Group: rec.sport.basketball.college
From: Curse Of Millhaven
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: How can the Virginia Tech task force say they have accomplished anything, ignoring the real problems as they have?

On Aug 30, 5:38 pm, SincereQuestio...@ wrote:
> How can the Virginia Tech task force say they have accomplished
> anything? They did NOTHING to address the myriad of problems that
> caused the tragedy!
>
> /fc/US/Virginia_Tech_Shootings;_ylt=AkWgBNH31zuw...
> full coverage at
>
> First of all, they didn't address the negligence of the Virginia Tech
> police force to react, and their lack of a forthright response.
> Imagine that - getting a report of a killing and not doing ANYTHING
> for 2 hours. And then, thinking that sending out emails to the
> students and faculty would suffice. There are rumors that some of the
> force went out for coffee and doughnuts between the 2 shootings.
> Those law dogs should have been out with bullhorns, even riding on the
> sidewalks to alert the students and faculty of the initial shooting.
> But no.....they just hunkered in their bunker at Base 10. So getting
> the cops off their ass is something that must be addressed.
>
> And, despite what probably was the best effort of the task force,
> given their apparent limited talents, the task force failed to address
> the real problem - why 04/16/07 really occurred. The snobby, hoity-
> toity nature of the students in how they addressed Cho has been
> recognized time and again as to why the fragile young man snapped!
> Until that is addressed, the need for a uniform code of conduct for
> students, especially as they address members of minority groups, the
> major problem has not been addressed.
>
> That "task force" at Virginia Tech was nothing of the sort. It is
> just another attempt by evil Big Bruther govmint, from the governor of
> Virginia, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, to the President of Virginia Tech,
> Charles Steger, to Police Chief Wendell Flinchum, and to those who
> reported to him, to TRY to assuage the valid concerns of those who
> suffered because of the lack of those law puppies to do what they were
> supposed to do. Sure, they have families at home too, but that
> doesn't justify their lack of action.
>
> The whole lot of them, Gov Timothy Kaine, Va. Tech President Charles
> Steger, Police Chief Wendell Flinchem, and all of his subordinates at
> the Va. Tech Police Department should be fired! En masse!
>
> All the task force has done is to try to mitigate the failings of the
> do nothing charlatans at Virginia Tech.
>
> /remember/
> pap page, for the survivors of the "victims", just as any memorial is.

So next year will this event be rolled into the annual Columbine media
celebrations or will Virginia Tech be one week, then Columbine the
next?