You call that a massacre? That's not a massacre...
Some people will wank about ANYTHING. I shouldn't be so surprised, considering the wank that happened over Hurricane Katrina.

However... Just so you all know, the incident at Virginia Tech is NOT a massacre, it's just a shooting.

And a quote from commenter spaceworrier: Pardon me, but a massacre implies something like gutting them alive at the same time and laughing and not being a complete nutjob. A massacre also usually involves a bunch of people, and it's not my fault that people can't use vocab properly these days.

Because, like, you know, these things are IMPORTANT and you plebeians should all be using proper English to describe horrific acts of violence.

Also, the follow-up of zomg I said something you didn't like! Complete with 'It's my journal and I'll cry if I want to' mentality.

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vigilanterodent
2007-04-19 09:52 am UTC (link)

Well, to be fair, as I recall most of the jokes were coming from people in the UK. A lot of Americans had histrionics, because that's what we do.

And yeah, I remember thinking that when I saw coverage of what happened in Iraq today. Which is horrible, because we as a people are a lot more responsible for what's happening there than we are for what caused the VT shooter to go on his rampage.

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	dana 2007-04-19 10:08 am UTC (link)
	It's all horrible. I guess, maybe a random act of violence in a place which doesn't see any is more shocking. But still, the people who die in Iraq everyday, a lot of them are just as innocent as those who die in random homicides anywhere in the world. War doesn't make it any better, it's just, hard to comprehend amongst all the bloodshed. (Reply to this)(Parent)

platypus
2007-04-20 01:16 pm UTC (link)

Brits react differently to this stuff. We had a friend who was ill and didn't make it into work on 7/7, and so couldn't email us to say she was okay (no net at home - Luddite) and we were worried sick - but sent her a text message saying "You dead yet?" When the networks were restored, she texted back "Yep sorry no tabloid cash for you lot." *Everyone* was cracking jokes the same day. In all honesty I get uncomfortable when people get all personally involved in a stranger's tragedy. It sort of feels... I don't know, insensitive to the family, somehow. Intrusive, even.

Difference in national temperament, I think.

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