Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Law and Media helped killer win

The world witnessed the worst ever university campus shooting at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA on April 16th that killed atleast 33 precious gems that included faculty, students and killer himself. While there have been lot of speculation about the university's response, who? why? etc., unfortunately, as the outcome has it, none of it mattered. Its impossible to stop a man whoz made up his mind to take as many lives as possible along his own. Everything worked in the killer's favor before he did it and after he did it too.

First, the US law helped a mentally troubled man buy guns and ammunition in 2007, even though he was labelled "mentally ill" by a district court in 2005. Isn't it common sense, not to allow a mad man possess a life taking weapon? But US law sold him all he needed for 500 odd dollars.

Second, to make it worse, after the shooter had sensed victory by doing what he wanted to, the US Media helped him WIN even after his death. They published the shooter's video for all the youngsters / public to view and get mentally disturbed - thereby fulfilling the last evil scheme of the killer. THE MEDIA DID WHAT THE SHOOTER WANTED THEM TO DO... give him victory by publishing disturbing material online... for the world to follow... what a pity to our and all future generations :-(

I am depressed, disappointed, confused and appalled by the continued negligence of the Government/leaders in bringing about the desperately needed change in GUN LAWS... clearly... a mentally ill man doesn't deserve to possess guns/ammo.

I am also awestruck by the meanness of the media in "glorifying and infecting" harmful and evil designs of the satan... rather than using its public outreach power in a responsible, ethical manner. WHY ELSE ON EARTH DID MS/NBC have to release the entire video of the killer to help him WIN even after his death? just giving him what he wanted?

Unless the media and law changes are brought about positively, these heinous crimes will continue to inspire the "loner and mentally ill communities" who will rock the societies all through the world.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Is the grass green? sky blue? blood red?

have you thought of a weird possibility?
We all agree that the color of blood is red.
But how do you know that I see and perceive the color 'red' as you do?
i may be actually seeing the color of blood as you perceive the color of sky 'blue'.
but what you call blue, i call red and vice versa.
isn't that a possibility impossible to verify?
or for that matter, each one of us see the sky in different colors... but all agree that, that color is blue?

if this is true, we all blindly concur that the color of sky is blue, grass is green and blood is red, even if each of us sees a different color.

how do we actually tell each other that we all see the 'same color' (say blue) when we refer to sky?