Recently, a son of a famous film director went on the rampage in Santa Barbara and killed six people, consisting of three men stabbed to death, and a man and two women shot to death. Additionally he shot but only wounded about a dozen people, mostly women.
Once the feminists got wind of this, they called "misogynist serial killer" which is a stretch. I would prefer to call it another narcissistic personality suffering from affluenza who displaces his anger against women in a disgusting way.
Look, I am sorry for all those people who were murdered by him, but the body count is four men and two women, and the women were only killed because they walked in front of the sorority house where he aimed to kill a lot of women, according to his rant on Youtube.
So he's a misogynist for wishing death on women, but the body count indicates that he was successful in carrying out a misanthropic mass killing.
Yet his aim was so poor that he only wounded several more innocent bystanders who just happened to be in his line of fire. After a brief shootout with police, he shoots himself in the head, bringing the total body count to seven (five men and two women).
I don't think this is misogynist at all, despite the many women wounded. This is just some poor little rich guy with a narcissistic personality whose affluenza ended in bloodshed because of his ineptness at communicating with women.
I agree with the father of one victim: America needs tougher gun control laws. Indeed, this is a wake up call to America. A big database of firearms is necessary to prevent theft and illegal sales of firearms. It works in Canada.
After the recent flooding in southern Alberta a couple years ago, the RCMP were able to target homes with firearms and remove them for the safety of that community.
Could you imagine if that were possible in America today? We know gun control works, because Australia is proof of that. Despite the Monach University shooting, things were swiftly brought under control when the crazed gumman was taken down by brave survivors of his wild shooting. Few people died in that tragedy because of their brave actions.
In response, the gun control laws were toughened. If a new crazed killer were to try the same stunt, there are safeguards in place in Australia to prevent another tragedy.
Even so, because of a few NRA patriots in America, a tough gun control law will never be enacted due to "the right to bear arms." However this sacosanct right to bear arms requires a militia who obeys the laws and does not act to overthrow the government.
I cannot see the NRA forming such a militia. In fact, the survivalist faction of gun owners is not a militia. Rather, they are just hoping to survive an apocalypse of their imagination and tough it out.
Sadly though, the Sandy Hook massacre shows us the folly of that move. That tragedy might have been due to the perpetrator hating his mother enough to shoot her as she slept in bed, and going on a rampage at an elementary, mainly because children are somehow easier to murder in cold blood than the police.
In fact, the shooter shot himself in the head before the cops got to him. By the time they rushed in to save the day, a lot of children were dead, and so too the killer himself.
Returning to the Santa Barbar shooting, the warning signs were not heeded by police because the shooter was able to lie to police. He was even able to gloat about evading their surveillance by appearing as meek as a lamb.
I cannot fault the Santa Barbara police in this case. Even though they are easily duped by a sociopathic killer, they only acted in the best interest of society. It would be unfair of society scapegoat the police in this case. Perhaps they were poorly trained in this case. However that is open to speculation.
What cannot be speculated is that two women and four men lost their lives, three to a knife and three to a gun.
If this killer was truly misogynist, then he would have establish a death count by shooting people he wounded but he didn't. In my opinion, this is because he wasn't interested in killing people dead after six had died.
Had he actually been dedicated in ending people's lives, there would have been a bigger body count. However, it is hard to shoot effectively from a moving car with one hand on the wheel while wielding a handgun. The V-Tech massacre is proof of this.
In the case of the V-Tech shootings, Seung-ho Cho went back to shoot wounded students. The same thing happened in the Sandy Point massacre.
Because the Santa Barbara shooter did not ensure a higher body count, I can only assume that he actually didn't want to establish a high body count. Perhaps this is because after killing six people, he had had his fill of killing. Everything after that was merely him barely going through the motions.
Again, I must reiterate that I am sorry that the six people were killed, and many more people are suffering in the aftermath of this horrible tragedy.
In spite of this I know the US government will not toughen gun laws, because California has tough enough laws to restrict the sale of firearms as it is. Toughening gun laws will not prevent future tragedies of this type.
If America truly wants to prevent such mass shootings from occurring, then it will have to reform its public education system, which has made many a student feel special, so special that even thwarting the aim of a virgin to get laid has left to six people dead.
