I noted in my last post that certain lobbyist groups will inevitably attempt to appropriate the Virginia Tech shootings for their specific political goals. A quick Google News search for "Virginia Tech" + "Gun Control" (or) "Violence in Films" (or) "Immigration Policy" confirms this prediction.
I once had a professor who drew the political continuum (on which the Far Left and Far Right lie) as a near-complete circle instead of a straight line. In such a rendering, the Far Left and the Far Right were positioned incredibly close to each other at the bottom of the circle, thereby suggesting a similar ideology or modus operandi.
Such a manner of thinking strikes me as particularly apt vis-a-vis the present situation. In response to the VT shootings, the Far Left is crying out for more gun control, and the Far Right is hinting at immigration restrictions and the violent efficacy of Hollywood and the entertainment culture.
Both want more control; both want to identify the specific cause of the shootings; both want to establish their ideological positions (and potential policy) as the measure which preempts future shootings.
Both are wrong.
Both should learn from the position of those Centrists and Libertarians at the top of the circle, who right now are sitting back, mourning, and NOT tarnishing the memories of the dead by suggesting their death was in vain unless we respond politically.
The human potential for evil has been, is, and always will be great - it's intrinsic to our nature. We will continue to suffer from and inflict tragedy, despite efforts to control guns, immigration, and culture.
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Living in the south has been an interesting experience. Given, Florida, and the residents of this state, are less 'southern' than the other states south of the Mason Dixon Line.
To the point: socially conservative mentality and conservative theology have both caught me by suprise at times. I had thought I was pretty conservative. Not by the standards around here.
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