Wednesday, April 18, 2007

"Heroes in Hell's Midst" by Maggie Gallagher

Maggie Gallagher has a column about the murder of 32 students at Virginia Tech. She talks about the heroes of that day and ends the column:

Why do they kill? Who cares? The explanation varies in the details, but the basic script is the same: They are men who choose murder to combat humiliation, to reign for a few ghastly moments in hell, rather than to serve in heaven.

How do some facing hell find the courage to act to stop it? That's what I want to know


(To read the rest click on the title for a link)