It must have been difficult for Cho to assimilate in the American culture especially when he was growing up in the neighborhood and schools where bullies may have made him anti-social. These bullies must have turned him into a coward with repressed anger. He was just stalking women. Yon lang ang kaya niya. The parents must have been not much of help because they themselves must be struggling with the language and lifestyle in a foreign country. The comparison with the more accomplished sister must have worsened his loser-attitude.

The Filipinos fare better when it comes to assimilation because of the Filipino community support.

There are countless unstable souls lurking in our society that can easily be pushed over the edge. Right in this blog, there are, from time to time, exhortations to violence and physical cruelty (even outright expressions of ill wishes) against political “enemies”.
While those who do these may be potential mass killers themselves, having the mindset of the VA Tech monster, they encourage those on the fringes to act on their own violent fantasies.

I agree with Prudence. Let’s leave God out of the blame game. God can never be a part of anything evil. A contrary argument is repugnant to the concept of GOD.

Did people honestly think that by putting more stringent policies for gun ownership could have prevented what happened in Va. Tech? I don’t think so. If the killer couldn’t acquire a gun, a bomb would have sufficed for his plans. He would have had enough time to plan for it, since it was evident on the news that everything he did in the university killings was planned and not spur-of-the-moment attacks. Perhaps he did pick the students he killed at random, but he did plan that he’s going to kill anyone who’s crossed his path. And of course, those whom he had profound hatred.

I’m for gun ownership but I’m not promoting violence. All I want is to preserve the right to defend oneself. But, of course, with the gun comes great responsibility. Stricter gun ownership policies would be good but to completely strip off citizens of their right to own guns would make them more vulnerable to attacks.

It is not under the control of the government who amongst the gun owners will turn killer, but some measures could be done to monitor those who seem to have psychological disturbance. But, of course, we all know that the man’s mind is his inner sanctuary and no man or state has the privilege to violate it. And yet, it has to be done. It had to be done carefully and following strict privacy rules.

One blogger asks what does the Christian Rick Warren really mean when he wries:
“Because God made you for a reason, he also decided when you would be born and how long you would live. He planned the days of your life in advance, choosing the exact time of your birth and death. The Bible says, ‘You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your book!’ (Psalm 139:16)” -Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life

Universities have always been considered by the American public as sacrosanct and safe venues for expressing free speech and tolerance.

Of course students have been shot dead in a college campus, remember Kent State? But the fact that it happened at Kent State and not on a city street, is really what shocked America.

People also have been shot dead in churches. Americans were horrified but not to the extent they had in Virgina Tech.

If 32 people were killed in a McDonald’s CNN would have covered it but not at the level it is covering Virginia Tech now.

The brand-new 9mm Glock that Korean-immigrant-Cho used should be about pesosP28,500.00; add another P1,200 plus-or-minus per extra clip.

i even read something in today’s paper how this gun advocate called on the law to be relaxed, saying: had students been allowed to carry gun in schools, the killer would have been shot and the murderous rage prevented.

One blog-poster (out of 40-plus other posters in the “crimerant” site) said:

Am sure this guy is not full-blooded Indian so he must have come from Europe too. The brain must have weighed 1/10 of an ounce.

Nah, the NRA is too rich.