11:54 PM - VT
I have been rather quiet about real issues in my life and in general.
The effect of the VT shootings is unbelievable. The first night, almost every network ran "experts" blaming everything from video games and hollywood to gun control and the president of VT. In reality, the only person responsible is the person who shot those people. (Cho is it?) A professor in the English department tried to get him help. People who were popular when they were young or feel that they are "normal" Americans often try to blame people they don't understand for crimes. The terrible acts in Nazi Germany are an example of people following along with a witch hunt. This guy came to the United States in 1992 with his family from South Korea. He is a perminent resident of the United States. (was and is since his body is here) This guy was not a South Korean anymore.. sure genetically he was from that region of the world. His family owned a dry cleaners near D.C. He had a sister. He wrote terrible things and stalked women. This man killed 30+ people (they can't report the number consistently). He was depressed and killed people. I can imagine a person who moved to the US with a "foreign name" and background would be an outcast. Like everyone, I wish VT wouldn't have happened or at least that he just killed himself. Gun laws, video games, and the like would not have changed things. This was planned. A waiting period would not have stopped him. He probably made the bomb threats to find out how long it took police to get into position, etc.
I feel terrible for the victims families. I also feel terrible for the family of this "Cho" guy. Having your son commit the deadliest killing at a school in the US is not what they had in mind when they moved their family here for a better life.
As a student, I feel like people are overreating just a bit. College campuses have a lot of problems and this is unlikely to happen again soon. There maybe a few other incidents just as there were copycats with the shootings in the 90s. Get these people counseling. Instead of trying to fortify campuses against shootings, perhaps they could start with better overall night security. How many muggings, rapes and other terrible crimes happen on campuses? How about little crimes like left?
Now I read that a Democrat from Ohio wants to impeach the Vice President. I don't think this is the week to start that. I also don't think its the right thing to do unless there is hard evidence. I doubt there is. Regardless, most Americans are focused on VT right now.
The effect of the VT shootings is unbelievable. The first night, almost every network ran "experts" blaming everything from video games and hollywood to gun control and the president of VT. In reality, the only person responsible is the person who shot those people. (Cho is it?) A professor in the English department tried to get him help. People who were popular when they were young or feel that they are "normal" Americans often try to blame people they don't understand for crimes. The terrible acts in Nazi Germany are an example of people following along with a witch hunt. This guy came to the United States in 1992 with his family from South Korea. He is a perminent resident of the United States. (was and is since his body is here) This guy was not a South Korean anymore.. sure genetically he was from that region of the world. His family owned a dry cleaners near D.C. He had a sister. He wrote terrible things and stalked women. This man killed 30+ people (they can't report the number consistently). He was depressed and killed people. I can imagine a person who moved to the US with a "foreign name" and background would be an outcast. Like everyone, I wish VT wouldn't have happened or at least that he just killed himself. Gun laws, video games, and the like would not have changed things. This was planned. A waiting period would not have stopped him. He probably made the bomb threats to find out how long it took police to get into position, etc.
I feel terrible for the victims families. I also feel terrible for the family of this "Cho" guy. Having your son commit the deadliest killing at a school in the US is not what they had in mind when they moved their family here for a better life.
As a student, I feel like people are overreating just a bit. College campuses have a lot of problems and this is unlikely to happen again soon. There maybe a few other incidents just as there were copycats with the shootings in the 90s. Get these people counseling. Instead of trying to fortify campuses against shootings, perhaps they could start with better overall night security. How many muggings, rapes and other terrible crimes happen on campuses? How about little crimes like left?
Now I read that a Democrat from Ohio wants to impeach the Vice President. I don't think this is the week to start that. I also don't think its the right thing to do unless there is hard evidence. I doubt there is. Regardless, most Americans are focused on VT right now.