Posted on 04/17/2007 5:52:13 PM PDT by subbob
“We are Virginia Tech. We are sad today and we will be sad for quite awhile. WE are not moving on, we are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech. We are strong enough to know when to cry and sad enough to know we must laugh again. We are Virginia Tech. We do not understand this tragedy. We know we did not deserve it but neither does a child in Africa dying of AIDS, but neither do the invisible children walking the night to avoid being captured by a rogue army. Neither does the baby elephant watching his community be devastated for ivory; neither does the Appalachian infant in the killed in the middle of the night in his crib in the home his father built with his own hands being run over by a boulder because the land was destabilized. No one deserves a tragedy. We are Virginia Tech. The Hokier Nation embraces our own with open heart and hands to those who offer their hearts and minds. We are strong and brave and innocent and unafraid. We are better than we think, not quite what we want to be. We are alive to the imagination and the possibility we will continue to invent the future through our blood and tears, through all this sadness. We are the Hokies. We will prevail, we will prevail. We are Virginia Tech. "
“Yes, indeed. We Republicans love to kill babies in their cribs.
OH, no.....WAIT. It’s liberals who want to slaughter them before they’re even born......”
now now...you won’t be winning any writing awards if you continue with that theme.
“Almost the whole speech I didn’t get and went waaaaaaaaaaaaay over my head”
Reminds me of Maya Angelou’s poem for the Clinton inaugural. I listened and went, “What the heck...”
Understood, but the message was clearly that the institution, Virginia Tech, and the students would go on. They were not to blame for the tragedy and the best way to honor those who died was to continue to move forward.
That is a non-sequiter.
It doesn’t matter what sex your child is if he/she is hurting does it??
Or...maybe it does in your family.
Hey, I am all for men being men...I can’t stand the metrosexual crapola...but, jeez kabar...even ‘real men’ grieve when they lose someone....
These aren’t Marines out on the battle field..
Okay...forget it.
We both have our own opinions...and I am not saying I don’t agree with yours...I just think that 24 hours is too soon to expect these people to just get on with their lives like nothing happened.
“I remember this woman well from my days in Cincinnati. She compared pro-lifers to 60’s southern white racists”
interesting, considering Margaret Sanger was a racist and wanted poor blacks to abort their babies.
BTW, what is a "Hokie"? It was a little easier to follow when the school's athletic teams were called the "Gobblers," but I guess that name might have been changed due to political correctness.
Savage was going nuts about this. Fortunately, she is old, part of the affirmative action crowd. The next generation of blacks is a lot more competent.
I agree with you. I was saying the same thing on another thread.
I kept thinking next she is going to say something about innocent Iraqi children being killed by an invading army...
I’m so glad she didn’t say that. I would have had to scream at the TV, and then my throat hurts.
Then it’s a good thing I teach music and not English. :)
I was just trying to keep up. I thought she was losing her mind when she got to the elephants and Appalachian cribs.....
After growing up with mostly males, I did not appreciate how different men and women are from another. Boys and girls are different. That may not be a profound observation, but it is a reality.
Hey, I am all for men being men...I can’t stand the metrosexual crapola...but, jeez kabar...even ‘real men’ grieve when they lose someone....These aren’t Marines out on the battle field..Okay...forget it.
"Real" men are human. They grieve and have feelings. It is just a matter of how demonstrative you are publicly and for how long. Today, the trend seems to be to wallow in self-pity on the Oprah show. We are all victims. Life is hard and then you die.
We both have our own opinions...and I am not saying I don’t agree with yours...I just think that 24 hours is too soon to expect these people to just get on with their lives like nothing happened.
They will never forget. The challenge is to get on with their lives despite what happened. That is true for people and nations.
no songwriting awards either then!
How do you get along with all the libs that must surround you in your field of work?
Quite frankly, a sixth grader would have written a more poignant and appropriate message.
I wish I’d thought that—excellent new name for that particular species!
I have to agree with you there
BINGO!!! I agree.
Points taken.
My Dad had all girls...I was the oldest and he had to teach me sports so he would have a kiddo to watch sports with.
Girls aren’t so different than boys.
Ronald Reagan actually spoke there...........and was well received.
Although there is a bumper sticker in the faculty lot where I park that says, "Artists against Bush."
I'm thinking about getting one made that says "Musicians FOR Bush." :)
In 2004, the Bush bumper stickers outnumbered the kerry ones by at least 3 to 1.
It's a nice place to teach.
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