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Memories...

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
My heart goes out to the victims and the families of the victims of Virginia Tech University, where they suffered the greatest shootout in school in American history.

Imagine going to school and getting gunned down.


A few thoughts going through my head.

1st of all, it would be interesting to see how the American government reacts to this latest shootout. I presume for every 10 Americans who are for restricting arms sale or even hoping to ban arms, there are another 3 who are against it. Reason being that the right to bear arms is a constitutional right and freedom for Americans. Then, there is the highly influential and powerful arms industries groups in America, who have lobbied very hard traditionally for the continued sale of arms. Dun forget that America is the no 1 military superpower in the world, and many of these arms industries have significant political backing and financial leverage. Some of the arms industry moguls even donate huge amounts of funds to support the electoral campaigns of certain politicians, knowing that they will get their returns in the long run. So, as you can see, it is not as simple as just "Let's ban the sale of arms once and for all!". There's a lot of political manoeurving going behind the scenes.

2ndly, I m just wondering how NUS would react if such a similiar scenario occured in Singapore. (touch wood) It has been well documented that the Virginia Tech University administration faced difficulties in warning its students as its campus was so large, and it had around 25, 000 students (close to NUS figures). I think this unfortunate episode serves as a timely reminder to educational institutions all over the world to relook their security measures, and evaluate how safe their school is, esp in the event of crises like this. (or bomb threats, terrorist attacks etc).

3rdly, even the Iranian govt, (not the best of friends with America), has come out to offer its own version of condolences for the shootings. Hmmm, very interesting indeed.

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