Pleas From VT To Feds Resemble Star Trek Episode

Everyone knows that the original Star Trek series was Gene Roddenberry's way of commenting on culture and society in the 1960s, right?


Well, recent events and statements coming out of Virginia Tech as it comes up on the one year anniversary of the murders of some 30+ students and staff there, are baffling. Rattled by the shootings at Baton Rouge's Louisiana Tech, and more recently the murders at DeKalb's NIU, authorities at VT are asking the feds for money to "cope." Translation: "Money will fix us."

I humbly disagree. Things will never be "fixed." Will money help? They've not really said how, other than to hold out their hand in request. Now policy change, on the other hand, does translate to progress. Enabling students access to the tools that would give them a reasonable chance to survive -- which they are currently denied -- in victim-rich zones established by university officials is a start. Of course, obvious solutions are frequently overlooked for complicated analysis and politically correct consensus.


Anyway, all of this is reminiscent, writes one of my favorite pro-2A bloggers, of 1960s sci-fi. Does anyone remember "Help us Landru, guide us!"


Of course, the statement that "freedom is never a gift, it must be earned" holds incredible weight in virtually any conversation. Common sense, but did you know the precise words come from a fictional starship captain named James Tiberius Kirk?

Okay, you probably didn't care, but the post linked to above is a gem.