I wonder, what could have driven a student to kill so many? I try to imagine what could have been going through his mind, but all I can think of is the fear that his victims must have felt, the fear that probably touched every member of that campus yesterday. It’s terrifying that one person, a single student, could have so profound an effect on such a large community. In fact, he’s reached out and touched the world, in a way, reminded us all that no matter how safe we try to make ourselves, no matter how comfortable we feel, there can always be that one person out there who is carrying the bullet for us.

I’m not much for prayers, but my heart and my thoughts are with you, Virginia Tech.

Giving up your personal freedoms by necessity demands that you conduct your life in a state of dependence upon our government to protect you, and yet all the evidence indicates that our government is making it more likely, rather than less, that someone will want to attack us. The Terrorists will not rely upon Constitutional freedoms to hide and protect their activities. They will carry on, oblivious to the limits imposed on the rest of us. Just as the prohibition of guns will ensure that only criminals have guns, the prohibition of personal liberty will ensure that only Terrorists have freedom.

Celestina makes a very strong statement here, and it’s a scary one. I’m a little unwilling to believe hardly anything I read in the news or online these days, but I’m finding it difficult to deny the logic of this last paragraph. Her wording that “only Terrorists [will] have freedom” is perhaps a little overdramatic, but it’s interesting food for thought, if nothing else.

I just know Cartman would be one of those obnoxious players that I always wanted to shoot when I was playing.. >.<