VA Tech 24hrs later-let's focus on what is important!

Let's give these people a break. We are going to explore every little detail of what happened in the coming weeks, we are going to learn where this troubled young man lived, who his family and friends were, and every small detail of his life. Everyone with an agenda is going to get to discuss gun control, why God "let" this happen, how to magically keep this from happening again, who is going to be sued because we need to assign blame somewhere...but not now, not yet.

Let's focus just for a minute on the families of the 33 that are dead (including the family of the shooter, since their lives are going to be forever changed as well), those who are injured and their families, the friends, co-workers and people affected by this horrific act, the law enforcement officials working to find out more details, the local clergy and counselors struggling to cope with helping others when they don't have the answers themselves (and no, God did not cause this to happen, this is an act of free will in a broken world and society where bad things do happen), the medical specialists working to save lives and care for the injured, the officials of the school who did what they knew best to do at the time and are getting second guessed and will feel a measure of responsibility no matter what happens, etc.

We can argue about what happens when we have a free society later, how we can choose to be open and free or try to legislate some sort of safety mechanism into a free and democratic culture called America, how to keep guns out of the hands of nut cases like this one, what kind of domestic issues exist in our country and how the implications of broken relationships affect us all (it is not OK to do whatever you want because it is not hurting anyone else, damage ends up being done regardless of being this kind of heinous act or a quiet hurting no one can see), how the responsibility of the college will somehow end up in a lawsuit, the great character shown by the students and staff in interviews and heroic acts, how perhaps this terrible thing can somehow be used for good in the future, etc.

We can get to all that later, for now, let us keep all those involved in our prayers. People are hurting, give them the respect they deserve to sort this out each in their own way, lay off supporting the media in trying to create anger out of bewilderment, and at least give this a few days to support those grieving by whatever means we can. Please.