OK - I will admit that was a petty comment.  The timing was poor, and I suppose it was kind of a knee-jerk reaction to this ongoing disaster.  But, in a very small way, I honestly do believe that one thing does have something to do with the other.  It seems that just about everybody out there has an opinion on something or someone, which is fine.  There are many people like yourself offering their opinions online that are intelligent and include a wealth of information and even humor.  The problem is that there are just as many (if not more) who can’t state any of their opinions without piling on a few unnecessary insults.  Their only purpose is to belittle or humiliate others, simply because they offer an opposing viewpoint.  Being an avid college football fan, I stumbled upon this website last October.  It is certainly one of the few that are worth reading on a consistent basis.  So, I was all the more surprised and upset when I found that comment concerning VT on an old posting.

My point is that every time a tragedy like this happens, everyone always promises to start treating those around us with a greater level of respect and caring.  But how long does that really last?  A few weeks or a couple of months?  I’m not doubting your genuine sympathy for the victims of this tragedy, but I know that there are quite a number of people whose supposed outpouring of emotion is purely superficial, or at the very least, strictly temporary.  All I am saying is that we all know that no one would ever dare post a comment like that on any website now, but why should Monday’s events make any difference?  I don’t expect that any of this will change your opinion of the VT community, and it certainly shouldn’t.  I’ll be the first to admit that most VT fans treat their football team like a perennial national title contender, instead of a team that is perpetually overrated and falls apart every November.

Anyway, thanks for giving me a forum to try to make sense of all this.