Oklahoma City, Columbine, Virginia Tech and Now Ft. Hood by Shepherd Bliss

Oklahoma City, Columbine, Virginia Tech and Now Ft. Hood

by Shepherd Bliss / November 12th, 2009 (0)

Oklahoma City (1995–168 killed), Columbine High (1999–12 killed), Virginia Tech University (2007–32 killed), and now Ft. Hood (13 killed). What do these memorable places have in common?

They are each sites where Americans killed Americans in a culture whose violence extends from here to places like Iraq and Afghanistan. They are symptoms of a deep problem not likely to disappear without serious intervention.

Connections exist among the violence here at home and American violence in wars abroad, which indicate a pattern. These incidents are among growing signs that we should analyze carefully, now, before additional warnings happen and perhaps even worsen. The …
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