is this moral or evil?

Question

I feel bad for the killer at virginia tech,;
i dont think that a person should go to jail when they kill someone else in a suicide attempt,
i dont think someone should go to jail for not paying attention to other cars on the road and they kill someone in an accident
i dont think that a person who is insane and killed someone should go to jail
i base everything on logic and not emotion

Answer 1

you are an idiot who should be locked up for your beliefs. I wish this was communist china

Answer 2

Most of these people should go to jail. Other wise people would use these as an excuse to get out of punishment. We have to be responsible for our actions. I drive on the road with my son and don't want him killed because someone wasn't paying attention. When you are in a car, you need to pay attention.
The VT killer, why feel bad for him. This wasn't just a suicide attempt. He purposely killed as many as he could before killing himself. If he lived, he should have spent is entire life in prison. This wasn't all craziness. He was rational enough to plan the event.
As for the insane, the law does have provisions for these people and that defense.

Answer 3

You are basing nothing on logic and everything on emotion.

You feel bad for the VT killer. That's emotion.

A person should not be punished for killing an innocent person while trying a suicide? Where is the logic that? If you are so reckless that you can't even kill yourself without harming someone else, you should be punished for that reckless, careless act.
A reckless driver should not be held responsible for the accident their conduct caused? No logic there, either. You are responsible for your conduct. When your conduct is criminal, you should be punished.
Just because a person is mentally ill does not mean they do not know right from wrong. The VT killer certainly was mentally ill, but he also knew he was ill and refused help. He knew that killing those kids was wrong, illegal, and evil. He chose to do it anyway. Of course, he should be punished and he knew that he would be punished. That is why he also committed the ultimate cowardly act of killing himself.

I think your "logic" would make that Vulcan guy cringe.

Answer 4

The Killer at virginia tech was a sick maniac. A person should go to jail if they kill someone in a suicide attempt, if their actions obviously endangered others. A person should go to jail for not paying attention in a car and killing another. You say this and make this part of the law, then this is the loophole all people who are convicted will shoot for.

Answer 5

Then think about this:
Logically, what should be done with that person? If they are able to continue after such an event, they present a great threat of harm to others. Also, is that solution an economical one?
I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying you're a bit idealistic, which isn't a bad thing. Just think about these issues further. Perhaps you will be able to find a better solution that is more economical.

Answer 6

Here are two personal opinions, one from the VT Student Newspaper, that will give you a different slant on your "logic"
The first rule of an American tragedy: Exploit it for your own ends.

Perhaps you have an agenda, pro or con, involving guns. Perfect. Shout it out while the victims' bodies are still warm. That'll get the public's attention.

Perhaps Virginia Tech reminds you of Iraq and the fact that most Americans, in your view, are too insensitive to notice. Don't miss your chance to point out our blindness. If at all possible, thrust your moral superiority into our faces before the killer has even been ID'd. Why squander the moment?

Or maybe the massacre proves to you that U.S. institutions are failing to take security seriously more than five years after 9/11, or that Cho Seung-Hui's status as a South Korean native exposes a broken immigration system. Jump right in.

And don't, please, fumble the opportunity to denounce the Virginia Tech president and police chief as blundering fools for failing to shut down the campus in time to prevent the second round of shootings. Naturally, that's the action you would have taken without any benefit of hindsight.

Or maybe you've got a plaintiffs attorney's mentality, convinced that deep pockets must be looted after every tragedy lest the world slip out of joint. By all means go for it. After all, as one law professor exulted, "A lawsuit and a substantial jury verdict would help put all universities on notice that they must be fully prepared for such shooting incidents." They must be "fully prepared," that is, for a heavily armed maniac on a mission to murder with absolutely no regard for his own life. Sure, that's reasonable.

Don't misunderstand: All of us argue by use of examples, so it's inevitable that Virginia Tech will be cited to buttress this or that belief. But the next time something so terrible happens, couldn't our political warriors have the decency to wait, say, 24 hours before transforming it into just the latest talking point?


- Vincent Carroll
The Rocky Mountain News (Colo.)

In wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, the Summit on Media Violence took place in Indianapolis on Tuesday, where key stakeholders discussed the trends of emerging violence in the media on adolescents and teenagers. According to Newswire, Bart Peterson, mayor of Indianapolis, said, "Certainly a number of factors contribute to these disturbing trends, but a prominent concern that is increasingly capturing the attention of both researchers and policymakers is the heightened exposure of children to graphic violence in video games, television, movies and music."

While these trends are more than likely verifiable, they still do not account for the actions of a madman, whose sole purpose was to kill and inflict pain. While violence in the media is undeniably prevalent, it is something we all face and must deal with. Hostility in movies, music and television does not make someone kill. Cho Seung-Hui made his own decisions, he outlined his purpose and knew his goal. To blame this heartbreaking tragedy on anyone but Cho Seung-Hui is an insult. He is responsible; he is at fault, he is to blame. No one else is to blame for the loss of 32 beautiful lives.


- The Collegiate Times
Virginia Tech's student newspaper

Answer 7

If someone has the capacity to commit the crime then they have the capacity to do the crime. The Virginia Tech Killer is not going to jail he is dead. He took his own life.

Answer 8

i agree with the first and fourth ones...not the rest though....if someone is mentally ill, they don't know right from wrong and it is not their fault....they should be placed in an asylum for the remainder of their lives...

the VA tech killer was obviously mentally disturbed, i in no way agree with what he did but i do think that it was mostly the system's fault because this could have EASILY have been prevented.