We need to stop making kids feel as though society owes them something just for existing. We also need to teach children the value of humility in a world which is currently labeling that as harmful to children's self esteem.
For as long as we continue with the practice of inculcating narcissism in children, only children with potential narcissistic personalities will grow up with the potential to become mass murderers, just for not getting what they want.
As long as we continue on the current path from kintergarden to high school, there shall be future mass shootings in America. Gun control will not prevent future tragedies from happening as long as the right to bear arms is held sacrosanct in American society.
This is why I believe the Santa Barbara killer is not a misogynist. All he is is what is wrong in American public schools today.
Showing posts with label Cho Seung-Hui. Show all posts
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20070607
Seung Cho and Korean Exorcism: Shamanism and Its Influence on Korean Christianity
Romantic satanism, being influenced by the Catholic Church and especially by Hollywood, is nothing more than Hollywood theatrics. Movies like Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist are loosely based on fact yet full of inaccuracies and confabulations. The boy involved in the story that the Exorcist is based on went on to kill another person, but the judge refused to allow any evidence related to his previous exorcism. As well, the Catholic Church successfully suppressed the boy's story. Even so, romantic satanism is a myth.
Likewise, demon possession is an extremely rare thing.
In the case of Seung Cho, he never was possessed by a demon. He was probably majorly depressed with a touch of psychosis, and the only demon that possessed him is human nature.
Yet his mom was convinced he was possessed and was seeking a Protestant exorcist to "cure" them. It should be pointed out that exorcists are shamans, and they exist in Christianity only in the form of Catholic priests. That a Protestent evangelical layman was known as exorcist is only possible in the Korean Christian community, since shamanism was popular in Korea before the modern era.
However, let me point out that "demons" do not exist. What actually exists is the belief that supernatural beings exist. Thus, an exorcism is performed, not to "remove" a demon, but to remove from the minds of the possessed's loved ones the belief that s/he is possessed. Once that is done, the possessed's loved ones can give feedback to the possessed that s/he is "cured."
Hopefully, s/he does not cling to the delusion that s/he "possessed". Yet it is the duty of the possessed's loved ones to effect his "cure."
Sadly in the case of Seung Cho, he returned to college before the exorcism was performed.
Likewise, demon possession is an extremely rare thing.
In the case of Seung Cho, he never was possessed by a demon. He was probably majorly depressed with a touch of psychosis, and the only demon that possessed him is human nature.
Yet his mom was convinced he was possessed and was seeking a Protestant exorcist to "cure" them. It should be pointed out that exorcists are shamans, and they exist in Christianity only in the form of Catholic priests. That a Protestent evangelical layman was known as exorcist is only possible in the Korean Christian community, since shamanism was popular in Korea before the modern era.
However, let me point out that "demons" do not exist. What actually exists is the belief that supernatural beings exist. Thus, an exorcism is performed, not to "remove" a demon, but to remove from the minds of the possessed's loved ones the belief that s/he is possessed. Once that is done, the possessed's loved ones can give feedback to the possessed that s/he is "cured."
Hopefully, s/he does not cling to the delusion that s/he "possessed". Yet it is the duty of the possessed's loved ones to effect his "cure."
Sadly in the case of Seung Cho, he returned to college before the exorcism was performed.
20070509
The Anatomy of a Mass Murderer
Readers of this entry should click on the header for this entry, then Google "Cho Seung Hui", and read over the Washington Post articles about what the authorities uncovered about Cho.
Otherwise, you will be wondering why I mention things you never knew about. If you can't do your research about the Virginia Tech shooter, then you can skip this entry.
This is what has been revealed about Cho:
FWIW, the planning (including the sociology course Deviant Behavior) points to a lack of mental illness at the time he shot Emily Hilscher, Ryan Clark and 30 other students.
Rage, yes. Mental disorder, no.
And once again, nobody followed up on Cho. Everyone just thought he was a loonie and *ran away mentally screaming in abject fear*.
Meanwhile, speculations about autism and mental illness are denigrating both communities.
At the root of this, the Cho family's social isolation probably subtly contributed to Seung's spiral into madness.
