[BobD]

I know this is not the place for current events...or news...or anything like that. But I just wanted to post a note offering prayers to positive energy to the friends and families of the affected students and faculty!

Bob

[Lynn O. Doughty]

They're certainly on my list. My nephew and his fiance both go to Virginia Tech. While he was on lockdown in his dorm she was in the classroom next door to one of the shootings. Scary stuff. Thank God they're both okay!

[DADDIO]

prayers for all flowing from the south,may the lord bless and keep them and give all strength........amen

[Blake Lunsford]

That's only about an hour and a half from me....I've been on the campus many times! My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the families who lost loved ones! Please keep them all in your prayers!

Blake

[Eddy Smiles]

It's hard to imagine how those families are even handling it. I sure don't know what my wife or I would do if one of our kids or grandkids were victims. Our hearts go out to all.

[Lightningbolt]

At the time of the first shooting I was sitting in the dentists' chair in Galax, Virginia when the first reports interupted that easy-listening dentist office music. All sort of things start going throught the mind sort of like when we first heard the news of 9-11.

Plenty of prayer, strength, and faith will get us all through it again I suppose and if any good can come from something like this it's that it does seem to strengthen my resolve to somehow make the world a better place to live in my own subltle way for all those who are affected by my everyday life.

[Callynne]

My thoughts and prayers are also with all those touched by this tragedy. Lynn I'm thankful your family was spared, I wish everyone's was. Deborah

[jillsy]

Bob, this was a nice thread to start.

Lynn, so glad your nephew and fiance are ok.

For all the others, the students, faculty, all the family and friends, and the entire community who have to deal with something so horrible, my prayers are sent up too.

[real good]

Amen God is

[Eddy Smiles]

Bob... I trust that you'll remove my post if you deem it pushing this too far but deep inside I keep asking myself when is enough going to be enough.... The Luby's in Texas, the Indian Reservation.... Columbine... and now Virginia Tech. And each time the number of casualties gets increasingly larger. I watched our elected leaders show their concern and sympathy for the victims and I know in my heart that it was genuine but at the same time no one is talking about doing anything about it. Even Bob Schiffer on the news this morning says that because of the lobbying power of certain organizations which I need not even name this too will pass from the nation's consience just as soon as the media stops reporting on it. Unfortunately I don't have any answers, just a lot of really confused and angry questions. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

And again, if this is too provacative or outside of the norm of questions appropriate for this post.... please pull it. Thank you.