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This is the blog to skip if you are personally involved with the Virginia Tech tragedy. Also skip this blog if you are wanting something more upbeat and cheerful.
Okay, you’ve all been given sufficient warning, here goes.
We’re hearing reports that some Asian students on campus are getting threatened. I know everyone is scared, but do you really think you can spot the bad guy by what he looks like? Trust me, you can’t. This particular bad guy was Korean, and so looks different from the run of the mill student at Virgina Tech, but it was accidental that he doesn’t look like every other student. He didn’t go crazy because of this ethnic background. Remember there were Asians among the victims, too.
The shooter went crazy because he went crazy, because he was crazy, not because of what he looked like. Crazy comes in every color and flavor of human being on this planet. The vast majority of serial killers are white. The vast majority of college rapes are done by the person that looks just like every body else. Most bad guys don’t stand out from the crowd. Most monsters look just like everyone else. That’s how monsters survive, by blending in.
We’re also hearing that the shooter was reported for stalking, and other weird and frightening behavior. That is the exception to the rule folks. So, please just because someone is different don’t automatically assume they are the bad guy, or they are the crazy ones. Please, don’t start picking on people. In the midst of all the fear and sorrow, be kind to one another.
I guess that’s the main message today. Be kind to one another. Don’t let fear and grief turn you into a monster, too.
Remember that crazy doesn’t have a color, or a religion.