His mother feared demonic possession. His dad worked too hard. And his sister tried to pretend this problem did not exist.
Thus, the family dynamics fueled the genesis of Cho as mass murderer.
Nothing was done to help Seung. Instead the whole family retreated into social isolation. IMHO, Mrs. Cho's search for a Koren evangelical exorcist indicates that that social isolation made have caused her to delve deeper into the Korean evangelical community.
Yet she was unable to inculcate any discipline in her son to overcome depression. Violent rage is a symptom of depression in men. Even the murder indicates by its planning (including chaining the doors to the floor he was on) that his depression had a psychotic component.
In short, he had a mental illness; however, because he was uncommunicative with the mental health authorities in December 2005, they assumed he was stable.
Thus, by his silence he probably mystified even the mental health professionals.
Yet, now that his secret was out, he became mentally unstable. Hence the arson. Quite probably, the promiscuity he claimed to have seen in one girl's eyes was reflected in all the girls he befriended after October 2005.
This fear of women reflects a lack of internalization of compassion -- a fear of the inner feminine to balance out his masculinity.
In a twisted way, Cho's victimization of women through stalking and even by shooting Emily Hilscher and other women afterwards would suggest a rejection of the mind's urge to overcome the Oedipal complex.
Even so, by killing himself, Cho made up for taking 32 lives, for that was the honorable thing to do.
Yes, suicide does make up for murder. This is why such a thing begins with murder, and ends with suicide.
Otherwise, you will be wondering why I mention things you never knew about. If you can't do your research about the Virginia Tech shooter, then you can skip this entry.
This is what has been revealed about Cho:
- He had a sociology course called Deviant Behavior at Norris Hall.
- His first weapon was the Walther P90, which was purchased back in February.
- He was not only silent but violent as a child, and once hit his sister very hard.
- His mother knew Cho was austistic, but rather than get help for his developmental delay, retreated into social isolation that the whole family endured.
- He wrote about violence in high school.
FWIW, the planning (including the sociology course Deviant Behavior) points to a lack of mental illness at the time he shot Emily Hilscher, Ryan Clark and 30 other students.
Rage, yes. Mental disorder, no.
And once again, nobody followed up on Cho. Everyone just thought he was a loonie and *ran away mentally screaming in abject fear*.
Meanwhile, speculations about autism and mental illness are denigrating both communities.
At the root of this, the Cho family's social isolation probably subtly contributed to Seung's spiral into madness.
His mother feared demonic possession. His dad worked too hard. And his sister tried to pretend this problem did not exist.
Thus, the family dynamics fueled the genesis of Cho as mass murderer.
Nothing was done to help Seung. Instead the whole family retreated into social isolation. IMHO, Mrs. Cho's search for a Koren evangelical exorcist indicates that that social isolation made have caused her to delve deeper into the Korean evangelical community.
Yet she was unable to inculcate any discipline in her son to overcome depression. Violent rage is a symptom of depression in men. Even the murder indicates by its planning (including chaining the doors to the floor he was on) that his depression had a psychotic component.
In short, he had a mental illness; however, because he was uncommunicative with the mental health authorities in December 2005, they assumed he was stable.
Thus, by his silence he probably mystified even the mental health professionals.
Yet, now that his secret was out, he became mentally unstable. Hence the arson. Quite probably, the promiscuity he claimed to have seen in one girl's eyes was reflected in all the girls he befriended after October 2005.
This fear of women reflects a lack of internalization of compassion -- a fear of the inner feminine to balance out his masculinity.
In a twisted way, Cho's victimization of women through stalking and even by shooting Emily Hilscher and other women afterwards would suggest a rejection of the mind's urge to overcome the Oedipal complex.
Even so, by killing himself, Cho made up for taking 32 lives, for that was the honorable thing to do.
Yes, suicide does make up for murder. This is why such a thing begins with murder, and ends with suicide.
Johnny Cash and Curing the Beast Within
Johnny Cash's America 2002 album would help anyone recover from anger and violence.
20070419
The Inaction Of Good People the Root of Evil
Regarding the Cho Seung-Hui murder-suicide, Virginia Tech bears some responsibility in it happening.
