The Virginia Tech Killer's Final Victim: Cho Seung-Hui

Post Chronicle ^ | April 20, 2007 | John David Powell

[camle]

??? Now they’re equating the murderer with the victims? are we supposed to feel sorry for him? I’m sorry that he got the order mixed up - he should have shot himself first.

[FReepaholic]

...The existence of evil is as old as time, but our sophisticated society refuses to see evil for what it is. ...

Exactly. There are more Cho's out there.

If Cho had a nuclear device, would he have used it?

[highimpact]

This will not be popular, but it must be said: The parents of Cho Seung-Hui did not create the evil that took the children of 33 sets of parents, just as they did not create the dirt upon which the killer walked to commit his acts. But, God has given us knowledge and discrimination so that we may reach into our souls and find one more seed of sympathy to sow -- to assuage the sorrow of the parents of the killer's final victim.

I expressed sympathy for the parents of this monster when I initially heard the news. I don't blame them for the evil deeds of their son. Just as the parents of Ted Bundy, Janet Reno, and Dennis Rader shouldn't be held responsible for the evil deeds of their children.

[lovecraft]

Now they’re equating the murderer with the victims? are we supposed to feel sorry for him?

I think the article is calling for sympathy for Cho's parents.

[Lorianne]

He should have offed himself alone.

[RushCrush]

Janet Reno has reproduced? Impossible!

[ghost of nixon]

I liked what Cho’s grandfather said - I’m glad the SOB is dead. No sympathy needed for the family.

[massgopguy]

They rang the bell 33 times. I asked sarcastically yesterday if they would read his name at commencement when the read the others. I guess I have the answer.

[highimpact]

Janet Reno has reproduced? Impossible!

No, the parents of Janet Reno. The only time a Sasquatch has successfully mated with a buffalo.

[awakened]

I think that beyond the writer’s points about evil, it is wrong to ignore the fact that Cho’s parents lost a child and must feel agony beyond words at what their child did. Their horror, sorrow, loss, and shock is just as tremendous as those of the 32 children’s parents.

[Badeye]

“he should have shot himself first.”

My feelings exactly.

[Biggirl]

Pray for the parents and the remaining sister as well as any relations family-wise because this horror caused them to lose face.

[highimpact]

Pray for the parents and the remaining sister as well as any relations family-wise because this horror caused them to lose face.

I would say that "losing face" is the least of their heartache. They lost a son to The Devil in Hell, and they have to live with the guilt that he's responsible for the deaths and wounds of the vicitms, and the grief of their families, friends, and an entire nation. Losing face pales in comparison.

[P-40]

do we reach into ourselves to find comfort for his family?

Aside from the press hounding them, who is hearing about anything but sympathy towards the family?

[olderwiser]

"...did not create the evil..."

What pathetic, warped "theology" is this statement based on?

Each man and woman created by God is quite capable of choosing to do good or evil in the world.

And there is nothing to be compared between the act of a mass murderer who also kills himself, and the others he murders. The one has committed a grevious sin against his fellow men and God. The others are blameless victims.

But this deeply immoral statement goes farther. By equating and absolving the murderer by recasting him as a "victim", this writer presumes an authority and power of forgiveness which belongs to the Maker alone.

[olderwiser]

You actually wrote this? How strange and morally bankrupt.

[Slings and Arrows]

I feel so sorry for Cho that I volunteer to water the grass on his grave...via my kidneys.

[Yo-Yo]

This is exactly the same sort of sick, warped logic that defiled the Flight 93 Memorial.

[hellbender]

This is the first article I've seen which even hints at a possible spiritual dimension to this disaster. I've groped with various naturalistic explanations for Cho's behavior, but it's also occurred to me that he might have been demonically possessed. Certainly the enormous pain he has inflicted on scores of innocent people is of Satanic dimensions and quality. People who only entertain materialistic and scientific explanations will scoff and even flame me, but people who are more open-minded toward the traditional Christian worldview might want to check out Malachi Martin's book Hostage to the Devil.