Comments on: Stop Armchair Quarterbacking the VA Tech Shootings! http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings my digital notebook Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: spiralbound.net » Orwellian Demands After VA Tech Shooting http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings#comment-73765 spiralbound.net » Orwellian Demands After VA Tech Shooting Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:43:13 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings/#comment-73765 [...] America is coming to terms with the fact that they can’t get their pound of flesh from the VA Tech Campus Police and President, they have set their sights on mental health professionals as a group to blame for last [...] [...] America is coming to terms with the fact that they can’t get their pound of flesh from the VA Tech Campus Police and President, they have set their sights on mental health professionals as a group to blame for last [...]

]]> By: Wandering Pig Effer http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings#comment-71954 Wandering Pig Effer Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:38:21 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings/#comment-71954 "Recent events on the campus of Virginia Tech, as horrific as they are, happen every day on a smaller scale all over the country. We recoil in horror at the shootings because of the numbers, not because people got shot and died. People get shot and die every day, and we don’t bat an eye. The truth is, events of this magnitude can be prevented." http://pigeffer.com/?p=107 “Recent events on the campus of Virginia Tech, as horrific as they are, happen every day on a smaller scale all over the country. We recoil in horror at the shootings because of the numbers, not because people got shot and died. People get shot and die every day, and we don’t bat an eye. The truth is, events of this magnitude can be prevented.”

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]]> By: Users Suck! http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings#comment-71318 Users Suck! Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:16:27 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings/#comment-71318 <strong>Politicians, the Media, & the Virginia Tech Shootings...</strong> My buddy Cliff over at Spiralbound.net wrote a story this morning expressing his displeasure with all of the armchair quarterbacking of the Virginia Tech shootings that happened yesterday.  I entirely agree with his point of view … hindsight i... Politicians, the Media, & the Virginia Tech Shootings…

My buddy Cliff over at Spiralbound.net wrote a story this morning expressing his displeasure with all of the armchair quarterbacking of the Virginia Tech shootings that happened yesterday.  I entirely agree with his point of view … hindsight i…

]]> By: cliff http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings#comment-70901 cliff Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:20:24 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings/#comment-70901 Jeffery writes: "I think people engage in finger-pointing because it has become an accepted side-effect of tragic events… I believe that if we shunned such unproductive exercises that people would be less likely to engage in it in the future…" I could not agree more. Somewhere along the lines the process of reviewing actions after the fact and looking for ways to improve the response should something similar happen in the future turned into second guessing everyone involved and lecturing them about what they SHOULD have done differently. This, of course, all done with the benefit of hindsight. I think those who are so quick to criticize need to really ask themselves how they would feel if put in the position of having to make fast decisions in the midst of a disaster. How they would feel receiving all the retrospective criticism after the fact. I believe if they thought seriously about this, they would realize how unproductive and harmful their armchair quarterbacking really is. Jeffery writes:

“I think people engage in finger-pointing because it has become an accepted side-effect of tragic events… I believe that if we shunned such unproductive exercises that people would be less likely to engage in it in the future…”

I could not agree more. Somewhere along the lines the process of reviewing actions after the fact and looking for ways to improve the response should something similar happen in the future turned into second guessing everyone involved and lecturing them about what they SHOULD have done differently. This, of course, all done with the benefit of hindsight.

I think those who are so quick to criticize need to really ask themselves how they would feel if put in the position of having to make fast decisions in the midst of a disaster. How they would feel receiving all the retrospective criticism after the fact. I believe if they thought seriously about this, they would realize how unproductive and harmful their armchair quarterbacking really is.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings#comment-70816 Jeffrey Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:20:00 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings/#comment-70816 Amen, brother. I have been thinking the same thing for the last 36 hours -- about how easy it is to armchair quarterback after the fact. The logistics that would be required in trying to shut down a small city like Va-Tech would be mind-boggling. It took trained US military personnel two hours to figure out what was happening on 9-11 when the entire world saw airplanes crash into the WTC and Pentagon... but the Va-Tech president was supposed to intuit that the first two shootings -- which presented all of the appearances of being a possible domestic violence crime -- would evolve into another shooting spree two hours later??? I don't buy it -- not for a single second. And I agree with you that he must feel badly enough without pig-piling atop him and the other administrators... To Mike M... I think people engage in finger-pointing because it has become an accepted side-effect of tragic events... I believe that if we shunned such unproductive exercises that people would be less likely to engage in it in the future... Amen, brother. I have been thinking the same thing for the last 36 hours — about how easy it is to armchair quarterback after the fact. The logistics that would be required in trying to shut down a small city like Va-Tech would be mind-boggling. It took trained US military personnel two hours to figure out what was happening on 9-11 when the entire world saw airplanes crash into the WTC and Pentagon… but the Va-Tech president was supposed to intuit that the first two shootings — which presented all of the appearances of being a possible domestic violence crime — would evolve into another shooting spree two hours later??? I don’t buy it — not for a single second.

And I agree with you that he must feel badly enough without pig-piling atop him and the other administrators…

To Mike M… I think people engage in finger-pointing because it has become an accepted side-effect of tragic events… I believe that if we shunned such unproductive exercises that people would be less likely to engage in it in the future…

]]> By: Mike M http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings#comment-70532 Mike M Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:43:35 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/04/17/stop-armchair-quarterbacking-the-va-tech-shootings/#comment-70532 I agree Cliff. Don't get me wrong, this is a tragic event, and is cause for evaluation of the circumstances. But to immediately start blaming administration for not closing campus, etc is a bit harsh. I think in times of need, as everyone is in that community, people cope differently. Some need to point fingers, some need to go into seclusion, others need to gather together and proclaim that such actions will not be tolerated. My fear, from my continuing distrust of the media, is that finger pointing = ratings, so that is what will be aired. I agree Cliff. Don’t get me wrong, this is a tragic event, and is cause for evaluation of the circumstances. But to immediately start blaming administration for not closing campus, etc is a bit harsh.
I think in times of need, as everyone is in that community, people cope differently. Some need to point fingers, some need to go into seclusion, others need to gather together and proclaim that such actions will not be tolerated. My fear, from my continuing distrust of the media, is that finger pointing = ratings, so that is what will be aired.

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