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VT Massacre: Should the Virginia Tech leadership be fired?
SocialCred April 17, 2007 01:38:56
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There were two distinct shooting incidents separated by at least two hours. The administration refused to evacuate campus or otherwise implement effective security measures after the first shooting in which two people were murdered in the freshman dorms. Students report they were not even aware of the first shooting until the second attack began....
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said authorities believed the shooting at the dorm was a domestic dispute and mistakenly thought the gunman had fled the campus.
‘‘We had no reason to suspect any other incident was going to occur,’’ he said.
Should the Virginia Tech leadership (including the leaders of its campus police department) be fired for failing to implement emergency evacuation procedures after the first shooting incident on campus of 4-16-2007?
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said authorities believed the shooting at the dorm was a domestic dispute and mistakenly thought the gunman had fled the campus.
‘‘We had no reason to suspect any other incident was going to occur,’’ he said.
Should the Virginia Tech leadership (including the leaders of its campus police department) be fired for failing to implement emergency evacuation procedures after the first shooting incident on campus of 4-16-2007?
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No, no one in the administration should be fired.
There was no way of knowing when the couple was shot that there would be more to follow. It could have just been an isolated incedent. Was no way to predict what was to follow. This campus has 26,000 people, 4 acres of land and numerous buildings. That would be like shutting down a small city. How long do you think that would have taken? Moving people out and about the campus could have caused more deaths as there would have been more people running around outside.View thread
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decision on how someone reacts in the heat of the moment. What they do
is exactly what they preach against when they yell for the fireing of
Imus et al. We have become a society of armchair quarterbacks, but not
only in sports, we critize anyone and everyone and demand their head on
a chopping block no matter what the circumstances were and we always
use our own slant to bring to the table. For example we all blamed Bush
for the Katrina fiasco, but dont bring any blame to the state or local
people who could have evacuated the city 3 days earlier, with busses
that sat on the parking lot. We all called for Imus's head, but he's
been saying these things for years. We want Gonzolas for the 8
attornies, but ignore the requests of the senators and congresmen who
wanted them fired in the first place.
everything they could. It is very hard to find a needle in a haystack.
One person among 25,000 even if they knew he was out there what are the
options? Close campus, now you have a bunch of students on the quad
with a mad shooter and locked buildings, can you say free for all. Send
out emails, Who is going to check them for an eight or nine o'clock
class? They are rolling out of bed putting on their sweats and trying
not to be late. Radio? Now the whole town is on edge and looking for
... oh yeah, we dont have an eye witness they're dead. So we are going
to hold the university to blame when we wouldn't hold a policeman if it
happened in a small town. This is what I mean by armchair
quarterbacking.
Class can wait. Send the police out and students somewhere safe.
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I would pound on the investigating personnel, but 2 hours is not a long period of time to investigate without enough resources.
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All the local news reporters should be fired too. If they would have reported the first two shooting quicker maybe the students would have had time to hide.
The governor should be fired too (oh, he is elected we can't do that). Well then fire all the cafeteria workers where he ate for the last 3 meals.
chopping block instead of just doing what needs to be done to help with
the aftermath.
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