VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING UPDATE

I would donate – not sure how much, but as much as I could.

It’s a good idea but VT may be setting something up directly: http://www.vt.edu/

Yeah, definitely +1 on the fund.

We’ll hold off and see what comes out of VT in the next day or so, then. Funneling people’s attention could be much more efficient than fundraising on our own.

I would guess that what TCOAN pointed to will wind up being the best option, and I’m sure VT would appreciate any help that’ll be sent their way from the blogosphere.

I agree with TCOAN, italiangator, etc. Usually it’s faster and easier (thus resulting in more contributions) to funnel towards a chosen charity/fund that’s been set up already.

Alternatively, should we find out that one of the readers on this site has a family member, etc., who, as a result of the events today, is no longer with us, we can funnel contributions to whichever fund is set up for him/her. This will come to light shortly, I assume.

We need to take time to love on those that are not at the top of the social chain. We may never truly know the motive behind such horrific actions that the killer uses to justify his or her means. However when the downtrodden and socially uncool are are excepted I believe a major motive is removed.

http://www.hollywoodsquared.com/

This is a senseless crime. I am all for a fund.

There are so many scam artists out there that many people probably wouldn’t feel comfortable donating to a paypal account set up by a blogger. I think you could do more good by pointing out other funds and charities with established credentials. Just my $0.02.

That’s pretty much what we’re going to do, Mike, after some consult.

I think it would be best to wait for now and really publicize an official donation program. The only reason to set up a different donation fund would be to publicize how much sports bloggers and their readers have given, and at that point you’re diverting attention from the real issue.

the sheer number of people killed will allow this shoting to eclipse pretty much any others that occured in recent memory but, if the speculation on that blog is correct (and i’ve seen a few emails that back the claim) then this is a scenario that is more frighteningly common than we would likely suspect.

for example, in february two asu students were slain by a spurned boyfriend who decided murder was a logical revenge to show the depth of his love. the offense these two were guilty of? knowing the ex-girlfriend and being in the wrong place in the wrong time.

i am quite certain the outpouring of assitance to virginia tech will be overwhelming. i would like to suggest considering putting the not insigificant resources of EDSBS toward something else that addresses the root of the problem. but what that could be, i am not certain.

shooter’s identity revealed at www.inkyokie.blogspot.com

Really scary to me, as in my day job we have offices in Blacksburg, and my oldest is on the cusp of making his college decision, VT is on the list.

O, agreeing with the rest – link to the VT site for donations.

You can find a good bit of info that is not yet available on the VTech shootings on Facebook. Search Virginia Tech Shootings- Some pretty interesting responses and photos I have not yet seen.

http://collegecandy.com/2007/04/16/grieving-vtech-students-and-families-turn-to-facebook-for-answers/

Setting up a paypal donation account isn’t the best way to do this kind of thing – paypal is notorious for closing these kinds of accounts (new accounts with a sudden and high influx of cash is suspicious and gets noticed) and then making it difficult to get the money out. I agree that the best thing to do is to wait for some sort of official fund from the school.

I can’t believe someone would do this. If he had some issues, he should’ve TALKED them out? But I’m glad that that he died, that way this will never happen again.

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I, AND THE BIBLE LITERATURE CLASS I TEACH IN WINCHESTER KY, ARE PRAYING FOR YOU. MANY KIDS AT OUR HIGHSCHOOL HAVE BECOME DISTRAUGHT OVER THE IDEA THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN UNANNOUNCED AND THEY WANT THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THOSE INJURED OR WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE REMEMBERED IN OUR PRAYERS.

The shootings are terrible. Please accept my sympathy, everyone involved.
Please let us not forget those in harm’s way in Iraq who die every day as well.

Dis is so sad he made me fuckin mad yall ned to sew his fuckin family. like why will he hurt these people because he had a bad life you no wat fuck him and his life. tham damn baster he piss me off like damn im mad. if that waz my brother that got shoot i would of made a big azz sence. and where da fuck is da security wen diz happen like damn he kilt that many people n the big ass period of time. so i blame virgina tech punk ass security yall punk ass waz runnin wen yall herd the shooting( the opposite direction) Bitch ass yall need to get fire. like damn pissen me off and y da fuq he kilt a black person first and kilt another black person last his races ass and then niggas thinking this shit is funny ur ass need to get shoot for that . YALL DUMB BITCHES

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