I was just wondering if there is something related to North Korean culture that could be connected as to why he did that?Does his status as an immigrant non-white has something to do with it also?
2007-04-17 23:52:32 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
I think people should really try to think before they post.
It had nothing to do with his being South Korean, but it had everything to do with him being a mentally disturbed human being.
And science proves that South Koreans aren't more predisposed to mental illness than any other race.
The only way it makes sense to link his being South Korean is linked to him causing the massacre is if you're racist, and then any foolishness would make sense.
2007-04-18 00:56:32 · answer #1 · answered by Nikki 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was South Korean and had been living in America for quite awhile. I don't think that his being South Korean had much to do with what happened. If anything, we can talk about him being in America as a possible contributing factor especially considering the numerous school shootings that occur in America as opposed to the fact that in South Korea there has never been a school shooting (or at least this is what I read on some news article earlier today). There might be something to do with American culture that brings on school shootings.
2007-04-18 07:02:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Korean or not this behavior is always a possibility for any of us that live our lives according to our own design and get submerged into our own obsessions.
Our lives were meant to be meaningful beyond the pursuit of our own comfort and pleasures. We were supposed to be reconnecting back to our one source and Creator to be led into a life of purpose according to His already established design.
A life of looking out after one another; a life of caring about our home planet; a selfless life dedicated to the good of others and to the uplifting of humans like this student. As humans, we probably failed to be of benefit to him when we had a chance.
I’d like to see us allowing Christian fellowships on campus, and other groups like it, more freedom in expressing their ministry potential so that they perhaps could reach such troubled souls sooner with God’s love. This is not a call to pursuit religion but the one that was killed by it.
Lets not remain strangers.
2007-04-18 11:25:35 · answer #3 · answered by abd180ali 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people have issues and mental problems no matter what country they are from.
Look back at all the other school shootings here in the US...
those were done by "Good Ol' Americans" themselves!
So, no...him being from another country did not play a role in his actions.
2007-04-18 07:07:57 · answer #4 · answered by c0micb00k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and no.
He was a fully acculturated American with a green card, here since 8 years old from a highly successful family.
Rejection and alienation by peers is common in our schools. Columbine should have shown that pretty clearly.
I think April is the time of year when seniors reflect on their academic career . . . that it was April and he was a senior is probably more significant.
2007-04-18 07:42:35 · answer #5 · answered by nora22000 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Our nationality has nothing to do with our actions. We are all human beings and we all make mistakes. Others that cannot cope with reality have different ways of expressing themselves. Possibly this is the only means of actions he could carry out and be successful. Sadly to say he had not found GOD in himself. His status also has nothing to do with his actions. His self control was lost.
2007-04-18 07:14:26 · answer #6 · answered by BG 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you stupid? He was South Korean. North Koreans get killed if they're caught trying to leave the country.
2007-04-18 07:00:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could place this question on anyone for doing anything, why would where they come from or what their culture is have anything to do with walking into a building and mass murding people?
are you saying all North Koreans condone guns and shooting school kids?
2007-04-18 06:59:14 · answer #8 · answered by chicalaloo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all I'm almost positive he was South Korean second no I don't.
2007-04-18 06:55:39 · answer #9 · answered by JOHN D 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, he was from South Korean, I I don't think that had anything to do with it.
2007-04-18 06:57:15 · answer #10 · answered by Carl J 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