The Virginia Tech killer got exactly what he wanted?

Question

Cho Seung-Hui obviously wanted all of the media attention on him as if he were a martyr. Thanks to NBC airing that footage, that is exactly what he got. Opinions?

Answer 1

Absolutely right!

Answer 2

People don't have clue what this guy was going thru especially at the college. more than a couple of things. one he was supposedly taking anti depressants, second he was probably abusing alcohol which is a deadly mix with AD. Third yes he did not really talk to people because deep down he felt he was above everyone else!! so he became anti social and was since like this from his childhood and from what his family members say. People like cho walk around thinking they are better than other people, jealous or just plain scared and fearful of what they don't understand. The taking of the AD could have progressed his anger and suicidal thoughts especially the rambling of his writings. those writings were disturbing to say the least but they indicate that he had severe mental problems. seeking help with drugs and counseling is not always helpful, his emotions are guarded by his defense mechanism. that is why he did not socialize with people because of fear of rejection and disapointment. There are kids and adults all over this country that are this way. I think it is high time that we listen to them and what they have to say and accept the different people that we think are so different from us. the other thing is too is this country needs to get a clue on how to secure it. We amble on and on about what we should do. FACE IT we are helpless. It is such a lottery machine that it can happen at time, at any moment. We have no control over this at all. We need to face up to people that have this kind or personality, character and convey with them that there are other avenues to vent your anger and rage. My other point i would like to make is from Rob Zombie: "We all have the good and the bad inside us but it is those that take it to the next level and become consumed by the rage"

Answer 3

Yes, agree totally and the media needs to become responsible about what they show on tv which means not airing so much about the murderer. He obviously wanted this attention and what better way in his sick mind than to kill so many and send a video of himself to the media. The media needs to send a message to other disturbed individuals such as Cho that they will not become martyrs by not making them so well-known.

Answer 4

This is the fact that we have to take because of the changes of this world. Where there is a factor, there is its consequence. A happening actually leads to another next. Apparently, the culprit of this shooting, Cho was traumatized or haunted by his past memory that many schoolmates pushed, teased, bullied and laughed at him with the word starting with letter 'F'. Somehow, we would ignore and forget to attend this sort of person. Consequently, tragedy took place that has struck us and so was the shooting in Virginia Tech. Sometimes, I feel that American should not be vulgar nor rude as what they did to Cho....If American have been mild, gentle and caring, this would not have happened. This shooting is not related to racism or racial prejudice so please don't take it as racial war. Chill out and do not overreact, stirring up the unnecessary racism or discrimination. There used to be the similar cases of shootings in America but done by Americans themselves. Therefore, it's all about the lack of kindness of US, leading to all these tragedies. By the way, So far, guns and riffles are so accessible and approachable in US so that might be a reason. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY DUES, JUST BEHAVE YOURSELVES

Answer 5

Justice- He shot innocent people. People made fun of him so he took it upon himself to shoot up a school that is not justified no matter what comments people make. Society is very opinionated and he had too many psychological problems to deal with these. Some of the people he shot could of been "caring" people that did not even know him. If everyone shot up a school that was made fun of or bullied there would be very few schools left.
Anyways my questions:

If he could not take life anymore then why kill 32 people then kill yourself? Just shoot yourself and be done. But no, he wanted the attention he wanted to be known.

They dismiss schools for bomb threats and other types of threats. Why did they not dismiss school for a REAL shooting?

Do you think if the 2nd shooting never happened they would have found out who the killer is?

Answer 6

Query: How does NBC reconcile airing that madman's "manifesto" (please) with kicking Imus off the air? They should have handed the package over to the FBI immediately - but, no - they had to make all their copies first. But they did use gloves... There goes your chain of evidence.
Hypocrites.
And Chris Matthews managed to sneak in that NBC was the #1 News network. At least the President (I already forgot his name) had the good grace to cut him off and not take any credit for Cho sending it to THEM.

Answer 7

Maybe he wanted it, but he's not around to enjoy it.
Disturbing images like the video probably shouldn't be aired on the TV, or at lest not prime time. The internet is a better venue. I think it is valuable for some of us to see it to help us understand what he was thinking. The video convinced me that the gunman suffered from paranoid schizophrenia in its most devastating form. This is not caused by mistreatment or bullying, but by a brain dysfunction. Nobody did this to him. He had the delusion that everybody wanted to make him miserable for their own pleasure. He was irrational. Thankfully, most paranoid schizophrenics would never do anything like this.
I'd like to express sympathy for his family, who did not cause this and who are also victims of this tragedy.

Answer 8

The decision to air the footage was HORRENDOUSLY wrong on 2 points:
1. The murderer was obviously mentally ill, so NOTHING he said is goig to be rational or make sense or provide any insight into why this occurred. It was sensationalistic journalism at its worst.

2. Airing that garbage can only hurt the families and friends of the victims. Planning a funeral for a child - who isn't supposed to die before you do - and then seeing his insane ramblings on TV, and THEN to see "experts" dissecting his statements AS IF they had ANY relationship to reality is unbelievably cruel.

Airing that tape - at this time - was WORSE than anything Imus said.

Answer 9

Of course he did. He didn't care about creating a milestone for the weak and pitiful loner-types. All he cared about was making himself known. Did he get what he NEEDED? No. What he needed was what he refused to do--seek help. No one "made him do this" except for himself, though you can't blame HIM for him, only his state of mind and the psychological aspects. No NORMAL person wakes up one day and says "hey, I think I'll be the gunman in a massacre." It doesn't happen like that. This has been building for years, probably since he was a child.

Answer 10

You are completely correct. He got exactly what he wanted and NBC and other rating-seeking media outlets helped him accomplish his objective. Some of the media are now taking the videos off because they realize it did not have the desired effect and they realized that Americans really do have feelings. I have already heard talk of a boycott of NBC.

Answer 11

He wanted to lash back for what an unpleasant life he thought he lived. I'm sure that he did, yes, want the attention, but for reasons much more than just being all over national television.