One of the things that has struck me following the horrific murders at Virgina Tech is the same thing that struck me following the horrific hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast two years ago.
The common theme?
The sad instinct to look to government for answers to imponderable questions.
Fact: Katrina was a hurricane. A big hurricane. A scary hurricane. No government on earth could have prevented it, let alone the mighty US government. New Orleans was going to flood...it's below sea-level for christ-sake. People were going to die.
Fact: The sick, twisted murderer at Virgina Tech was going to kill people and he was not going to be stopped by government. To look for government to stop him, and others like him, is idiotic. We live in a free society. You cannot stop someone who wants to kill people. Va Tech even had tight gun laws.
Sadly, it seems, we have become too reliant on the Nanny State to take care of us. In reflecting on these tragic events, we look for answers from our leaders. We want to know why they didn't stop a hurricane or stop a diseased loner from wreaking havoc on poor, innocent people.
The fact is, in life bad things happen. Bad people kill. Bad storms damage.
Perhaps, in a strange way, these events will help teach us the lesson of self-reliance and the self-responsibility of living in a free society.
Sometimes, the answer is that there is no answer.
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