Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Virginia Shootings
Here's a line from a yahoo news article about the shooter:
"I guess the thing that is most startling to me, I say startling, surprising, is a young man who's 23 years old, that's been here for a while, that seemed to not know anybody," Flaherty said.From my experience, I don't think this is that surprising. There's lots of us out there who seem to know no one. We aren't noticed for that reason. All through life there's a lot of folks out there who are on the fringes. Most of us manage to get through life without shooting a school full of people. Of course you don't notice those of us who don't. We're not noticed until or unless something like the Virginia shootings happen.
If you try hard, you can all remember somebody like this from high school, college or your job. You probably remember them, if at all, because of something someone did to them. The slightly odd kid who everyone either at best, ignored, or more likely tormented in some shape or form. Movies often identify them, Milton from Office Space, Carrie from her movie, and Arnie from Christine. Folks who just exist on the edge of society. Most of those who do notice them, just figure they're odd. Honestly, it surprising there aren't more Chos who snap and run rampant. There's a lot of them out there. You met a lot of them and you've probably even laughed at some of them. I'm one of them and even I laugh at others who are worse than I.
