I know i'm suppose to write bout my awesome trip to Sydney, but i decided to put that on hold until i get the pictures.Anyway,these days, when i turn on CNN they're talking bout the Virginia Tech massacre, then i change to BBC and yet, it's the same thing, i turn on Sky News and yes people, it's the same news, no surprise there ha?!
I KNOW that this is a tragedy..yes, i feel bad not only for the victims family but also the killer's. I mean, look, with all these 33 lives gone, someone has lost their child, another would have either lost their brother/sister and the list goes on.... I don't know if it's just ME, but i'm starting to think that they're just making a whole big deal of this matter and i reckon, it's all because it happened in The States. What if that happened in Malaysia? Would you still have people like Dr.Phil going for several interviews and would it be featured on the Larry King show? You could point out the fact that, say, when Tsunami hit Asia back in 2004(or was it 2003?), it was another tragedy which took the peoples heart and made as big of an impact as this recent massacre. The thing is, the Tsunami incident caused more than just ONE country a loss.....so, i reckon, it deserved to make the news for a few weeks.
The recent mass murder happened in The States and only in The States. I'm not saying that people of other nation should be oblivious to what's happening there, but i personally feel that parading the whole story on air for one week now, is a little too much. Is it really necessary for us to watch how they mourn the loss of their beloved ones? If i was in The States, i would have taken a very keen interest in the matter, but the thing is, i'm not, so, i don't have that much of an interest to how they are going about with the mourning.
Another thing i would like to point out is that, this is not the FIRST time for such an incident to take place in The States. If i recall, there were several times when people just walk into schools and put the bullet to someones head and there has been quite a number of politicians who have been murdered and these goes way back in time.
You would think that the government would have been smart enough to know that perhaps, if they change their laws on the rights to owning a gun, then, just maybe, people wouldn't be able to walk around freely with a gun in their hands, would they? What is so difficult about changing the law anyway?If you need to change the constitution, just come up with a referendum and i reckon, the society would agree with changing the laws on this one, for their own safety, or at least, for their children.But guess what, the other day, if i'm not mistaken i was watching CNN and the guy said that they(the big people of US) are yet to bring up the matter....and it has something to do with politics...
So, who do you blame for all these tragedies? The people with the gun or the people who allows them to have the gun?
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u obviously dunt hv ny idea hw powerful is the lobby for guns in the us......
u obviously dunt hv ny idea hw powerful is the lobby for guns in the us......
u obviously dunt hv ny idea hw powerful is the lobby for guns in the us......
The lobby for guns in the US is indeed very powerful.However, bear in mind that,this is so not the first time for such massacre to happen and it will definitely not be the last if the government is still not going to take any actions about it. They had the opportunity to do something bout it, like for a long time now...but they are not...simply because they are AFRAID of losing their positions.
Latha, one advice for you, just change the channel.heheh..First time here and won't be the last. Good point u got there, but I'm not sure they're gonna change the gun law anytime soob *sob* *sob*
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