I've been thinking a lot about the Virginia Tech thing the last few days. Partly because my brother-in-law is a VT alum, as is my father-in-law. Partly because I also work on a college campus. But I've been very reticent to talk about it. Why? Because to a certain extent, I agree with this blog entry about it not being an appropriate moment yet to discuss my real thoughts.
Because oh, do I have thoughts on the topic. But right now is a time to, as Jack Bogdanski says, shut the fuck up about such thoughts.
There will be plenty of time to talk about "where things went wrong" at a macro level, or any of the various blame-game type things. For now, it's time to let people grieve, to give them the time and support they need to get through the upcoming days. After the worst of that is past, then we can look back and start to try and prevent future occurrences.
Yeah. Gotta agree. Unless you've REALLY got something completely and utterly new to bring to the conversation, don't bother. Unfortunately, we've heard it far too often before.