i had a reading on the columbine spate of school shootings: authoritarian atmospheres, forced association, etc would get the occasional violent response. obviously, you can't read the thing in colorado or toaday in the next county over in the same way. it is extraordinarily disturbing that these are anti-girl sex/hate crimes, and the only reason to put them in the same category as columbine is the scene of the crime. obviously it is a heart-shattering irony that it's automatic weapons in an amish 1-room school. i don't think it's possible to quite say anything, the only possible reaction is a frozen despair.