Virginia Tech shooting

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I think Kanamori is on the mark.

What do you think of the campus administrations actions regarding not cancelling school? I think they made the right decision at the time personally.

[Hosakawa Tito]

The school should have been on lock-down till they could either find the shooter or verify he was gone from the campus. I think they were too complacent, and their lack of vigilance and situational awareness may have cost the lives of those in that class room. Since when is any shooting such a ho-hum business as usual affair?

[Beirut]

Very sad thing. Such a waste.

I can't understand why the school was not locked down.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

The school should have been on lock-down till they could either find the shooter or verify he was gone from the campus. I think they were too complacent, and their lack of vigilance and situational awareness may have cost the lives of those in that class room. Since when is any shooting such a ho-hum business as usual affair?

Well, it's not like the president has a red button on his desk which magically makes the campus safe. With 30,000 people it's the size of a small city and you can't shut down a small city for every murder. Hindsight is perfect of course, but I don't think there's ever been a killing spree with a 2 hour gap like that. At the time of the killing most of the commuters would be on their way there, and no one checks there email before hand. The first killing was in a dormitory anyway, how would canceling class help? Most campus's don't have the manpower to shut down quickly.