As soon as the news of the massacre had really sunk in, I waited for what I knew would inevitably happen.

The Blaming.

So far, we have the Devil, violent video games, Guns, hedonism, Guns, Al Qeada, Guns and occasionally Guns.

To me the whole concept of "why" is an exercise in futility.  As much as anyone could explain this, only the killer can come close, assuming he actually knew what drove him, and he took that with him to whatever awaited him in the afterlife.  All we get are speculations, theories, allegations, accusations and the like.

Even after hearing about and seeing his sick manifesto of dementia, there are no real answers.  He rambled on in such a bizarre fashion that the only reasonable conclusion is that he is crazy, a conclusion that was pretty much evident by him shooting up a college campus and killing 32 people.

Every year, my kids present me with a form from school, whcih I must read and sign, and return for my childs file.

I call it the "Non-Agression Pact".  The School Districts call it a "Zero Tolerance Policy for Violence".  It essentially says that anyone fighting in school, or on school property, would be subject to various levels of punishment, regardless of who initiated the violence.  Kind of a Mutally Assured Destruction suicide pact kind of thing.

Being pointless to try to argue the administrators out of such a ridiculous policy, I simply sign the form.  However, when I return the form to my child, I also give them verbal instructions; to whit:

"If you are the one that throws the first punch (or kick, as both my kids are belts in Tae Kwon Do), you are in far more trouble with me than anything the School can do to you.