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Originally Posted by Goldenphoenix
The following two articles deal with how some people are apparently elevating the status of the VT shooter with those of his victims. This is the moral equivalent of honoring suicide bombers, only in this case it's a suicide shooter. My heart goes out to the victims of the shooter, but he knew what he was doing, he didn't go to get professional help (medication and counseling), and he coldly and methodically plotted his evil deeds. I'm sorry, but I'm not so relativistic as to put the shooter on anything close to an equal level with his victims.
http://wtopnews.com/?nid=644&sid=1121840
http://wtopnews.com/?nid=644&sid=1126459 |
I noticed when all of this first started happening "32" was the number being reported on the news. It wasn't really put in the context of "32 were gunned down", for example, but more like "32 died in a tragic.." or "32 lives ended..."
So it's like the media on some of the news reports I saw, didn't count the gunman in the total.
I wonder if this was why?