Virginia Tech continued

I spent a lot of time in the car yesterday, so all of the info about the shooting that I received during the day came from the local AM news station. They played a lot of interviews of students and teachers, both from Virginia Tech and Southern Cal (the local reaction). I remember hearing one female student say that there had to be mental illness involved. Sadly, this has become the normal reaction to senseless events like this. Either there was something wrong with the perpetrator's brain or that person (or group in the case of Islamists) has been so mistreated by family, peers, society, or the United States, that it's no wonder that they did what they did. How can we blame them? I don't remember hearing one mention of the word "evil" during all of yesterday's coverage. That's because in our secular society, we've been taught that man is basically good inside. If one of us loses it and guns down dozens of people around us, it must be the fault of said gunned-down people. Let's study the shooter and figure out what kind of victim he was. To think of it in any other way means that we have to admit that the shooter was wrong in his action. Which means that there is a right and wrong. Which means that there is a standard for us. Which means we are responsible for our actions. No, that can't be right.