IMHO Cho killed 32 people because he had lost face by December 2005 due to two incidents of harrassment reported to VTech but not aggressively pursued.
His QuestionMark persona of 2006 demonstrates this loss of face.
It signalled that Cho was spiralling out of control.
Yet the President of Virginia Tech was slow to act. He now denies Cho's action was in any way influenced by what Virginia Tech may not have done.
We cannot blame the two women not to pursue charges against Cho, for they feared being stalked further by him.
Thus, this tragedy emphasizes that individual psychopaths are the cause of the tragedy at any college murder-suicide, not the inaction of presumably good people.
And this in itself is as evil as shooting 32 people dead.
What could have worked in this case was to graduate the guy, give him a degree in English, and bid him farewell.
Instead, the President ignored the obvious fact that Cho was rapidly deteriorating, and left counselling up to a man who walked out of a psychward back in early 2006, a man who went on to call himself QuestionMark.
Thus Virginia Tech is partially culpable for the deaths of all 33 students through its inaction.
Just agreeing to a student policy isn't enough. Written contracts with the offending student, and constant monitoring, is advised.
This makes me wonder about all his roommates. Why weren't his roomies this term more vigilante?
IMHO Cho killed 32 people because he had lost face by December 2005 due to two incidents of harrassment reported to VTech but not aggressively pursued.
His QuestionMark persona of 2006 demonstrates this loss of face.
It signalled that Cho was spiralling out of control.
Yet the President of Virginia Tech was slow to act. He now denies Cho's action was in any way influenced by what Virginia Tech may not have done.
We cannot blame the two women not to pursue charges against Cho, for they feared being stalked further by him.
Thus, this tragedy emphasizes that individual psychopaths are the cause of the tragedy at any college murder-suicide, not the inaction of presumably good people.
And this in itself is as evil as shooting 32 people dead.
What could have worked in this case was to graduate the guy, give him a degree in English, and bid him farewell.
Instead, the President ignored the obvious fact that Cho was rapidly deteriorating, and left counselling up to a man who walked out of a psychward back in early 2006, a man who went on to call himself QuestionMark.
Thus Virginia Tech is partially culpable for the deaths of all 33 students through its inaction.
Just agreeing to a student policy isn't enough. Written contracts with the offending student, and constant monitoring, is advised.
This makes me wonder about all his roommates. Why weren't his roomies this term more vigilante?
Hikikomori: Social Anxiety Due to PTSD Arising From Pressure to Succeed in an Emotionally Reserved Setting (which may explain Cho Seung-Hui's life)
For much of my twenties and thirties, I may have suffered a form of hikikomori, a uniquely Japanese form of sociopathy with a risk for violence due to social isolation.
Here's a full description of the disorder, and roots to its origins. The concept of hone (inner voice) and tatamae (outer voice) may be unique to the Japanese, but the terms I use for each of them relates to the inner voice that when inappropriately expressed may lead to social isolation and the outer voice that is appropriately expressed which leads to social integration into the group.
Thus, one only expresses the inner voice to become individualistic, while the outer voice leads one to become at one with the group, be it one's friends or society at large.
April 19, 2007: Perhaps this explains Cho Seung-Hui's early life until age 16, the year before 9/11.
The following is a quote from Mark Zielenziger's first chapter of his book, SHUTTING OUT THE SUN, which may explain Cho's first 17 years of his life (until 9/11 shocked him and the rest of us out of our sense of isolation from the horrors of terrorism).
Bluntly put, Cho's murder-suicide is another of a long blood trail of domestic terrorism, but then again so is any form of violence when it brings a chill of terror to even one heart.
A SYNDROME KNOWN AS HIKIKOMORI, IN which the outside world is shunned, is wreaking havoc on young people in Japan, a country known for its communal values. And an older generation--the very bastion of those old-fashioned values--may be to blame, according to a controversial new theory.
Hikikomori (the term refers to the behavior itself and to those who suffer from it) was first recognized in the early 1990s. One million Japanese, or almost 1 percent of the population, are estimated to suffer from hikikomori, defined as a withdrawal from friends and family for months or even years. Some 40 percent of hikikomori are below the age of 21, according to a 2001 government report.
