“Not all loners are child molesters or potential axe murderers.”-Anneli Rufus(http://www.annelirufus.com/reviews.html).
Here we go again. The guy, gunman Cho Seung-Hui who killed those at Virgina Tech has been described as a “loner.” That bugs me. Not all loners are murderers as some(many?)people would believe. I know because I am one. Never had many friends as a child and hasn’t changed into adulthood. Not once have I been pissed off at other people for my being alone. At God yes. At myself yes but not at people on earth for my always being alone. Any kind of harm to others has never crossed my mind and I’m sure it never will. It just bugs me and this is a major pet peeve of mine. Loners have a bad reputation. I don’t have any statistics to prove it but I’m sure the majority of loners are not killers. And I sure hope to find the stats on this to prove to you I know what I’m talking about.
Because when such things happen and the murderer/shooter is described as a “loner” I feel as those who see me at the coffee shop constantly alone, at the movies alone, at other events alone, I feel as if the others are thinking “oh-oh watch him. he’s a loner too.” But instead of murder I’m concocting(my word of the day)a plan on her to say “yes” to me and if she says “no” I move on. No harm done.
By the way I heard a news report yesterday that on one social networking site Cho Seung-Hui has over 1,000 “friends” on that site(anyone know which one?). That’s another beef I have. Were these people his friends when he was alive? Don’t know about you but I don’t want friends when I’m dead. I have no use for you then and you have no use for me then. People need people when they’re alive and if people such as Cho Seung-Hui had friends when he was alive maybe just maybe he wouldn’t have shot anyone. He would’ve been too busy hanging around with his REAL friends. And to me a friend is someone who sits at my table at the coffee shop and chats with me. To me a friend is someone who invites me to events and I invite him or her to an event(concert. movie, etc.). To me a friend is someone I visit and they visit me. And a to me a friend is someone who phones me once in awhile and I phone him or her to chat about whatever. Just saying ‘friend” on any site doesn’t make a person a friend. A real friend. Something each and every one of us needs. Human contact NOT computer or virtual ‘friends” we’ll neevr meet.
