Tragedy calls for sympathy
WC Editorial Board
Issue date: 11/9/09 Section: Opinion
Following recent events such as the shootings in Fort Hood, Texas and Orlando, Fla., it is hard to accept that situations like these are going to keep happening.
Looking back over a decade, there have been a number of memorable shootings and massacres all over the United States, from Sept. 11 to the shootings at Columbine, Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech.
When these unfortunate situations occurred, there were only a few actions that could have prevented them. What is important to understand, however, is that we cannot dwell on the past by repeatedly conjecturing ways these events may have been prevented.
How are we going to know every time something tragic is going to happen? The answer is we aren't. It is also important to keep from changing your lifestyle because of it.
After 9/11, many were afraid to fly. Former President George W. Bush addressed the country and told the nation not to be afraid and go about living a normal life.
It is detrimental to live in fear or change your lifestyle because of a bad event. As terrible as it is, preventing shootings from happening is close to impossible.
When events such as shootings happen, people simply need to be supportive to all who were associated. In the Fort Hood case it is vital to help the families who are suffering from a loss and the brave police officers who put their lives on the line to stop the gunman from killing more.
People often experience emotional hardships following traumatic experiences, and can best be helped through these trying times by the emotional and physical support of others. We need to start caring a little more for each other and less about changes that need to be made to the governmental system. We can't revamp every system in the face of adversity. If we tried, there would be nonstop reforms being made every hour.
Looking back over a decade, there have been a number of memorable shootings and massacres all over the United States, from Sept. 11 to the shootings at Columbine, Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech.
When these unfortunate situations occurred, there were only a few actions that could have prevented them. What is important to understand, however, is that we cannot dwell on the past by repeatedly conjecturing ways these events may have been prevented.
How are we going to know every time something tragic is going to happen? The answer is we aren't. It is also important to keep from changing your lifestyle because of it.
After 9/11, many were afraid to fly. Former President George W. Bush addressed the country and told the nation not to be afraid and go about living a normal life.
It is detrimental to live in fear or change your lifestyle because of a bad event. As terrible as it is, preventing shootings from happening is close to impossible.
When events such as shootings happen, people simply need to be supportive to all who were associated. In the Fort Hood case it is vital to help the families who are suffering from a loss and the brave police officers who put their lives on the line to stop the gunman from killing more.
People often experience emotional hardships following traumatic experiences, and can best be helped through these trying times by the emotional and physical support of others. We need to start caring a little more for each other and less about changes that need to be made to the governmental system. We can't revamp every system in the face of adversity. If we tried, there would be nonstop reforms being made every hour.
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Mel
posted 11/09/09 @ 1:01 PM CST
I'm not really sure the word you wanted to use was MEMORABLE. How dispicable to call these situations MEMORABLE. Graduation is memorable. Parties are memorable. (Continued…)
jake
posted 11/09/09 @ 6:45 PM CST
well mel,
you mention reading the tittle more closely.... Funny thing is that the writer RARELY tittles their own article.
Mel
posted 11/10/09 @ 8:28 AM CST
well Jake - did you actually READ the article???? Take a gander at the second sentence then come back and give me a smart ass comment. Maybe before you decide to pass judgement you should actually OPEN YOUR EYES. (Continued…)
Prince Hall Mason Hines
posted 11/10/09 @ 7:03 PM CST
Thank You Board for posting about this tragedy, now we can talk about something that's worth blowing out some steam over, but I have to stop you on one point Editor, there were things that could have been done to prevent this attack but I now believe that people are taking advantage of America in terms of using the freedoms that we have to fuel whatever radical agenda that may be on their mind, but after serving 8 years in the Army I'd be lying if I said the MP's and CID could investigate the crumb trails in a coloring book~
But how obvious is it that he is a Muslim extremist when there's records of him contacting known extremist, making inflammatory comments- already a violation of UCMJ) He should have been stripped of his rank and relieved of his duties a long time ago. (Continued…)
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