Questioning the Courage of Virginia Tech Students Is Unacceptable
National Review contributors John Derbyshire and Mark Steyn, along with Fox News contributor and popular blogger Michelle Malkin, among others, have responded to this week's tragedy at Virginia Tech by blaming the victims. They have accused those students who were present when Cho Seung-Hui opened fire, including those who were killed or injured, of cowardice and have questioned the male students' manhood. These pundits have also blamed academia and the liberal establishment for failing to equip our young people to know how to take down a mad gunman.
Apparently Derbyshire, Steyn, Malkin, and know exactly what to do when someone is shooting at them and their friends and peers. They obviously possess the bravery and resolve to subdue a would-be killer who is pointing a gun at them. For these reasons Derbyshire, Steyn, and Malkin need to serve their country by enlisting in the armed forces and heading off to Iraq. We need courageous Americans such as these to help us win the war. Then, when they return, they can teach the youth of America how not to be sissies.
Apparently Derbyshire, Steyn, Malkin, and know exactly what to do when someone is shooting at them and their friends and peers. They obviously possess the bravery and resolve to subdue a would-be killer who is pointing a gun at them. For these reasons Derbyshire, Steyn, and Malkin need to serve their country by enlisting in the armed forces and heading off to Iraq. We need courageous Americans such as these to help us win the war. Then, when they return, they can teach the youth of America how not to be sissies.
posted by Tinley | 6:05 AM
4 Comments:
If we cannot question the courage of the students who did nothing, then by the same logic, we cannot praise the courage of Liviu Librescu.
Obviously no one knows how each of us would react until we've been there, but it does appear strange to me that there seems to have been no resistance to this guy at all.
I tend to believe there was resistance, we just haven't received the full story yet. It doesn't make sense that we had people act like they did on Flight 93, and then like this at Va Tech.
Groan.
Two entirely different situations. You're just sitting there in class then some nut comes in blasting. You hit the deck and scramble for cover, then if you have a moment, you think about what you can do, like baracading the door after he leaves. You're in a room with one exit, and at that exit stands a guy with a gun. Think about what is likely to happen if you run at him. Jeez.
On United 93, if we are to accept what's been told, the situation unfolded slowly. You discover what is at stake if you don't act. The hijackers were armed with small knives. You're six or seven on two.
Seems to me that at VaTech the situation had people reacting on the survival instinct which is understandable.
my son was in the class room that blocked the door with a table and the gunman shot through the door. these were students early in the morning many just being in class liike normal . they had no idea they were going to get attacked.and they all had great courage even in death or surviving.you do not ever expect a computer engineer to go be a marine and fight a war . or take down a gunman going wild through a building where you cant even see outside the door andthe doors had no locks the school failed to protect ,so did the police.
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