Kim Yang-Sun
Kim Yang-Sun
Whoever went all the way to Korea to drag old grandparents into the sensational, is sick themselves.
If he grew up in such poverty, and could not have special attention, how could he afford college. If he was provided with a grant or some other scholarship, you mean that he was never tested or otherwise assessed? I don’t get it!!
Also, their sincerity aside, could this be because South Koreans are somewhat expecting or anticipating a backlash against Koreans similar to the spate of anti-Americanism which cropped up in South Korea after two children were accidentally run over by American soldiers?
I wondered about autism when it was revealed that the kid had never really "talked" to anyone at anytime in his life.
Now there’s some cultural diversity for ya!
"They had no time or money to look after his special problem even though they knew he was autistic."
This may be the socialist British press irresponsibly putting words in her mouth (and a "poor immigrant" line that our MSM may eagerly follow) but consider the following:
The parents owned a house in a decent neighborhood.
By media accounts, they own a dry-cleaning business.
Cho's sister attended Princeton. Even if she did so on a scholarship, there had to be costs picked up by the parents. She also interned with the DOS in Bangkok -- was every single expense paid by the government?
Cho attended, and boarded at, a state university. There's been no mention of a scholarship. Who paid the tuition, the dorm fees, the book fees and the living expenses?
Cho had a decent computer, printer (as evidenced by the "manifesto" exploited by NBC), and digital camera. Who paid for those?
Between the guns, ammo, rented car, target range practice, etc., Cho spent upwards of at least $2,000 in planning his rampage. Where did he get the money?
Finally, if Cho's mother was so concerned about his "autism" (it's obvious his problems were far worse than that, but defining psychosis as autism is a far more sympathetic hook, as in "we are all victims," even when we become mass-murderers), why send him away -- it was upwards of a 4-hour drive, and the kid didn't have a car -- to live and study at a public university? I'm sure there were schools closer to home.
It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the parents wanted the kid out of the house (out of sight, out of mind), and in so doing foisted a killer on society.
Keep in mind that the general myth in Europe is that, since we don't have (outrageously inefficient) government health care, everyone except the rich in this country goes without it, because no one, particularly the poor, oppressed minorities that Americans inhumanely expect to fend for themselves (sarc) can afford it.
It might be heresy to say this here, but for me, that means he wasn't evil. (Although evil people do exist, I don't believe Cho was one.)
Charles Whitman, the Texas tower shooter, was found on post mortem to have had a tumor pressing on a part of his brain that regulates emotions. People who have tumors like that are prone to committing sudden acts of extreme violence, as I understand it. I think autism can affect some (not all) of its sufferers that way too.
There was a great episode showing an autistic kid on the "Dogs with Jobs" TV show. This little boy, who had very severe speech and behavioral problems, was given a specially trained Labrador Retriever --mainly for the purpose of "anchoring" the boy so he couldn't run off and get killed in the street so easily (the boy was actually tethered to the dog).
At first the autistic boy hardly seemed to notice the dog; and when he did notice the Lab, he mostly pushed her away.
A few weeks later, however, he started making small gestures of affection to the dog --something his parents had never seen him do before, to people or animals! He also began to be more socially interactive with other children at his school.
Too bad Cho didn't get some kind of therapy like this when he was little. (Now spare me the jokes about how Koreans would be more likely to have the dog FOR dinner than TO dinner!)