to post my thoughts on it, but the song pretty much sums it up.

I'm guilty of it, no doubt, but the people at work have been making me sick with it. I can understand if you are somehow personally affected, but people completely removed from it watch and commentate on it as if it were the Super Bowl, or the latest blockbuster.

[phattymatty]

i would think this is a little more important than the super bowl.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

What I meant was it is like a fervor. Excitement.

People watching CNN and waiting for the next wrinkle to develop. How farged up in the head was the kid? How many times did he shoot soandso? Were the killings execution style? Is there footage from security cameras?

I would bet when they imagine the whole thing in their heads, they do it from the perspective of the shooter.

If you are genuinely affected by what went down in some way, I don't think you watch the news waiting for all of macabre details.

[SD_Eagle5]

You really think he cares about his name in the news now that he's been fired?

Probably not, but you have to find it slightly humorous that his stupid comments got the same amount of media attention as this. In my own sick, convoluted thought process I'm glad something on a larger scale happened so I could stop hearing about it.

[phattymatty]

What I meant was it is like a fervor. Excitement.

People watching CNN and waiting for the next wrinkle to develop. How farged up in the head was the kid? How many times did he shoot soandso? Were the killings execution style? Is there footage from security cameras?

I would bet when they imagine the whole thing in their heads, they do it from the perspective of the shooter.

If you are genuinely affected by what went down in some way, I don't think you watch the news waiting for all of macabre details.

I hear you.  I'm travelling for work this week so I don't have to deal with it first hand but I can tell just by some of the emails I'm getting that there's a weird vibe in my office back in Arlington.  They're setting up counselors for people.

[rjs246]

I set up a counselor for myself at work. I need to talk about my feeling.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

my feeling.

and like that - poof! - it's gone

[Geowhizzer]

American news channels covering an American tragedy into oblivion?  God forbid.

Let's go back to the 24-hour coverage of Anna Nicole Smith.