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I am so numb by violence these days. There was 'round the clock coverage of yesterday's massacre at Virginia Tech where 33 people, including the shooter, were killed and others injured, but I didn't bother to watch. I wasn't shocked by hearing the story, rather a "Here we go again" thought ran across my mind. When the Columbine Massacre happened back in 1999, that was earth-shattering news. Now, it's just another story added to a long list of tragedies.

The shooter was another loner, who hated the world so much he felt the need to bring a gun to campus and kill everyone he could put his eyes on. And like many killers before him, the shooter ended up killing himself, bringing a gun to his head as police closed in on him. A note was left by Cho Seung-hui, the killer, in his dorm, listing "rich kids", "deceitful charlatans" and debauchery as his enemies.

Virginia Tech is one of the largest if not the largest campus with more than 25,000 students, almost equal to the town where it resides. It's a peaceful place, one where you can leave your car door unlocked and not worry about it getting stolen. But after one bloody afternoon, that has all changed.

I feel guilty for not being more upset at this story. With this much loss of life, it SHOULD affect me greater, even if I don't live in the same town or even the same country. There's just so much violence that we get exposed to every day, even the randomness of the act isn't even surprising to me anymore.

This world needs to find itself again.