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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Real - And False - Lessons From Virginia Tech

Posted by: Michael Medved at 9:59 AM

The horrifying shootings at Virginia Tech have produced sad, shabby, predictable reactions from misguided commentators trying to make sense of mass murder. On TV and radio, we’ve already heard that the killing spree was the product of too many guns, or too few guns, or violent video games, or the breakdown of the family, or ill-considered immigration policies or, even, global warming. Glib, shallow explanations allow us to turn away from the one real lesson of these events: that evil exists, and that dark forces – forces believers would call demonic or diabolical – play a powerful role in our world. Regardless of the background or motivation of the killer, Virginia Tech reminds us of the most important truth of our time: that terrorist monsters can’t be explained, or excused, or appeased, or ignored, or negotiated into civilized behavior. They must be confronted and destroyed – before they destroy more of the decent and the innocent.

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2Much writes:	Wednesday, May, 02, 2007 4:07 AM
the Devil
Dear Winobago, I don't think that MM said that evil and dark forces are things independent of human behavior. I think you can agree that evil and dark forces do exist in our world and when people embrace these things as their own they do become instruments of evil headed for a hell, not prepared for people, but for the devil and his angels. Although hell is not prepared for people some will still choose to go there. See Matthew 25:41 Fortunately God has given us a way to avoid the hell that most of us deserve.
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winobago writes:	Friday, April, 20, 2007 3:46 PM
the Devil
Do I understand you correctly? That you think “evil” and “dark forces” are things independent of human behavior, and, indeed, may be the cause of some human behavior? That people become “possessed” by “evil?” Would that make “the Devil made my do it” a legitimate defense?
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progressive conservative writes:	Wednesday, April, 18, 2007 10:23 AM
I hope VA Tech answers the question,
"Who are we fighting in the 'war on terror'?" We are fighting terrorists; sometimes it's an Asian immigrant with a twisted mind and value system who terrorizes a university campus; sometimes it's a Saudi immigrant with a twisted view of his religion who goes to flight school so he can kill innocent office workers; sometimes it's a suicide bomber in Baghdad intent on thwarting the mission of our military. Constant vigilance is crucial. There will obviously be calls for changes in the way we protect our students on campuses across this vast country. Let's hope those changes don't involve searching 80-year-old grandmothers visiting grandchildren at college.
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