He moved here at the age of 8 from South Korea, and more than likely English was a second language in his home.
What was his frame of reference at 8. Better or worse than today? From the South Pacific musical, 'you've got to be taught to hate'.
Cho’s obsession with violence and his twisted view of the American way of life are what’s being examined here
Exactly! He was not taught the Ten Commandments, and especially, Thou shall not kill. IMO, it's all about education.
Virginia Tech fails in not providing an education, nor security. Duke U also is run by idiots, ie, Thou shall not bear false witness.
Luckily the average families instill these values into their children, but higher education washes a lot of it away. The likes of liberal democrat Dershowitz, imo, of OJ fame, is what is wrong in our universities.
How do you know what Cho was taught? He most likely is to some extent familiar with the ten commandments. It almost sounds like you’re inferring that anyone exposed to a certain teaching, ie. “thou shalt not kill”, absorbs and conforms to that teaching. What about rebellion amongst young people, especially to conformities and parameters “taught” to them by anyone. It is unfair and unrealistic to blame the University, or any other, for that matter, for warping the values and beliefs already instilled in him before enrollment.
I understand after reading most of these posts that people seem to want someone or something to blame for this, and that’s a natural human response. The problem is that the issues and debates surrounding the arguments on this comment page alone arouse more anger and perhaps even hatred that may be misdirected, and the last thing we need in this tragic time is more hate being manufactured and aroused by the bellows of speculation and hasty conclusions.
This page is supposed to be comments about two plays that we know very little about. I have my own theories and inferences, but there’s not enough information here to conclude ANYTHING except our opinions of the content and the quality of writing of said works.
Does anyone have any idea when Cho composed these works? This information is critical, especially in relation to the psychiatric speculations regarding aspergers and such posted above. Let’s wait for more information and keep an open mind...