Winners of the Virginia Tech Lottery

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Congratulations to the victims of Seung-Hui Cho! You've won the Virginia Tech Lottery! That's right, $11 Million in taxpayer money is now yours, simply because you were a victim! Why should you ever have to work again? Why should you have to buy medical insurance for yourself? Why even bother finishing your degree at Virginia Tech? You were the victim of a crime that the press deemed worthy of their coverage. You went through trauma and horror that should be rewarded to an exact dollar amount! Who cares if the taxpayers of Virginia weren't the ones who shot up your school! It's your right to be compensated! They should have no problem forking over boatloads of money! Anyone who would complain about this is just heartless. They must think you should have to pay for your trauma by not getting this money! How else can we, as those who care, atone for the shame we feel? How could we live with ourselves if we didn't put this kind of price tag on the lives of those who were murdered? Money, after all, is what makes everything all right! What, some cold hearted miser asked why the victims of other horrors aren't getting paid too? How dare they ask that question! Of course your pain and suffering is worse than anyone else's... It's YOURS! So, please accept this money taken by force from the people of the great commonwealth of Virginia. Take it and consider yourself lucky that YOU got traumatized by a mad freak. If it isn't enough, be sure to sue us for more! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_settlement