Virginia Tech Killer Identified

[pedroh 21]

Yesterday the rumors were about an 'Asian' gunman; today's paper just gave the information they had. Nearly any crime describes the criminal and anything specific about him; we knew Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were white.

And you know what, pretty sure most people'd figure out his ethnicity from his name and photo enough even if they didn't mention he was Korean.

no waii!! lol

[Niels Bohr 72]

They'll find out his race no matter what. Although they need to some more in depth research to find what country. In any case, it's getting into censorship issues which is a little out of topic.

Edited April 17, 2007 by consolemaster

[Kathryn41 3,205]

He also immigrated to the US as a child so regardless of his ethnic background, he grew up here.

I am with Kez on this, and I feel sorry for his family along with the ones whose lives he claimed and changed for ever; imagine how painful it would be knowing your child had done such a horrible thing.

[Heracles 417]

What a sad case for this kid. He looked like a decent kid..

Depression is a serious problem.. I only wish someone had taken the initiative and offered some support to this kid.. This is what I miss about the old times where we actually cared about each other instead of this modern paris hilton style / fight to the death / whatever / each to their own / winner takes all attitude..

Edited April 17, 2007 by Infidel

[Marilyn. 340]

They couldn't shut down a city, but the kids aren't stuck in classrooms like fish in a barrel if classes are cancelled. It's not like dormitory shootings are so common that having a policy of 'when there's a double homicide and the gunman's escaped, cancel classes and have kids go to their dorms' would be a huge inconvenience.

This is what's really eating at me. They say the police thought that the gunman had left campus. But they don't say why they thought that. Is it because they just figured that would be the case, or they had some actual reason to believe that he had left campus. I'd like to find out more about this, because to me "police thought he had left campus" means "we fukced up big time and are now trying to cover our a$$es".

I think they thought the first shooting was a murder/suicide... I think I remember reading that somewhere....

on a different note... I was reading one of the many articles on this incident and it mentioned the colour of the shooter's house... how is that at all relevant...???

Officials said Cho graduated from a public high school in Chantilly, Va., in 2003. His family lived in an off-white, two-story townhouse in Centreville, Va., a Washington suburb.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_on_...a_tech_shooting

Edited April 17, 2007 by MarilynP

[chri'stina 190]

What a sad case for this kid. He looked like a decent kid..

Depression is a serious problem.. I only wish someone had taken the initiative and offered some support to this kid.. This is what I miss about the old times where we actually cared about each other instead of this modern paris hilton style / fight to the death / whatever / each to their own / winner takes all attitude..

I partly disagree. Go back to the 60's, and earlier. A lot of people did not care about others who had mental or emotional problems. My mom grew up with an insane mother, and while my mom was treated good by her mom, her mother would threaten the neighbors and do very insane things. No one reached out to my mother to help her have a better childhood. And that was in NYC. My mom turned out ok after getting help around age 12 from her real father. But people were even less sympathetic back then in my opinion. So I don't know what old times you are referring to really.

Edited April 17, 2007 by stina&suj

[MaydayDas 1]

It is so sad what happened, I pray for the people that died, may God give them a place in Heaven. I can only imagine the fear in all american universities right now, the fear that every mother and father have for their son or daughter student.

I wonder if what happened it will bring new rules in the immigration process.......just wondering.......

[Sinergy 3]

It is so sad what happened, I pray for the people that died, may God give them a place in Heaven. I can only imagine the fear in all american universities right now, the fear that every mother and father have for their son or daughter student.

I wonder if what happened it will bring new rules in the immigration process.......just wondering.......

Prolly not. It could have been an american citizen born and raised here who did the shooting, him being immigrated here didnt have the effect, it wont do anything with the immigration process.

[Heracles 417]

What a sad case for this kid. He looked like a decent kid..

Depression is a serious problem.. I only wish someone had taken the initiative and offered some support to this kid.. This is what I miss about the old times where we actually cared about each other instead of this modern paris hilton style / fight to the death / whatever / each to their own / winner takes all attitude..

