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...first of all, you had a good post, so why the hell are you ashamed of posting your name? Or a consistent pseudonym? Are you part of the culture of fear?
Second, perhaps emergency plans might not have caused zero deaths, but it would have saved some lives. That's not very satisfying, I know. If only 14 people had died, it would still be worse than Columbine, and there's no way to know that the emergency plans had saved 19 lives. The phrase "it could have been much worse" wouldn't satisfy the 14 dead.
But the idea that there WERE emergency plans, and someone was carrying them out, might have reduced the shitstorm that the college administration will shortly be receiving.
I came across a post...don't know if it was here or on Democratic Underground...where someone blandly said "The college is covered. They are insured and their lawyers will ascertain that they had no responsibility to protect the lives of their students, who are considered adults." In other words, the American institutions of higher education are all run by Michael Browns. Heck of a job, guys. You have no reason to complain about the Bush Administration.
