kabar....it was barely 24 hours since their friends, teachers, family were MURDERED...
At that point there is no wallowing and self-pity..there is grief, fear, doubt and denial.
Her speech and that Hokie cheer seemed to almost attempt to pretend the deaths never happened.
Sure..maybe her poem will help some...but “believing in the future and not dwell in the past”...that is unfair, these people deserve the time to take this in...and grieve.
My goodness...this microwave society....massacre one day...cheering for the future the next???
That isn’t right...
That's your interpretation. I don't agree with it. I like AppyPappy's response in post #51: "Nikki is irreverant, naughty and a trouble maker. In short, a Hokie. I think she is a lefty, civil rights wannabe. But she is Hokie through and through."
Sure..maybe her poem will help some...but “believing in the future and not dwell in the past”...that is unfair, these people deserve the time to take this in...and grieve.
They have been grieving. Life is for the living. After 9/11, we needed the same kind of encouragement and President Bush provided it. So did FDR the day after Pearl Harbor. Grieve but move forward.
My goodness...this microwave society....massacre one day...cheering for the future the next???That isn’t right...
That's your opinion. The audience obviously had a different one judging by their response. We are a resilient, tough people. The people who settled this country were not made of sugar candy. The ones fighting for our freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan are made of the same [and right] stuff.