Odds and ends, 4/20/07

Some folks say NBC should not have aired the Virginia Tech shooter's videotape, and that most other broadcast outlets should not have aired it repeatedly.

Can we use the same logic on another hate-filled group? I don't like the way some people define "hate" as "someone who disagrees with me," but there is one group that definitely qualifies as "hate" by any definition.

This group likes to picket the funerals of soldiers and Marines killed in Iraq. You have to admit, it gets its publicity. Now it says it plans to picket the funerals of people killed at Virginia Tech.

Until they actually show up and get the whatever beat out of them, can we please -- please -- just ignore them? No matter what they say they will picket, wait until they actually show up before they get any ink.

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I was going to write a weekend editorial about the Virginia Tech murderer and warning signs and freedom and such, but I just couldn't do it. I feel as though there is something very important that I don't know.

As an editorial writer and an occassional blogger, I'm supposed to be the omniscient voice of God. But I can't step into those shoes. So if you all don't mind, I'll be human for a while until I have something of value to add to this particular conversation.