Every generation has its share of nuts

Maybe the Virginia Tech events are far enough behind us now for me to make a comment. Everytime something like this happens both the press and many of the people seem to think it is somehow an event unique to our times, probably caused by our political beliefs (see Newt Gingrich on how the libruls caused the Virginia Tech tragedy) or our lifestyle or something that didn't exist in the supposed "good old days". I would simply remind those of you who were alive at the time to think back to 1966. From Wikipedia:

Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was a student at the University of Texas at Austin who shot and killed 13 people and wounded 31 others from atop the University's 27-story tower on August 1, 1966. His rampage ended on the same afternoon after Austin police shot him dead. Whitman also murdered both his wife and his mother the night before. (Some accounts allege a total 16 or 17 victims, citing a later suicide stemming from the attacks, and a pregnant woman, Claire Wilson. The unborn child was delivered deceased by C-Section and found to have had its head crushed by the penetrating bullet.) An autopsy showed Whitman had a brain tumor, which has led some to speculate that it caused his actions; however, this can not be known for sure.^[1]

Every generation has its share of nuts. I doubt there are any deep lessons to be learned from any of these events.