Too many topics, too little time

Virginia Tech reports shooting, 1 killed – Yahoo! News:
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Shootings at a dorm and classroom on the Virginia Tech campus Monday left at least one person dead and one wounded, and a suspect was arrested, authorities said.

update: up to 22 dead as of noon.

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Oh my goodness…. This is a horrible… I have so many friends there and they have friends, this affects us all.

I think the ethos of violence that underwrites these sorts of horrors has to end. That someone, even unhinged, thinks that mass murder is a possible act is a generally unacceptable level of violence to be evidenced in society.