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What posses a person to do such a thing you ask?
Cruelty towards that person.
Bullying is a majore factor in alot of shootings. Alot times these people are treated so bad, picked on all the time, pushed around some tiems barly have any freinds, troubles at home with faimlie and there could be lots more. So what posses a person to do this well when ppl take away every last thing one individual has and you leave him nothing but pain in misery then these ppl have nothing to look forawrd for (not realy true things can change) but alot of thimes they dont think things could get better and sence theres nothing to live for, at times they take it out on the world those who took every thing away from them and left them with nothing but pain.

This indivdual was upset as for what i've heard but as an added bit he was slightly psycotic too, he was offiuasly driven mad.

Im not defending this guy because 2 wrongs never make a right, and killing some one doesnt make things equal but apose to the fact of the cruel acts this young man portait at virgina tech alot of these things could be prevented if this world wasnt so cruel to begin with. Next time you fel you wana make fun of some one stop and think about how it feel to you and how much pain they could be going through as a result it could happen at your school. No bodys forced to like some one but been hurtful to ppl isnt going to make things better.

other than this guy when it comes to some shooting those ppl are just messed in the head too. Nobody desierves to die.

This is gonna sound really detached and apathetic, but I really don't care much. Someone went berserk and killed 30 something people. People get killed all the time. You want real tragedy, watch videos of the Isreali conflict and see what they do to each other.

Then maybe it would be better to all value human life more, indiscriminate of who is dying.

Except the holocaust is only news when you first learn about it in history.
Most of these channels are for news. Notice the word "new" in news ^_^
There's a bunch of nice educational programs about the holocaust, though.

Yeah, but I'm actually kinda surprised because I don't see as much news coverage of this shooting as I did Columbine. Do you think it's because this guy's Asian? racist news channel bastards... stare
And foxi, the reason the Holocaust isn't all over the TV is because it happened over 60 years ago and most of the survivors are dead now.

I'd like us to remember that with the Columbine event the news networks focused on these kids as Neo-Nazis. I'd say that's racist.

Agreed, 60 years is the scholarly marker for when something is no longer contemporary and is 'officially' history. But yes, probably give it a few months, and there won't be much talk about it.

One thing that I think is interesting is how BBC for example is reporting the outpouring of internet attention and support VT students are getting, from Facebook for example.

As for 'less coverage than Columbine' if could be a fluke of when you're watching TV (I don't have one, so I don't know at all ^^; ). But following with the 'close to home' idea of why there's more attention on VT than the on-going I-P conflict, (I'm going to make a generalisation here) it's possible that Col. was paid more attention because the two shooters were American Nationals where as Cho(even though he'd been here for so long) was not. Also, we're comparing a College shooting and High School.
The idea of two kids being angry enough to kill people from the same group(in all appearances) as them can be scarier than one 'crazy', 'creepy' foreigner.

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hahaha. the point i'm making here is that i don't give a ********. these people from what i've heard died like pigs. you're welcome to raise a fist to me, and i'll be glad to break both of your arms in as many places as possible just to listen to you scream. am i heartless? on occasion yes. i do not appreciate weakness, and i do not give a s**t about some stupid ******** shooting. i didnt care about columbine, and i didn't even care about the world trade centre. were it friends or family who had died my opinion would not be much different. people die. i deal with it the best way anyone should, by respecting the strengths they had. But still, I don't give a s**t. 33 people dead, most of whom stood there and let themselves be shot because they were too stupid to duck under a table or whatever was around. so is it a tragedy? no. it isn't a ******** tragedy. it's a ********, especially seeing as there were enough warning signs that a half wit could have stopped it from happening. now, vent whatever anger you wish at me, but it sure as ******** isnt me you should be mad at. i just happen to be someone uncaring and blunt enough to tell it like it is.