When two Penn State students dressed themselves as Virginia Tech shooting victims at a Halloween party, one explained later
"We are notorious and infamous as the state college, and very popular, so we have to do things that push the envelope just for shock value"
Aaron Hanscom thinks its another example of young people treating murder as a victimless crime.
Christina Hoff Sommers, who has taught ethics courses, has written about colleges’ responsibility to provide students with what the philosopher Henry Sidgwick called “moral common sense.” Sure, young people hear their professors’ opinions on capital punishment, abortion, stem cell research and, yes, suicide bombings, but “they learn almost nothing about private decency, honesty, personal responsibility, or honor.”
Until they do, we shouldn’t be surprised to see college students dressed up as suicide bombers or shooting victims. After all, one person’s monster is another’s hero who just wanted to go out with a bang.