What Happened To Us?

This post needs a little preface. I was born in 1988. I'm currently 24, almost 25. I was in 6th grade for Columbine and in 8th grade for 9/11. I was going to school in Virginia when VA Tech happened. Since these events it almost seems like the country has lost it's empathy. Today I have seen a tragedy and I have seen the common man treat it simply as a political argument. When I saw the story break all I could think was "Another school shooting?" Just 13 years ago the school shooting was unheard of and now we have turned it into a common event that can be used for political gain. So all I can ask is what happened to us? Where did we lose our way that we can only think of human life in terms of points?

Originally posted by Xcalibur254
This post needs a little preface. I was born in 1988. I'm currently 24, almost 25. I was in 6th grade for Columbine and in 8th grade for 9/11. I was going to school in Virginia when VA Tech happened. Since these events it almost seems like the country has lost it's empathy. Today I have seen a tragedy and I have seen the common man treat it simply as a political argument. When I saw the story break all I could think was "Another school shooting?" Just 13 years ago the school shooting was unheard of and now we have turned it into a common event that can be used for political gain. So all I can ask is what happened to us? Where did we lose our way that we can only think of human life in terms of points?

Media, thank the media.

There's a lot of sick people in the world, and now they have even more people to copy.