The easy availability of lethal handguns in Virginia is undoubtedly one of them. So is the prevailing anxiety, insecurity, embitterment and violence currently felt in this cultural centre of the US military as the war in Iraq turns so sour for its troops on the ground.The war in Iraq caused Cho to do it. Yeah, that's it.
The Irish Independent and the Sunday Times both highlighted the Irish Times's blatant stupidity.
I guess what surprises me is that no one seems to feel that this lapse in judgment merits a resignation. Yet, why shouldn't it? I don't see why the editor responsible shouldn't go after something this embarrassingly ludicrous. Paper of record? Even a college newspaper would hesitate before publishing something this amateurish.
