Virginia Tech - April 16, 2007

lol RJ..... wait a minute..... i don't know either

RJ, You're whacked out, so yeah, I'll agree with you. I like JC's term. I want to get ASS.

SAD already exists as Seasonal Affective Disorder. I think you should call it Abnormal Social Syndrome!

Social Anxiety Disorder aka "SAD".....I have diagnosed and coined the term...for the record.

The campus police were probably hideing? the killer never had a girlfriend!

Cornman, please do.

also, if you guys want to hear my thoughts on this (what zomatra, whoever, deanzworld, etc) are talking about, i'll be glad to share...

RJ, i'm curious as to what you meant by the last line of your last comment...... i'm pretty bad at figuring out stuff when its not written clear as day.

you know, and gosh there HAS to be a troubled past for these mega-killers....go figure, what about his victims' troubled futures? Every couple years there are these misunderstood killers that pop up out of a troublecd past, and take their anger on the whole world around them because their fathers were' "there" their mothers never "held" them or their grandparents spanked them too much...I c ould understand if this dude was constantly getting jeered, sneered, made fun of or taunted or picked on everywhere he went <beklieve it or not there are people in that situation that almost, almost snap, but don't........

You know, there is something I don't understand. When I was growing up, the world was under constant threat from nuclear extermination, the draft was hanging over our heads, African-Americans were fighting for their dignity; trying to get the same rights as every other minority had, government paid lip service to the causes, but was actually opposed to them. On top of all of that, the environment was becoming a major concern. Add to that the all-mighty J. Edgar Hoover and his FBI keeping tabs on all dissidents, including senators, congressmen, and one or two presidents. All of this was happening, all at once, and many were committed to fighting the good fight, and yet, in spite of it all, we still managed to have fun. We got high once in a while, and we knew how to rock out. The world looked as if it would vanish at any moment, but there was still joy. In light of this thread's subject, and looking around at emo, screamo, death metal, and the rest, where has the joy gone in younger people? Mind you, I am not blaming film, television, music (of any kind), or any type of literature for this downturn. I do not believe any sort of artistic expression can make anyone alienated from the world and want to kill; themselves or others. With so many causes around; with so much yet to do, why have so many young, intelligent people become detached? What the hell is going on?

The human mind is weak and often very fragile. When a person goes against their better judgement and invests so much emotion towards another person, and that person not only lets them down but utterly betrays them, they break down and do stupid shit. Fortunately most people never go to such an extreme. Fortunately most people do not invest that much emotion.

haha...... deanzworld..... look around you - and with luck, you'll see.

I am so sympathetic to all those involved. I can't understand what drives folks to take this kind of action, and what has changed in our society that makes these events more common in recent years.

Nani, That guard at your school is your best friend and you should go give him a hug tomorrow.

u can unload the 9mm he had in wat 3 4 seconds thats 20 bullets and then u reload thats 4 seconds and repeat and if sombody came after him he had a .22 pistol too so it wouldnt take too long to kill 33 but i dont understand he killed his girlfreind then a hour and 45 minuates later shot the classroom up why did they not have the police there hell i do somthin wrong they are there in like 5 minuates and all i did was blow somthin up in the woods idk why they bother with me i havent been caught yet

yeah, i guess that doesn't help.... still.... 32 people, it seems like that would take a while, unless he was in a bog group and started firing all around

I think its going to end up being a 'hindsight' situation....

there's already a big wikipedia article all about this.... 33 people killed including Cho Seung-hui. it seems unrealistic that he could get away with killing 32 people though!! they must have terrible campus security, or there must have been some other situation that led to that many deaths..... we have at least 1, maybe more cops in my school every day.

No. he killed his cheating girlfriend first, then went even more mad with rage and went to one of the teaching facilities and shot the place up.

I'm sure he doesn't speak for the majority, but sadly I think he does reflect the view of a disturbingly large number of people in america.

Larson, speaking on his show, threatened to shoot his own daughter if "she ever tries marijuana or any other form of drugs. And she knows I mean it."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Larson

Gives you an insight into the mind of this man. Surely this is not your average American???

The BBC just had some talk radio guy called Lars Larson on saying that he feels the solution to the recuring issue of gun crimes in schools and universities is to allow all students to carry guns!!! It's no wonder america has such a gun problem!!!

Wedding. Blacksburg, VA. March 2003. Election fraud. No approach. No admitting. Federal monies spent. Positively would have guaranteed an impeachment if just one person had told.

you're right doe, thats why i oppose death penalty. just put em in a cell with bubba for life, thats ifinitely worse than death.

i know thinks that can make u snap but i dont go and kill ppl the worst ive don is put sombody though a wall and that was because he pretty much killed my best freind but got away with it because the car hit the kid like i could have shot him but i dont want to ruin my life i think the fact that he has to live with the fact that sombody died becuse of him is worse than him dieing

Tragic - it really breaks my heart to think of those young lives ended.

Toe-rag! Derogatory! LOL, You'll be saying their uncouth next ;p

LOL, its a derogatory name for a little shit head...

What's a toe rag?

You'll have to walk through a metal detector to get into most schools in London by next year. Its a shame but these toe rags have lost all respect...

armed soldiers at airports and what's next? armed security guards at schools, not such a bad idea...

There's 14 year olds already wearing stab vests, but apparently the can make proper uniforms out of kevlar....

Its sad that something like kevlar vests are being considered in a learning enviroment

In London a company is launching a range of school blazers and jumpers with kevlar linings to make them stab proof....

The news is saying that he went from one building to another with 2 handguns, and no one on the outside ever saw a gun.

Apparently the shooting were two hours apart. News said he was looking for his girlfriend..

I still dont understand how so many people (31 known at this time) died from one gunman.

Complete tragedy, very sad. Makes you wonder what makes someone flip like this. Deepest condolences America...

Just heard about this on the news. Very sad.