I commented on the HotAir VTech thread over the weekend, and see-dubya thought this story was as obnoxious as I do. Here is part of Cornell’s President Skorton’s speech:
“We are one,” said Cornell President David Skorton. “We are one community, one people, one planet. We are
here today to affirm that oneness … We are here to bear witness to the passing of the 33 members of our family at Virginia Tech University who have met an untimely and terrible fate.”
And, he said, “We are here for all of those who are gone, for all 33. We are here for the 32 who have passed from the immediate to another place, not by their own choice. We are also here for the one who has also passed.”
He added that those present were there to “join with our friends in the Korean and Korean-American communities for we are all one family, most especially today we share the same sorrow and the same need for comfort and reassurance.”
As if honoring a killer isn’t bad enough in your speech. According to the Cornell Daily Sun:
The bells of McGraw tower rang 33 times before the service, once for each of the victims, and the daily afternoon chimes concert began just as people began filing out of Sage Chapel.
What a disgrace.
UPDATE: Tieki Rae elaborates for us. Excellent post at her place.
