The last post on the Virginia Tech Killer, I hope

Okay, so the follow-up to the Virginia Tech killings has happened in a sadly predictable fashion. We're already at the point of the media covering themselves and their own reaction to what they chose to do about it (they've been through a lot, those guys).

And the whole "what movies was this guy watching?" thing has started. I'd like to think it would also start us talking sensibly about what would have kept the guns out of the killers hands or otherwise prevented the tragedy. But the NRA's stranglehold on Washington DC seems to make that unlikely. Better we should worry about what movies he watched.

I'd even like it if we were talking about depression and the need to open up your mouth to ease a troubled soul before you open up with a pair of handguns. But we're not, are we? Valueless and foolish hypocrites like Newt Gingrich have exploited the nightmarish loss suffered by 33 families to advance their own political agenda.

But, I know what you're saying. You're saying, if only homophobia could be invoked.

Well, guess what.