Western psychologists compare hikikomori with social anxiety and agoraphobia, a fear of open places. The affliction has also been likened to Asperger's syndrome, a mild variant of autism. But these theories carry little weight in Japan, where the disorder is considered culturally unique and is linked to violence.
Yuichi Hattori, M.A., a psychologist currently treating 18 patients with the disorder, believes that hikikomori is caused by emotionally neglectful parenting. Hattori argues that none of his patients had been sexually or physically abused, yet they all show signs of posttraumatic stress disorder.
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As the cultural gap between Japan's youth and elders widens, some young Japanese may view their parents as too stony-faced and reserved. Hattori speaks of Japanese society's deep-rooted division between hone and tatemae--one's true feelings and one's actions--to illustrate the frustration his patients express toward aloof parents.
"Patients tell me their mothers have no emotions," says Hattori. "Six patients have called their parents zombies."
Hattori's findings, presented in November to the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, are reminiscent of the now-discredited theory of the "refrigerator mother," which attributed autism to a detached style of parenting.
"Hikikomori looks more to me like an extreme case of social anxiety," says David Kupfer, Ph.D., a psychologist with a private practice in Virginia. Emotionally unresponsive parents are only one of the factors involved in the development of this disorder, says Kupfer, who points out that "in Japan, the pressure to succeed is a unique cultural source of trauma."
For now, Eastern and Western psychologists agree only that hikikomori is unique to Japan and has serious ramifications for both generations.
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Here's a full description of the disorder, and roots to its origins. The concept of hone (inner voice) and tatamae (outer voice) may be unique to the Japanese, but the terms I use for each of them relates to the inner voice that when inappropriately expressed may lead to social isolation and the outer voice that is appropriately expressed which leads to social integration into the group.
Thus, one only expresses the inner voice to become individualistic, while the outer voice leads one to become at one with the group, be it one's friends or society at large.
April 19, 2007: Perhaps this explains Cho Seung-Hui's early life until age 16, the year before 9/11.
The following is a quote from Mark Zielenziger's first chapter of his book, SHUTTING OUT THE SUN, which may explain Cho's first 17 years of his life (until 9/11 shocked him and the rest of us out of our sense of isolation from the horrors of terrorism).
Bluntly put, Cho's murder-suicide is another of a long blood trail of domestic terrorism, but then again so is any form of violence when it brings a chill of terror to even one heart.
A SYNDROME KNOWN AS HIKIKOMORI, IN which the outside world is shunned, is wreaking havoc on young people in Japan, a country known for its communal values. And an older generation--the very bastion of those old-fashioned values--may be to blame, according to a controversial new theory.
Hikikomori (the term refers to the behavior itself and to those who suffer from it) was first recognized in the early 1990s. One million Japanese, or almost 1 percent of the population, are estimated to suffer from hikikomori, defined as a withdrawal from friends and family for months or even years. Some 40 percent of hikikomori are below the age of 21, according to a 2001 government report.
Western psychologists compare hikikomori with social anxiety and agoraphobia, a fear of open places. The affliction has also been likened to Asperger's syndrome, a mild variant of autism. But these theories carry little weight in Japan, where the disorder is considered culturally unique and is linked to violence.
Yuichi Hattori, M.A., a psychologist currently treating 18 patients with the disorder, believes that hikikomori is caused by emotionally neglectful parenting. Hattori argues that none of his patients had been sexually or physically abused, yet they all show signs of posttraumatic stress disorder.
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As the cultural gap between Japan's youth and elders widens, some young Japanese may view their parents as too stony-faced and reserved. Hattori speaks of Japanese society's deep-rooted division between hone and tatemae--one's true feelings and one's actions--to illustrate the frustration his patients express toward aloof parents.
"Patients tell me their mothers have no emotions," says Hattori. "Six patients have called their parents zombies."
Hattori's findings, presented in November to the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, are reminiscent of the now-discredited theory of the "refrigerator mother," which attributed autism to a detached style of parenting.
