frustrations

In times like these, I get frustrated with people. Not the victims, not the families of the victims, not the people involved in the situation.

It's the people not at all involved in the ordeal that become involved that get on my nerves.

32 people killed, 1 suicide, and 29 injured people.

One loss of life is irrepritable. To lose so many over one person's anger is as disconcerting a cause as any.

But to broadcast to the general public the message of a killer who documented his training and mindset to an astonishing degree is just as disconcerting.

The fact that not only one, but many news organizations broadcast these images and language on their networks bothers me. A certain personality on a certain news network asserted that while he was sad about the plight of the victims and the victims' families and close friends, it was necessary for "evil" "to be exposed" and to "inspire" lawmakers to take corrective action.

It's not.

Superintendent Colonel Steven Flaherty of the Virginia State Police made a statement that I whole-heartedly agree with:

"They're the type of things that those of us in my walk of life usually have to contend with and deal with. And I just hate that a lot of folks that are not used to seeing that type of image had to see it."

Frustrating me even more is the fact that people in various positions use this event as a way to further themselves in public eye. That's not what this is about.

This is a time to sorrow.

This is about life. This is about death. This is about the 32 people who died. This is about the 29 people who survived. This is about 1 person who inflicted damage.

This is not about politics.