No, I'm not the president of Virginia Tech, but you don't have to be a carpenter to know when a chair is badly made (paraphrased from Samuel Johnson). Do I think he feels bad? Certainly. But I find his claim that the university did nothing, nothing at all wrong to be a piece of cover-your-ass bullshit. Things ALWAYS could have been done differently, in any situation. To claim it's not the university's fault at all certainly smacks of "let's do something before we get sued" to me. I expect that from captains of industry, but I expect better from those charged with molding young minds.
And geez, thanks for getting all up in my shit. There are people who need champions, but I've never heard of college presidents being among them. Hell, for what they pay those guys, they SHOULD be up at night worrying.
Finally, your going on about MEN were killed too pretty much proves my point. People sure started caring then, huh? The hyperbole is to make my point -- seems that his earlier menacing was overlooked, and I'm betting people assuming "oh, Asian nerd's acting weird because he can't get a date" was involved. My university wasn't as big as Virginia Tech, but I know stalking was taken seriously there. Even large universities assume some responsibility for the well-being of their students and employees. I'll save my sympathy for the victims' families, thanks.
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Date: 2007-08-24 12:57 am (UTC)And geez, thanks for getting all up in my shit. There are people who need champions, but I've never heard of college presidents being among them. Hell, for what they pay those guys, they SHOULD be up at night worrying.
Finally, your going on about MEN were killed too pretty much proves my point. People sure started caring then, huh? The hyperbole is to make my point -- seems that his earlier menacing was overlooked, and I'm betting people assuming "oh, Asian nerd's acting weird because he can't get a date" was involved. My university wasn't as big as Virginia Tech, but I know stalking was taken seriously there. Even large universities assume some responsibility for the well-being of their students and employees. I'll save my sympathy for the victims' families, thanks.