Posted on 04/17/2007 8:11:45 AM PDT by ribosomal soup
‘South Korea’s Foreign Ministry also expressed its condolences, saying there was no known motive for the shootings and that South Korea hoped that the tragedy would not “stir up racial prejudice or confrontation.”’
Oh good God.
Why is it the US is assumed always to be full of these problems, and noone else is?
What kind of statement is this to a victim?
Has South Korean released a statement yet? I am surprised if they have not. This is a horrible situation for South Korea I am sure. They are probably very embarassed. I am sad that it is a South Korean one of our allies. The South Koreans are such nice and great people. I am surprised that this even happened because they tend to be very even tempered. I was stationed there for four years.
I mean, this sort of thing happens literally five times a day in Iraq, and the dems want to run away and leave the mad gunmen in charge and unmolested, don't they?
Or maybe what they really mean by multiculturalism and tolerance is that it is just fine to kill Iraqis but not US college students...
I’d have to ROFL if it weren’t supposed to be a somber moment....
This tells us alot about 'those people' over there. We don't have 'those type' of knee-jerk emotions over here, so no need to warn us. BUT, it seems that THEY THINK that WE THINK like THEY do.
They know that if the reverse were to happen over there in their country, we all know what the reaction would be.
You said — “When did he get his training?”
Well, a lot of these conspiracy nuts, in order to continue to support their whacky theories are soon going to be claiming to have unearthed previously-secret information that South Korea is now training 4 year olds, as part of a secret plan to destabilize the United States.
Look for it on a thread of your choosing, coming in the next day or two...
Regards,
Star Traveler
The remarkable thing about the aftermath of this event is the number of totally ignorant people who are inclined to state their (wrong) opinion, and both wrong, plus eager to repeat their ignorance over and over..
Better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I do not buy the “just snapped” theory. This was planned well ahead of time.
The statements are in the article. And the 1st quote doesn’t please me.
But otherwise, it’s fine.
we don't know if that was continous, or just as an exchange student from year to year. Surely he traveled back and forth?
What i'm interested in learning is what after school activities he was involved in. The web sites he visited, etc. This has Islamic jihad written all over it, and media trying to avoid any mention of that angle.
I’m still baffled as to why he “just snapped†now. He was a senior meaning there was no freshman panic. He’s been in our country for a while so there was less cultural differences than new arrivals. Finals are in a couple of weeks and graduation is May 12 so that isn’t much of a factor.
try enter any dead links into the way back machine.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mag-gen.com
It’s likely you don’t know. I didn’t conjecture-—you did.
I bet top dollar he was a major player of video games, especially fps’s such as Counter Strike
And so much for all the freepers that were sure it was a crazed ME terrorist...
I guess he must have been ronery.
If we look at modern-day spree killing incidents, the highest body count so far is by Woo Bum-Kon, a Korean cop who killed 58 people and wounded 35 in South Korea. Prior to him, the highest record was held by a Japanese.
I think one reason why Korean and Japanese governments look the other way at their red light district is because they want to have a place where people can go party and let off steam. If you’re blowing your top your coworkers would take you to have some beers and women at some karaoke bar.
In this case the shooter probably had no friends and just stayed home to boil steam until it blew up.
Ismail’s Ax Relates to the twisted Islamic story of abraham smashing idols with his ax and calling his people to worship “Allah”.
Aside .... “Compton’s in the m******** house!”
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