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In my day, Fort Dix, N.J., billed itself as the home of the "Ultimate Weapon." That weapon, depicted by a heroic statue at the front gate, was the lowly infantryman armed only with his rifle and appearing to shout something like, "Follow me!" This was the Army's way of countering the glamour of the other services, particularly the Air Force. It took boots on the ground - not planes overhead - to really win a war. It took, in short, the ultimate weapon. No one could kill better.
Now from Blacksburg, Va., comes additional evidence that there is nothing as dangerous as a single man and nothing as unpredictable as the mind of man. The man who is said to be responsible for all those killings, 32 in all, will be examined down to microscopic detail. But no matter what anyone says, Cho Seung-Hui was just mad. Other terms will be applied to him and, of course, he's already being called a loner, but the simple fact is that he was mad - maybe not for long, but when it mattered, long enough.See the full content of this document
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Sometimes Madness Is the Ultimate Weapon
The mind of man lags. Our machines are wonderful. Our toys are thrilling. Our clothes and foods are sophisticated. But our minds are stuck in the antediluvian past. If so...
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