But notice that the “Ismail Ax” detail is nowhere to be seen in the ABC story.
Authorities found the receipt for the 9 millimeter handgun in his backpack
That seems to be illogical...
Forgot to say, classic Willie Sutton defense. You made me rob the bank by putting money there.
This guy had planned this out quite well, and his intent was as many kills as possible. The .22 pistol has but two uses. Target shooting, and the traditional last shot to the head to perform a Coups De Gras. (SP)
Sources have now described the note, which runs several pages, as beginning in the present tense and then shifting to the past tense.
long note....
It’s odd how this “note” runs several pages, the sources have obviously read the whole thing, and yet very little characterizing what the note said in those several pages is being reported.
Is it that what is written in the note doesn’t fit the narratives and templates the MSM would prefer to deal with?
This reminds of the delay in the reporting on the “note” that was left by the guy who crashed his plane into the building in Tampa a couple of years ago. As I recall the MSM and the authorities tried to downplay any suggestion of terrorist motivation and played up the angle of his dysfunctional family background, but eventually the text of the note was reported and it turned out there was more to it than that (IIRC).
So much for the efficacy of Virginia's one-gun per month law...
My understanding is that Cho was NOT a legal permanent resident. He was here on a student visa. Federal law specifically prevents anyone on non-immigrant visa status from purchasing handguns.
I would say that he was familiar with the Koranic version of the life of Ibrahim. In it Ibrahim uses an axe to destroy the false idols that the people are worshipping.
Apparently the killer felt that the VT students were degenerate. In killing them he was, perhaps, merely acting to ‘cleanse’ the world of falsity in the same way Ibrahim had. Only he did not see himself as the active agent, but only as the tool. The axe, not the wielder of the axe.
I got this off a web site with Islamic stories on it Ibrahim confronts his people and rejects their idols
He left his father after he lost hope to convert him to the right path, and directed his efforts towards the people of the town, but they rejected his call and threatened him. By Allah, he said, I shall plot a plan to destroy their idols. He knew that a big celebration was coming soon, where everybody would leave town for a big feast on the riverbank.
After making sure that nobody was left in town, Ibrahim went towards the temple armed with an ax. Statues of all shapes and sizes were sitting there adorned with decorations. Plates of food were offered to them, but the food was untouched. “Well, why don’t you eat? The food is getting cold.” He said to the statues, joking; then with his ax he destroyed all the statues except one, the biggest of them. He hung the ax around its neck and left.
How big was the shock when the people entered the temple! They gathered inside watching in awe their gods broken in pieces. They wondered who might have done this? Then they all remembered that the young Ibrahim was talking evil of their idols.
They brought him to the temple and asked him: “Are you the one who has done this to our gods?” Ibrahim said: “No, this statue, the biggest of them has done it. Ask them if they can speak.” “You know well that these idols don’t speak!” They said impatiently. “Then how come you worship things that can neither speak nor see, nor even fend for themselves? Have you lost your minds?”
They kept silent for a while, for he got a point there. Their minds and their senses were telling them that the Truth is with Ibrahim, but their pride prevented them to accept it, and reject the idols they were worshipping for generations. This they thought would be total defeat. They started yelling at him and shouting: “Burn him! Burn him! Take revenge for your gods !”
It goes on, God saves Ibrahim from a fire that priests make to burn him for destroying the idols, etc. Amazing. A strong ROP connection after all
Second time they've used this phrase. Do they mean inside the dormitory or do they mean inside his room. The former would be far more benign than the latter.
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"Growing up, Cho was often teased for being asian, hearing local children call him things like 'gook', 'charlie', 'chink', 'slope', and other disparaging terms for Asians. Because of this, over the years, his resentment of the local population grew until an altercation with his girlfriend caused him to crack"...
I'm wondering if he enrolled as an English major originally, or switched to English when he found he could not make it as an engineering major. Why go to Virginia Tech to major in English?
If he was on the verge of flunking as an English major, perhaps that caused the snap
I haven’t seen anyone question why he targeted the Engineering building students and professors, since he was an English major he probably didn’t use the building much or know any of them, if it was planned what was the grudge with them maybe rejected from the dept? If he wanted to go in a random building and kill as many as possible you would think a building that has classes like freshman US History or other prerequisites would have large auditoriums full of students, the engineering classes were like 15 students each room.
Brainwashed by the endless grievance theater of victimhood from his teachers. Always always blame others.
Professor Ismail AK,M.D. Head, Department of Psychiatry, KTU School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey
Ismail AK is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Head, Department of Psychiatry, KTU School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey
He is an experienced on clinical psychopharmacology of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.
“The man” was keeping him down, I see. here he had two parents who worked their butt’s off so he and his sister could attend some of the best school’s around.
So, who the hell is this “you?”