"Hikikomori looks more to me like an extreme case of social anxiety," says David Kupfer, Ph.D., a psychologist with a private practice in Virginia. Emotionally unresponsive parents are only one of the factors involved in the development of this disorder, says Kupfer, who points out that "in Japan, the pressure to succeed is a unique cultural source of trauma."
For now, Eastern and Western psychologists agree only that hikikomori is unique to Japan and has serious ramifications for both generations.
COPYRIGHT 2003 Sussex Publishers, Inc.
COPYRIGHT 2003 Gale Group
The Three Faces of Cho Seung-Hui
Who's this man the news calls Cho Seung-Hui? Obvious this creep outcreeps me.
Oh, and listen to his views! They are more weird than my words!
What's with his brother QuestionMark? He spent all off 2006 creeping out his roomies on campus.
As for the new persona Ax Ishmael, he shot 30 people.
But never forget, Ax Ishmael and QuestionMark are merely personas Cho used to handle first loss of face over being put in a psychward, and later, the fact he had just killed 2 people and needed to kill as many people before he committed suicide.
Oh, and if this guy is so easy for an armchair psychologist like me to figure out, then how come the hikikomori explanation isn't popular?
Boy, am I glad this asshole went out in a "blaze of glory." Not.
Oh, and listen to his views! They are more weird than my words!
What's with his brother QuestionMark? He spent all off 2006 creeping out his roomies on campus.
As for the new persona Ax Ishmael, he shot 30 people.
But never forget, Ax Ishmael and QuestionMark are merely personas Cho used to handle first loss of face over being put in a psychward, and later, the fact he had just killed 2 people and needed to kill as many people before he committed suicide.
Oh, and if this guy is so easy for an armchair psychologist like me to figure out, then how come the hikikomori explanation isn't popular?
Boy, am I glad this asshole went out in a "blaze of glory." Not.
Things I've Learned from Seung Cho
- Bulletproof vest and cap backwards is not a good fashion style, especially with a Walther P22 in one hand and a Glock 19 in the other.
- Ditto with the knives!
- Why did it take shooting two people to get you to open up, Seung?
- So you were Seung-Hui Cho until about 2005, then Mr. QuestionMark for most of 2006? Who is Ax Ishmael?
- It's not love to want a woman all to yourself. It's a dangerous obsession.
- Never use a gun to get a woman to love you. Someone might end up dead.
- Who the heck is Seung-Hwi Cho? And is QuestionMark a daemon? Is Ax Ishmael a daemon?
- So how come there is no sequel? Wait! This is the sequel beginning with Columbine. As was Kimveer Gill's whimpy little duck shoot in Montreal!
- I might get respect cos my friends can now joke, "Watch out! Don't make Steve mad. He might go ballastic and do a Cho Seung-Hui!" Why am I not looking forward to this prospect?
- So when did a convocation become a moment for a black activist and poet to channel MLK?
- Look! Proof there is another man creepier than I am!!
20070418
Sudden Change of a Killer
Roommates say Cho was lifting weights and got a very short haircut in the weeks just before the shootings. It now appears he may have been developing a new name as well. This metamorphasis, psychologists say, can be essential: the killer has to break utterly free of the real world, and his own, natural identity before he can act. By Tom Foreman, CNN Correspondent
On the early morning of April 16, 2007 Cho Seung-hui changed into A. Ismail. He left his dorm to shoot, possibly by accident, Ryan Clark, and immediately after, Emily Hilscher.
Then he returned to his room, wrote Ismail Ax on his arm, and signed A. Ismail on the package of his 8-page manifesto, photographs and videos he sent to NBC News in New York City.
Who is this A. Ismail who shot 30 more people and wounded 15 students?
Well, two hours before he began his rampage at Norris Hall at Virginia Tech, he might have been Cho Seung-Hui.
The previous year he was the mysterious Mr Question Mark. So since the fall of 2006 he was Mr Question Mark.
That means as of December 2005, he was no longer Cho Seung-hui but a mentally ill individual who was no longer the shy, retiring Seung.
Possibly as early as January 2007, he was Ismail Ax, and with each gun he bought, starting in February, that identity crystallized when he shot Ryan Clark and murdered Emily Hischler.
So as to the question about who Ismail Ax is, his original name was Cho Seung-hui who became Mr. Question Mark in 2006.
