A moment

of silence please...

For the innocent people who died yesterday,
for their families,
for their friends,
for the students of Virginia Tech,
for the alumni,
for everyone who loves that school and that campus,
for the town of Blacksburg,
for all of us.


I think we need to take a collective moment to reflect on the human aspect of this tragedy, before we start ranting about gun control and/or the second amendment, or trying to place blame somewhere, or trying to find fault in how the authorities handled the situation. Of course we're angry. And of course we need these questions to be answered. And I do believe this incident warrants a national conversation about what is broken in our society.

But right now, I wish the mass media would just shut up and give us a moment to feel our way through this, and devote our attention to the most important task at hand, supporting the VT community and helping them to heal in whatever way we can. The way the media seems to be sensationalizing any little bit of controversy surrounding this tragedy is infuriating.