Shooting At Virginia Tech-33 Dead!

[Theresa]

Originally Posted by Chan

So, how is my saying that we need to stop thinking like the world the same as saying what you accused me of saying, i.e. that I said we were saying "this event is any more tragic than the nameless person shot and killed this morning in some unknown location"?

It's true that "this event is any more tragic than the nameless person shot and killed this morning in some unknown location" is worldly thinking; but I didn't say that anyone said it.

I guess then you are the only one allowed to read into a post what isnt there....

Originally Posted by Theresa

not really, even JESUS would have shown some compassion in his question...

Read what He asked in the context that He asked it. The context was very much like the context of this thread.

you asked a very point blank question in the midst of folks remarking on the sadness of the situation...and you are surprised that us dumb folk took you wrong...

Jesus' question in a very similar context was just as point-blank. The problem is that you read more into the question than was there.

no my friend, JESUS wouldnt have reacted that way. He would have added a little more to his question...

But He didn't add more to His question. He did, however, answer it and I suspect that if you had been among those who were there at the time you would have took Him wrong.

Originally Posted by Barb

Care to be specific?!

Do I really need to be? I would have thought it was well understood that the national media tends to ignore the shootings that go on in poor and non-white communities.

For the record...


YES, THIS EVENT IS TRAGIC. YES, IT'S SAD THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE KILLED.

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by Chan

Do I really need to be? I would have thought it was well understood that the national media tends to ignore the shootings that go on in poor and non-white communities.

I imagine that a mass-shooting in a black or poor community would be reported/covered as well.

Originally Posted by Barb

And you are and we are not...interesting concept...

In the very limited context of this particular thread.

Originally Posted by Subdued

I imagine that a mass-shooting in a black or poor community would be reported/covered as well.

How many people does it take for a shooting to be a mass shooting? Two? Five? Ten?

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by Chan

How many people does it take for a shooting to be a mass shooting? Two? Five? Ten?

I have no idea; but I consider today's quantity to be a mass-shooting.

Originally Posted by Subdued

I have no idea; but I consider today's quantity to be a mass-shooting.

I would agree.

[Ron]

Chancellor, this is tragic. Any death is tragic. Man was not meant to die.
We were not designed for death.
Jesus came to redeem us from the curse of death which Sin brought upon us all.
An American death is tragic, so is a Canadian, or an African, or Chinese.

It doesn't lessen the tragedy of this day in Virginia.