Posted on April 17, 2007

What Was Your Kneejerk Reaction?

After thinking about my own this morning, and reading different ones elsewhere, I’m wondering what your kneejerk reactions to news of the shooting were. This might not work out so well, since I hardly have any readers, but if you immediately thought, “Oh, it must be ______” or “This clearly means ______” when you heard, … Continue reading »

Kneejerk

My first thought upon hearing about the Virginia Tech massacre: Marc Lepine. My second thought: Some girl dumped him. It’s sounding like my second thought was correct. And now I realize how much I didn’t want it to be. Because a zillion other people had kneejerk reactions in keeping with their pet causes yesterday. Lots … Continue reading »