I haven't written anything on Virginia Tech.  The truth is, for, me, I've been, choosing, in a way, to hear about massacres for the last 4 years. 

I have an RSS feed for Iraq Coalition Casualities.  It brings all the updates to the "news" portion, on the right side.  (The feed is down below).

As such, for the past 4 years, I've gotten messages of new bombings, mass graves, etc, filling up my Reader, on a daily basis.

And actually, within a week, the number of casualties in Iraq were 10 times the number of people killed due to violence, than were killed in the VA Tech massacre.  And 11 american troops on Apirl 23rd.

Maybe I should stop receiving the feed?

I can't help but view this, as simply another tragedy, yes, horrible, and yes, deeply sad.  I can't make it "bigger" than tragedies that happen across the globe, or more meaningful than those either.

In this sense, it seems I am clearly in the minority.   Even in integral circles.   

Nevertheless, that is what is noticed, from this perspective, and this pair of eyes.