Do you feel sorry for Seung-Hui Cho?

Question

I know what he did was wrong, and I don't praise him for doing it, but I feel sorry for the kid, he must have been mistreated his whole life and never had anyone to talk to about it, so all of his hated and emotions were bottled up his whole life and just snapped. He must have also been devil-possessed to do something like that. My heart goes out to the victims and thier families, and the poor kids soul.

This goes to show you that kids can be cruel. Even if its just a little teasing, PEOPLE HAVE FEELINGS folks, next time your about to tease someone for being poor, or for being 'ugly' or whatever, you better think twice, everyone has feelings no matter if they are 5, 9, 16, 21, or 90 years old. Words do hurt, keep that in mind.

SJ123, your right, people need to seriously pay attention to this, and stop being so stuck up. Look what our world has come to, spread love not hate!

Let me just say, this kid didn't have anyone in his family to turn to, he had nobody, he felt so lonely and was lied to by Satan. This just goes to show people how bottling your emotions up can be very dangerous.

OK, maby he had someone to turn to, but don't you see that this is how Satan lies to people and deceives them. Its pretty obvious this kid needed Jesus Christ.

@ stephanie, Your right about his personal pain and the rampage have to be seperated. I'm simply saying that I feel sorry for what he must have been through his whole life. It's obvious that killing 32 people is not the answer, niether is killing yourself, but when you add 23 years of bottled up emotional pain and satan you get one _very_ dangerous combo.

For those that forgot, remember that guy that killed students in that amish school and raped them? The people FORGAVE him, just as Jesus Christ would.

For those saying 'good hes burning in hell', just think, what if God said that to you and sent you to hell? Think about it, nobody deserves to burn for all eternity, but the sad thing is, this kid was probably already living in hell. And to all saying that "being teased is no excuse for killing innocent people" well, yes its no excuse, but it had to of been much deeper than _just_ teasing. Think about it.

Answer 1

I do feel sorry for him, I feel more sorry for the innoncent victims he killed, but I feel sorry for how so depressed and disturbed he was, that he would do something so horrible. I think people should definitely learn a lesson from him.

Answer 2

Somewhat yes. I feel even more for the victims, families, and his family as well. But you're right he didn't do it for no reason. You're right that kids can be cruel. He must have felt like he was living in hell..and now his victims/families are living in hell. This was just a tragedy in every sense of the word. His life was lost too..but it had probably been lost a long while before this happened. It just makes you realize how important it is to reach out to people and stay alert and keep your eyes open. We are all in this together. We all need help at some time. That's realy all we can do. I do pray for his soul and his dear family. What a sad life they will lead now. You just never ever know...we are all different in our heads...mental disease is real people.. I know this...it can develop progressively if a person doesn't know how to properly handle negative thoughts and if they don't have good coping mechanisms and it's even worse if they isolate. Your brain chemistry can change as a result of continual negative thinking and it can progress into derangement and a total break from reality--psychosis. This is very dangerous. It's also dangerous when the person views himself as a victim instead of just blaming himself for his problems in life. That makes him liable to want to take other people with him when he kills himself. Just remember this people. Take heed of the warning signs that are out there. Reach out and stay positive toward everyone. Everyone deserves to be respected no matter how weird they are...but don't be too politically correct. If something doesn't feel right...let someone know.

Answer 3

You know, I might feel sorry for him if he never killed anyone. But to punish other people because you are not happy makes him seem like a selfish, evil person, which he was. So on one hand, I do feel bad that he didn't get the treatment he so desperately (and obviously) needed, but I really don't have sympathy for him after he committed such a terrible act. I personally have known (and still know ) many people that have been angry with the world, felt really alienated, depressed, etc., but would never kill innocent people for it...they would never take others lives to get revenge. It takes a real monster to do that.

His personal pain and his killing rampage have to be separated. There is no real excuse for an act like that.

Answer 4

The world in general is a pretty rough place and as Thomas Hobbes once said, people are ruthless individuals. What makes us a civilized race is our ability to adapt and overcome obstacles. Yeah, he was picked on and had problems, but from what I recall in the articles following the event, he had opportunities for treatment and help or at the very least a chance to vent his anger. On top of that he was going to VT for goodness sake, it's not like he was homeless on the streets with no education.

The whole situation reeks of him just being an attention whore that wanted exposure. In essence, he did what terrorists do because he had no voice. Ultimately, no one gains anything from this situation.

Answer 5

Was he mistreated? Or did he mistreat people and perpetually observe their negative response as a slight? His parents treated him awfully well, working their butts off giving him the opportunity to go to an excellent school on their dime.

I'm not beyond sympathy for someone who has done wrong, but to regard the lives of 32 people as meaningless is an evil to which I cannot relate.

There are those who are oppressed, and become socially disengaged because of it. I saw a man in the grocery store who was extremely overweight, socially awkward, and generally gave the impression that he was an outcast. I'll reserve my sympathies for folks like him, who suffer with dignity.

Answer 6

I understand what you are saying, but I don't feel sorry for him at all. Plenty of kids get teased all their lives. I did, and I didn't take a gun and shoot a bunch of people. Besides, I refuse to believe that he had NOBODY to talk to. His former classmates have said that even when they did reach out to try to befriend him and talk to him, he refused to say anything to them. There was also his family who have already said in their statement that they loved him, so obviously he could have gone to them. If he was so friggin miserable he could have just taken his own life instead of taking out 32 others with him, so no, I don't feel a bit sorry for him, I hope he rots in h-ell.

Answer 7

I feel remarkable sorrow for his family. I am not sure what leads a person to do what he did. We can all gather around and point our better-than-you finger at his parents and ask, "How could you not see the warning signs?" But, there but for the grace of God go many of us. They have lost a son, brother, cousin, loved one just like 32 other families. On top of that, they have to deal with the guilt of asking, "How did we not see the warning signs?" 33 families need our thoughts and prayers.

Answer 8

In a way I can understand what you're saying. I would've felt a lot sorrier for him if he had stuck the gun in his mouth first, instead of snuffing out 32 innocent lives along with his own, miserable one.

What he did was evil, plain and simple.

Answer 9

I don't feel sorry for him because he was an intelligent man, not a child, and could have gotten all the help he needed to deal with his problems - instead of shooting 32 innocent people. One less criminal to worry about.

Answer 10

I don't feel sorry for him. I may have sympathized with him up until he became an adult. When you're grown up you have to find a way to cope with your troubled past, a way that does not involve harming or killing innocent people.

I don't buy that crap about him having no one to talk to. People tried to talk to him, and he ignored them. And you know what? During some of the most troubling times of my past I had no one to talk to. That's not anyone's fault; no one deserves to suffer for it. Gotta suck it up and move on.