Virginia tech massacre?

Question

O.K,It's done. But why do you think he really did it? What was the very thing,that armed his hands? Was he really a psychopath?

Answer 1

He was not a psycho but a product of an unfriendly environment and an inept school.

Answer 2

"What do you mean "What was the very thing that armed his hands?" That makes no sense."

Well it make sense... his manifesto is a proof that he didn't act without knowing what he's doing! So the "very thing" is the cause and purpose of his action!

I think he wanted to shout about sufferings. Sufferings caused by other peoples actions. In the materials sent to NBC he pointed few things... we should Analise the truth value in his words. As we know his actions were horrible, we cant say that what he said is pointless! I don't defend him, I think any decent psychologist should admit that those things he pointed are cause to disappointment in life for many people, are things at the border between fair and unfair...

Is easy to say he was insane, but actually some of his statements philosophically and sociologically make sense... so I believe he was tormented by many toughts about the existence in this world in the way it is now... If u look around the world is coverd by a sad cloud of suffering.

I think the debate about "why he did" is just at the begineing, and this issue will be someway a cornerstone, we should think twice when we do harming things to other people...
as consequences are beyond imagination!

Answer 3

We can all speculate. My own view is that the dramatic change in culture from his country of birth to the US was fundamental. He refers to "brats" and the affluent adornments flaunted by his fellow students - he was obvoiusly either jealous or disgusted by such a display of wealth/narcissism (in his mind) and I can imagine that some American values might seem to him, superficial and hollow.
I also suspect that he may have even been bullied, or at least, frowned upon for being such a loner.
Nevertheless, we know very little about his upbringing and can only shiver at the thought of his initial angst.

He did display psychopathic behaviour.

Answer 4

I don't think normal people will ever truly "understand" what makes someone like this tick.

Plus, there's a lot of "weird" people who manage to live their lives without creating mayhem. It is difficult to know absolutely, 100% who is going to go overboard all of the time. And if you are not sure, what do you do with them? It's not like we could ship them off to an island or something.

There will be no easy answers for these things that will be considered fair.

Answer 5

He was a ticking time bomb, and he finally snapped. Given certain situations and circumstances anyone is capable of doing the same thing or worse.. But we don't want to admit that to ourselves. We think we are above it. I got news for you we are not. And you don't have to be emotionally or mentally deranged at the moment it happens...

Answer 6

I wouldn't call him a psychopath. I would just say that he had some issues tah the never worked out and they finally got to him and he lost control.

Answer 7

Huh? What do you mean "What was the very thing that armed his hands?" That makes no sense. He was extremely mentally disturbed to say the least, and his condition was apparently deteriorating.

Answer 8

I ask you to consider saying this prayer for the victims.

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O my God! O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts,
dispeller of afflictions!
Verily, I beseech Thee to forgive the sins of such as
have abandoned the physical garment and have ascended
to the spiritual world.
O my Lord! Purify them from trespasses, dispel their
sorrows, and change their darkness into light.
Cause them to enter the garden of happiness, cleanse
them with the most pure water, and grant them to
behold Thy splendors on the loftiest mount.

(B.W.)

Answer 9

Cho is the only one who is responsible. Help was available to him. He refused. He possibly had a personality disorder that was exacerbated by sleep deprivation.

Anita Godfrey, president of the Mental Health Association of Broward County, said that many people recovering from mental illness lead productive lives. "Mental illness alone is not a predictor of violent crime," she said.
Godfrey noted that the onset of serious mental illness often occurs between ages 17 and 24. In many cases, the person refuses to believe he is ill and does not comply with treatment or medication.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfl-cmayocol19apr19,0,7571478.column

Cho Seung-hui suffered from coming to the US at age 8, being different, possible being autistic/asperger's and being teased. He reacted by becoming angry and ruminating until he exploded in rage.

His anger festered and he refused the help of those who offered it.

Cho Seung-Hui was picked on, pushed around and laughed at over his shyness and the strange way he talked when he was a schoolboy.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OJPBU00&show_article=1
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2007/04/19/4068653.html

People get dumped on every day but they do not become mass murderers, they learn to cope. It is part of growing up.

Bullying may have caused Cho to detach from from society and internalize anger/pain/hate to the point of insanity.

Cho's rampage.... it is not the fault of the bullying....it is the fault of Cho for not coping with it...

Life is not fair. A person can only control his own reaction not what other people do to him. You know... the serenity prayer....

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time.

The people who go through 12-step programs learn to cope with all their problems because of learning that principle.

I was teased a lot when I was a kid. I cried. I learned. I struggled. I became stronger. I forgave. I did not keep the anger, resentment and "feel sorry for me" attitude.

Soooo many people tried to help Cho. He would not let them.

Lucinda Roy, the Director of Creative Writing, urged him to go to counselking ....but he would not go.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-04-17-virginia-tech_N.htm?csp=34
“I kept saying, ‘Please go to counseling; I will take you to counseling,’ because he was so depressed,” Roy said. But “I was told [by counselors] that you can’t force anybody to go over ... so their hands were tied, too.”

Cho was jealous of those who were richer and privileged.
In his video rant that he mailed to NBC Cho said,
"You had everything you wanted. Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats? Your golden necklaces weren't enough, you snobs? Your trust fund wasn't enough? Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats. Your golden necklaces weren't enough, you snobs. Your trust fund wasn't enough. Your vodka and cognac wasn't enough. All your debaucheries weren't enough. Those weren't enough to fulfill your hedonistic needs. You had everything."
The package was said to include an 1,800-word manifesto-like incoherant rambling in which Cho expresses rage, resentment and a will to get even.
http://www.denverpost.com/browning/ci_5699068

Cho snapped from HIS reaction to adversity. He ruminated. He felt he deserved to be treated better.

Answer 10

He had a long term mental illness.