Am I alone on this or do some people feel kind of bad for Cho Seung-Hui?

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I mean he must have had a disturbing life or at least disturbing thoughts. I don't think anyone in their sane mine would think of some of the things he wrote about for his class. I do feel kind of bad that he felt it was something he needed to do...I am not saying this to defend him or anything. What he did was inhumane and I won't forget but just..i don't know Any thoughts?

Thanks for your input so far...You all have really good and valid opinions. I agree there needs to be more awareness for mental health and that he should have NEVER went that far.

Answer 1

I don't think we do a very good job at dealing with mental illness in this country. I think he had a horrible time in life and just spread that around, unfortunately for all near him today.

Answer 2

No, I don't feel sorry for him at all. They now claim that he was teased and picked on by others and so he decides to seek revenge by killing 32 innocent people. I too was teased, beaten and picked on when I was a child and I never did anything to others. Cho Seung-Hui was a coward and so committed a very cowardly act. As to your comment about schools controlling those who tease others, well they do as a matter of fact, they have a program called "No Bullying" or "Anti-Bullying" and they take it very seriously. But if you look at it very realistically, how is a school going to be able to stop every bully? They can't because there aren't enough resources to do that type of work. Also, if Cho was teased by others at Virginia Tech, then that is a very poor reflection on the maturity of the students currently attending that university. But unfortunately it is human nature to pick on those who are classified as weak and shy. It stinks and I wish people would stop, but I don't ever seeing that happen in the future.

Answer 3

The unfortunate fact of the matter is that many people with mental problems go untreated. Either no one intervenes or the person does not seek services or refuses treatment. Mental illness comes out in late teens and young adulthood. Many students go off to college just fine and then mental illness sets in. Most often people with mental problems are only a danger to themselves. But not always. It's just so awful when things like this happen. I feel terrible for the students killed/injured and their families. I think Cho's life must have been pretty bad for him to do something like this. But I do believe he could have just taken his own life and spared everyone else or done the right thing and sought help.

Answer 4

I feel bad for Cho Seung-Hui. But we will never truely know why he did it. I read in one article that he was taking some type of psychotropic medication. I wonder if that had any thing to do with it. If he was suffering some type of mental Illness.

I don't know Cho could have easily been me. I am disabled enough to where it is noticable to the untrained eye, but yet I went to regular school. The other kids made my life miserable. I attempted suiside when I was 16. I recieved the help I needed. Maybe if he had the right support (I do not know what that is) that would not have happened

I am not giving excuses for him, just trying to give you another perspective.

Answer 5

No-one can judge the shooter because no-one
know the reason he did it. Yes he killed and even
killed himself and for what reason it probably will
never be known. The important thing is america
needs to be more alert of signs from people as
they stated he was a loner, and if that was true then maybe he did have problems and needed
help and who was there for him during those
times. America lacks in people intervention and
that is why so many people feel left out and can
stray and no it's not an excuse to go and kill
people. it's just an observation thats all.

Answer 6

No. I am sorry to say that there is no way I can find it in my heart to feel anything other than anger toward Cho Seung-Hui. Although I do agree that this country needs to better understand mental illness. And I sure wish somehow this young man could have been forced to get some help before it came to this. But feel sorry for him??? No Way! I do, however, feel deeply sorry for his parents. Can you imagine raising a child who grew up to do something so heinous?

Answer 7

Yes, I do feel sorry for him, sort of. Don't get me wrong, chances are that nobody who was killed deserved to be killed, and I feel sorry for them as well. His life must have been horrible. I'm going to assume a few things about him here, but who hasn't? People are sitting and calling him a coward. I don't know about you, but I think that it takes a certain level of courage to be able to kill so many other people, and your self afterwards. I've even seen people saying he must have been a liberal, or he must have been a conservative. I assume that part of what pushed him to this point was that nobody accepted him, people who made him feel ashamed for thinking the way he did. So, is insulting him, after his death, going to solve anything? This constant exchange of insults and violence doesn't help anyone, and the fact that we can continue doing this to one person after they have died really shows just how low people can be. He was different, and there is nothing wrong with different, if people had helped him find ways to speak out, to get his message to the world other than what he resorted to I think this could have been avoided. Sometimes someone needs to be helped by the people around them, not reffered to a counselor. As for his writings, i've read both of the availiable plays. Honestly, I've seen more disturbing things in anime. People are going to bully students who are loners over this, people are going to blame asians over this, people are going to blame violent media over this. The only people who are to blame are the ones blameing everyone else. In any case, i've turned this into a rant, and in short: I feel sorry for everyone involved in the whole thing. I also feel sorry for everyone else who died that day, all over the world, and the people who will be victimized because of this.

Answer 8

I don't feel sorry him at all. I feel sorry for the characteristics he had and what many other posses. I mean he was unsure of himself, had low self esteem, and though he had counseling, dealt with an internal problem. Many said he was quiet which shows he may not have expressed himself well. He was not a native and was shy. I think that itself is enough for him to get picked on for and why he did.Sadly he is not the only one like that, and not the only one who will result to violence to end the pain and for revenge.

Some say he was an a$$hole and etc. But i mean he was not going to be the greatest person because of his past. He was bullied and bullies bully because of a void. And that void may have come comes because there dad left. And their dad may have left because he did drugs. And he may have did drugs because his wife left. And his wife may have left because a man raped her and she could not trust men. My point is it passes on through generations after generation. I am not defending him, but what i am saying is we are part to blame. Not directly, but in a sense.


WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THAT?

Answer 9

I feel no pity for him whatsoever,I feel dissapointed that he was given {ssri] medication which I think is extremely deterimental in many cases and too easily pescribed without an awareness of its affects.

People have a choice between destruction or growth,he chose disgusting easy destruction.Whatever happened to him is not an excuse,all human beings go through hard times but we use it and grow in wisdom - we don't take it out on others.

I have a hard time understanding how anyone like that has a soul.

Answer 10

Yes, I feel bad for him. He seemed isolated, confused, and resentful. Sometimes all it takes is a person taking interest in another to change things like what just happened. He clearly had a medical history and there is no justifying what he did, but sometimes things are preventable. People fall through the cracks and we leave them there while we drink diet Coke and yap on our cell phones.