This means he knew not who he was in 2006. He wanted to be known as Question Mark.
Was it really Ibrihim, Ismail's Axe?
Is this the legacy of the War on Terrorism? Hell yeah!
33 martyrs felled by Ismail's Ax -- Ibrihim's legacy
QUOTE:
After the shootings, my best friend, a Korean-American lawyer in Washington, D.C., felt in his bones that somehow a Korean was responsible. He didn't know why. But, "one thing's for sure now," he said, "we can safely lay the model minority theme to rest."
-- Let It Be Some Other Asian, http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070430/lam_2
In local news, a Japanese couple who were substance abusing narks ended up dead many years ago. I know of a Japanese man who was bullied a lot who murdered a white guy outside a bar in Sechelt. Both my grandfathers were fine with domestic abuse, being of the Meiji era. My own dad liked to verbally abuse my mother. I know of a Japanese-Canadian Anglican priest who was a child abuser that preyed on boys and young men, telling them to not tell anyone what he did to them, "or they would burn in hell for lying." However, not one mass murderer.
Though, in feudal Japan, Japanese Christians were crucified and starved in the 1600s. But this was politics. The Shoguns were afraid they'd end up like China, America and S.E. Asia, another vassal state to the economic predation called "Colonization."
And yes, there were internecine warfare between rival clans prior to Oda Nobunaga's reign of terror.
One clan got wiped out merely for supporting Buddhism, and then using their faith to control the Emperor of the time, who had gone Buddhist.
So much for Shinto being merely a nature-loving sect.
How does this relate to a 23-yr-old nutbar acting like a black street tough with his trusty Walther P22 and Glock 19?
The warrior pose.
Violent is evil. I do not side with my samurai ancestry at all. All that was achieved from all that bloodshed in ancient times is a bureaucratic zombie bleeding the economy back in Japan dry today.
We need to stop shutting out the sun if we don't want to create another lost generation.
This is why I feel that the Chos hiding out in Virginia is not going to win points for bringing closure to this tragedy.
33 martyrs felled by Ismail's Ax -- Ibrihim's legacy. This is terrorism, people. Let's remember that.
The only way to beat terrorism is to rush the gun and run from the knife.
After the shootings, my best friend, a Korean-American lawyer in Washington, D.C., felt in his bones that somehow a Korean was responsible. He didn't know why. But, "one thing's for sure now," he said, "we can safely lay the model minority theme to rest."
-- Let It Be Some Other Asian, http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070430/lam_2
In local news, a Japanese couple who were substance abusing narks ended up dead many years ago. I know of a Japanese man who was bullied a lot who murdered a white guy outside a bar in Sechelt. Both my grandfathers were fine with domestic abuse, being of the Meiji era. My own dad liked to verbally abuse my mother. I know of a Japanese-Canadian Anglican priest who was a child abuser that preyed on boys and young men, telling them to not tell anyone what he did to them, "or they would burn in hell for lying." However, not one mass murderer.
Though, in feudal Japan, Japanese Christians were crucified and starved in the 1600s. But this was politics. The Shoguns were afraid they'd end up like China, America and S.E. Asia, another vassal state to the economic predation called "Colonization."
And yes, there were internecine warfare between rival clans prior to Oda Nobunaga's reign of terror.
One clan got wiped out merely for supporting Buddhism, and then using their faith to control the Emperor of the time, who had gone Buddhist.
So much for Shinto being merely a nature-loving sect.
How does this relate to a 23-yr-old nutbar acting like a black street tough with his trusty Walther P22 and Glock 19?
The warrior pose.
Violent is evil. I do not side with my samurai ancestry at all. All that was achieved from all that bloodshed in ancient times is a bureaucratic zombie bleeding the economy back in Japan dry today.
We need to stop shutting out the sun if we don't want to create another lost generation.
This is why I feel that the Chos hiding out in Virginia is not going to win points for bringing closure to this tragedy.
33 martyrs felled by Ismail's Ax -- Ibrihim's legacy. This is terrorism, people. Let's remember that.
The only way to beat terrorism is to rush the gun and run from the knife.
