Ohio State Shooting
When does killing someone become your best option?
I was in high school when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into their high school and massacred students. After the killing was over it was discovered that their plan had been to cause even more destruction, but their home made bombs did not go off.
I have a few friends who were on campus when Seung-Hui Cho locked students in a building and killed many of them in cold blood. The campus was paralyzed and students devastated by the actions of one man.
Most recently, around 3AM this morning, three people were shot on the campus of Ohio State University, one was killed and the condition of the others is unknown. The shooting took place at a university maintenance building and no students were harmed – but life was still lost.
When did it become commonplace to hear about a shooting at a school? It began with High Schools and has moved on to colleges. And most of the perpetrators are members of my generation. What has happened to folks in our generation that killing our peers even crosses anyone’s mind?
I am sobered and sad about the shooting at Ohio State, but even more so, I’m sobered by the knowledge that my generation is responsible for most of these actions. Unless more of us stand up for our generation, we will be remembered for this.
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