Comments on: My thoughts on…the Virginia Tech Massacre http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/ Dare you enter the realm of my mind? Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Maritza http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2016 Maritza Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:34:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2016 I feel sorry for both the victims and Cho himself. he was obviously a very disturbed person who did not get the help he needed. He was not poor so the rant against rich girls/society was just part of his delusions. I also feel very sorry for the instructor who tried so hard to find him help which he refused. So sad. I feel sorry for both the victims and Cho himself. he was obviously a very disturbed person who did not get the help he needed. He was not poor so the rant against rich girls/society was just part of his delusions. I also feel very sorry for the instructor who tried so hard to find him help which he refused. So sad.

]]> By: Abeni http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2015 Abeni Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:13:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2015 Well said Leon...You always have to wonder if no one saw it coming and why it couldnt have been avoided..Too sad Well said Leon…You always have to wonder if no one saw it coming and why it couldnt have been avoided..Too sad

]]> By: Gina R Johnson http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2014 Gina R Johnson Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:13:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2014 hey Leon...<br/><br/>Pretty powerful post. I blogged about this myself. Didn't feel to analyze it myself, just wanted to talk from the heart. Keep up the good work here, man. Take care.<br/><br/>Peace,<br/><br/>Gina R. Johnson hey Leon…

Pretty powerful post. I blogged about this myself. Didn’t feel to analyze it myself, just wanted to talk from the heart. Keep up the good work here, man. Take care.

Peace,

Gina R. Johnson

]]> By: Evrviglnt http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2013 Evrviglnt Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:43:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2013 It's not about rich kids or college girls, it's about maturity and the darkness of human nature. We all have times when we need attention and feel th only way people will take us seriously is if we kill ourselves - that's what suicide usually is, a cry for attention. This guy Cho executed people, he leveled his gun at kids his own age who begged for their lives and pulled the trigger.<br/><br/>No one is responsible for the carnage that day but that sick murderer - and any attempt to explain away his culpability is to invite the next depressed suicidal murderer to film his martyr video and kill even more innocent kids. It’s not about rich kids or college girls, it’s about maturity and the darkness of human nature. We all have times when we need attention and feel th only way people will take us seriously is if we kill ourselves - that’s what suicide usually is, a cry for attention. This guy Cho executed people, he leveled his gun at kids his own age who begged for their lives and pulled the trigger.

No one is responsible for the carnage that day but that sick murderer - and any attempt to explain away his culpability is to invite the next depressed suicidal murderer to film his martyr video and kill even more innocent kids.

]]> By: owen http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2012 owen Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:26:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2012 I don't see how the authorities could have pervented this shit happens. IT just goes to show the power of the human mind. We need to love each other instead of alienating people. They should have a "be a friend to a crazy person" holiday I don’t see how the authorities could have pervented this shit happens. IT just goes to show the power of the human mind. We need to love each other instead of alienating people. They should have a “be a friend to a crazy person” holiday

]]> By: Anonymous http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2011 Anonymous Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:18:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2011 Some further thoughts...For a real taste of what young people in the D.C. area are all about I would point you in the direction of the "D.C. LateNightShots" website. It is a group dedicated to social climbing via D.C. bar hopping. They used to have some very insightful comments on their website, but ever since the "I Hate D.C." blog spot started making sport of them, they promptly moved everything self-revealing behind the safety of their members-only web pages. Some further thoughts…For a real taste of what young people in the D.C. area are all about I would point you in the direction of the “D.C. LateNightShots” website. It is a group dedicated to social climbing via D.C. bar hopping. They used to have some very insightful comments on their website, but ever since the “I Hate D.C.” blog spot started making sport of them, they promptly moved everything self-revealing behind the safety of their members-only web pages.

]]> By: Anonymous http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2010 Anonymous Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:36:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2010 That's why I limited my description to D.C. as a hell of human nature. I knew comparisons to the rest of the world would come up in subsequent comments. The rest of the world, for sure, has hellish circumstances beyond comparison to anything in the U.S. Their "hells of human nature" largely come from centuries-long rivalries between warring tribes often brought about by artificially drawn national boundaries made by European powers. What you see in the behavior of the typical D.C. and D.C.-burb resident is born of a me-first mentality of gargantuan preportions. From the DCist/Fairfax County resident perspective, those individuals that are not rungs on a ladder for their financial and social climbing live and breathe for their personal amusement, if they even bother to notice their existence at all. That’s why I limited my description to D.C. as a hell of human nature. I knew comparisons to the rest of the world would come up in subsequent comments. The rest of the world, for sure, has hellish circumstances beyond comparison to anything in the U.S. Their “hells of human nature” largely come from centuries-long rivalries between warring tribes often brought about by artificially drawn national boundaries made by European powers. What you see in the behavior of the typical D.C. and D.C.-burb resident is born of a me-first mentality of gargantuan preportions. From the DCist/Fairfax County resident perspective, those individuals that are not rungs on a ladder for their financial and social climbing live and breathe for their personal amusement, if they even bother to notice their existence at all.

]]> By: Mad Bull http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2009 Mad Bull Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:37:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2009 I totally agree with the first Anonymous. To the second Anonymous, I suggest a visit to the Congo where all kinds of madness are going on, apparently, or Iraq, where bombs are going off daily. <br/>Thoise hells are related to human nature too, and they seem to be to be WAY more hellish... I totally agree with the first Anonymous. To the second Anonymous, I suggest a visit to the Congo where all kinds of madness are going on, apparently, or Iraq, where bombs are going off daily.
Thoise hells are related to human nature too, and they seem to be to be WAY more hellish…

]]> By: Anonymous http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2008 Anonymous Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:30:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2008 I live in Northern Virginia, and if any community could produce a serial killer, this is the one. The adults are totally immersed in social climbing - swerving through traffic in their oversized SUVs, prattling away on their cell phones, threatening to sue anyone who gets in their way. Their kids are raised by underpaid au-pairs and brought out for display at dinner parties like centerpieces. The kids are truly sad, but considering how they are raised it is surprised they don't all wind up in two camps - emotionally scarred like Cho, and the next generation of the self-involved. If there is a hell on earth as far as human nature goes, it is truly the metro D.C. area. I live in Northern Virginia, and if any community could produce a serial killer, this is the one. The adults are totally immersed in social climbing - swerving through traffic in their oversized SUVs, prattling away on their cell phones, threatening to sue anyone who gets in their way. Their kids are raised by underpaid au-pairs and brought out for display at dinner parties like centerpieces. The kids are truly sad, but considering how they are raised it is surprised they don’t all wind up in two camps - emotionally scarred like Cho, and the next generation of the self-involved. If there is a hell on earth as far as human nature goes, it is truly the metro D.C. area.

]]> By: Ricardo http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2007 Ricardo Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2007/04/20/my-thoughts-onthe-virginia-tech-massacre/#comment-2007 Yes they will paint this guy as the devil himself and no doubt what he did was evil, but there is something that makes me feel like this could have been avoided. It's not a cut and dry issue. I think his family abused him. You can see it in the plays he wrote. Yes they will paint this guy as the devil himself and no doubt what he did was evil, but there is something that makes me feel like this could have been avoided. It’s not a cut and dry issue. I think his family abused him. You can see it in the plays he wrote.

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