You said — “The fact that this guy had been there for such a long time and only one person attempted to speak to him is a window into how messed up these places and education really is.”
That’s a totally false representation of Cho. He basically *did not want to talk* to people. It didn’t matter if people tried — and many did try. Even his teachers tried. In class, just to answer simple things, something that would be nothing at all, he wouldn’t do it. If he was asked to say something, he would walk out of the class. Even being asked his name, he would say “question mark”.
No, it had nothing to do with others reaching out to him. Many did. Many tried. He rejected it all. It’s all in his lap and on his shoulders. It’s all totally his fault and no one else’s and certainly not the culture or the atmosphere of the campus.
That guy was not only whacked and disturbed, he was evil, too.
The only way to defend against this guy was to be able to shoot back.
This article is by the Nannystate—flailing around trying to find a passive way to defend against a killer. It can’t be done, but no matter. The Nannystate must prevail.
I don’t disagree.
I think his problems started when he young before his family got to the US and only got worse as time continued.
But at the same time I wanted to convey to those who have to work for a living every day, unlike tenured college professors, what I see on a near by college campus is not what you think a college is. I mean I’m there and I see it!
Colleges are not this great institution of higher learning; the best I can describe it is that it is retirement village for the young and old where no one really has to do any hard work - I mean it’s really freaking unreal.
While everyone is out delivering the milk or providing a service, everyone on the campuses are having a time of their lives; if everyone acted like this, this society would collapse in a nano second. So when you say the professors tried to talk to him - I find that more blozak for their egos than anything. Either way, he was probably too far gone!
Thanks, this needs to be repeated often, and whenever a thread or person begins to look for someone other than Cho to "blame".
His photos with the hammer, the knives, and the guns show that he was consumed by evil.