Today was quite a day in history. The largest massacre in our history, and it happened on a college campus. Virginia Tech University. Hubs of education seem to draw these violent acts. In the coming days everyone will associate this with Columbine and other tragedies and recent terrorist-like events. We will weep for the dead, some will weep far longer than others, but eventually, nothing will be done except to say how "bad this is. and don't do it. something is wrong with american youth. something is wrong with America."

Something is wrong with America, but more specifically something is wrong with Americans.

"Schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. When that sanctuary is violated, the impact is felt in every American classroom and every American community.

"Today our nation grieves with those who have lost loved ones at Virginia Tech. We hold the victims in our hearts, we lift them up in our prayers, and we ask a loving God to comfort those who are suffering today." President Bush

We as individuals may grieve individually, but when our commander in chief leads the nation in an all-encompassing prayer, how do we not feel the pain. There is the pain from the day, the images on television, the stories from friends who's friend was shot, stories from the families. and there is another pain.

Our systems are so old and so fragile that any new technology must be tacked on. Americans can voice their own opinions. Is there no man who cannot get the news from the paper, the television, or the internet? Why does our leader have to command us in prayer.

Can't we think for ourselves?