I partly disagree. Go back to the 60's, and earlier. A lot of people did not care about others who had mental or emotional problems. My mom grew up with an insane mother, and while my mom was treated good by her mom, her mother would threaten the neighbors and do very insane things. No one reached out to my mother to help her have a better childhood. And that was in NYC. My mom turned out ok after getting help around age 12 from her real father. But people were even less sympathetic back then in my opinion. So I don't know what old times you are referring to really.

US Cities have never been a nice place to grow up. Especially anyone living smack bang in a place such as NYC.. Suburbia and small towns are a completely different story.. Even to this day you can go to so many small towns and see the community spirit. I find that most of the countries in the world who have a high standard of living have a community spirit..

Generally speaking people in the wealthy US states are materialistic, status driven and chose to live that so-called hip lifestyle; irrespective of the consequences and lack of happiness it actually brings. Material things can never ever bring happiness. Sydney is becoming a lot like NYC and they have the same sort of problems. Everyone is concerned about money money money, at the expense of each other and those most vulnerable in the community. Robberies murders gangs etc..

Edited April 17, 2007 by Infidel

[homesick_american 1]

Why do they have to report nationality? It is irrelevant, and is sort of inducing stereotypes to readers who already hate Koreans.

Who hates Koreans?

[pedroh 21]

Why do they have to report nationality? It is irrelevant, and is sort of inducing stereotypes to readers who already hate Koreans.

Who hates Koreans?

people who don't like kimchee?

[homesick_american 1]

I thought I heard the news say it was about a girl who dumped him

I really don't get how a person can go from getting dumped to kill a bunch of people and then shooting themselves in the face...

Heh, I do. I had to comfort a friend of mine for weeks after he was threatened by a guy...with a gun...who'd just been dumped. The only reason nobody got hurt was someone saw him waving the gun and called the cops, who took him down without hurting anyone.

Why do they have to report nationality? It is irrelevant, and is sort of inducing stereotypes to readers who already hate Koreans.

Who hates Koreans?

people who don't like kimchee?

LOL...that's no reason to hate anyone, even tho kimchi is pretty nasty!

[Robor007 0]

Why do they have to report nationality? It is irrelevant, and is sort of inducing stereotypes to readers who already hate Koreans.

Who hates Koreans?

Apparently Kim Jong Il does...

[Alex+R 0]

What a sad case for this kid. He looked like a decent kid..

Depression is a serious problem.. I only wish someone had taken the initiative and offered some support to this kid.. This is what I miss about the old times where we actually cared about each other instead of this modern paris hilton style / fight to the death / whatever / each to their own / winner takes all attitude..

I partly disagree. Go back to the 60's, and earlier. A lot of people did not care about others who had mental or emotional problems. My mom grew up with an insane mother, and while my mom was treated good by her mom, her mother would threaten the neighbors and do very insane things. No one reached out to my mother to help her have a better childhood. And that was in NYC. My mom turned out ok after getting help around age 12 from her real father. But people were even less sympathetic back then in my opinion. So I don't know what old times you are referring to really.

US Cities have never been a nice place to grow up. Especially anyone living smack bang in a place such as NYC.. Suburbia and small towns are a completely different story.. Even to this day you can go to so many small towns and see the community spirit. I find that most of the countries in the world who have a high standard of living have a community spirit..

Generally speaking people in the wealthy US states are materialistic, status driven and chose to live that so-called hip lifestyle; irrespective of the consequences and lack of happiness it actually brings. Material things can never ever bring happiness. Sydney is becoming a lot like NYC and they have the same sort of problems. Everyone is concerned about money money money, at the expense of each other and those most vulnerable in the community. Robberies murders gangs etc..

Most of the community life in this country IS in the cities. Maybe small towns, but not suburbia. You have demonstrated on several occasions that you don't know anything about our country, so stop making generalizations about it. :fumes:

[babybunny 2]

pure chopfuck senseless. Now that Chopfuck left many familys griving.