20070417
Vive Libre the 33 Martyrs at Virginia Tech! ISMAIL AX!
Please hug an Asian today.
Seung-hui Cho too is going to heaven, since this world as we know it was his hell.
How this can be prevented: endeavor to socialize any one who chooses to hide from the world outside, protect them and yourselves from bullies, display honesty and sincerity, refraining from using privilege of social status to abuse or subject to abuse other people, moderating substance use - be it alcohol, tobacco etc, reporting hate crime - no matter how trivial, practising religious tolerance...
Seung-Hui Cho - complained of debauchery, deceitful charlatans and rich kids.
In avoiding him, we failed him. In laughing at him, we failed him. In letting him be, we failed him.
Contrary to how the media wants it painted, I do not see victims here at VTech. I see 33 martyrs.
Here are the 33 who died at Virginia Tech:
_ Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, of Saugus, Mass., according to his mother, Lynnette Alameddine.
_ Christopher James Bishop, 35, according to Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, where he helped run an exchange program.
_ Brian Bluhm, 25, formerly of Detroit, according to friend Michael Marshall. His death also was announced before the Detroit-Kansas City baseball game.
_ Seung-Hui Cho, 23, Centreville, VA. The lone gunman graduated with honors from high school. An English major, he had written two plays which hinted at his inner struggle with his personal demons. In his eight-page statement, he railed against debauchery, deceitful charlatans, religion, and rich kids. After his death, he was found with a Glock 19, a Walther P22 and the words "Ismail Ax" in red ink written on his arm.
_ Ryan Clark, 22, of Martinez, Ga., biology and English major, according to Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins.
_ Austin Cloyd, an international studies major from Blacksburg, Va., according tojavascript:void(0) Terry Harter, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Champaign, Ill., where Cloyd and her family lived before moving to Blacksburg.
_ Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French instructor, according to her husband, Jerzy Nowak, the head of the horticulture department at Virginia Tech.
_ Daniel Perez Cueva, 21, killed in his French class, according to his mother, Betty Cueva, of Peru.
_ Kevin Granata, age 45, engineering science and mechanics professor, according to Ishwar K. Puri, the head of the engineering science and mechanics department.
_ Caitlin Hammaren, 19, of Westtown, N.Y., a sophomore majoring in international studies and French, according to Minisink Valley, N.Y., school officials who spoke with Hammaren's family.
_ Jeremy Herbstritt, 27, of Bellefonte, Pa., according to Penn State University, his alma mater and his father's employer.
_ Rachael Hill, 18, of Glen Allen, Va., according to her father, Guy Hill.
_ Emily Jane Hilscher, a 19-year-old freshman from Woodville, according to Rappahannock County Administrator John W. McCarthy, a family friend.
_ Jarrett L. Lane, according to Riffe's Funeral Service Inc. in Narrows, Va.
_ Matthew J. La Porte, 20, a freshman from Dumont, N.J., according to Dumont Police Chief Brian Venezio.
_ Liviu Librescu, 76, engineering science and mathematics lecturer, according to Puri.
_ G.V. Loganathan, 51, civil and environmental engineering professor, according to his brother G.V. Palanivel.
_ Partahi Lumbantoruan, 34, of Indonesia, civil engineering doctoral student, according to Kristiarto Legowo, a spokesman for the Indonesian foreign ministry.
_ Lauren McCain, 20, of Hampton, Va., international studies major, according to a statement from the family.
_ Daniel O'Neil, 22, of Rhode Island, according to close friend Steve Craveiro and according to Eric Cardenas of Connecticut College, where O'Neil's father, Bill, is director of major gifts.
_ Juan Ramon Ortiz, a 26-year-old graduate student in engineering from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, according to his wife, Liselle Vega Cortes.
_ Mary Karen Read, 19, of Annandale, Va. according to her aunt, Karen Kuppinger, of Rochester, N.Y.
_ Reema J. Samaha, 18, a freshman from Centreville, Va., according to her family.
May they all rest in peace.
Seung-hui Cho too is going to heaven, since this world as we know it was his hell.
How this can be prevented: endeavor to socialize any one who chooses to hide from the world outside, protect them and yourselves from bullies, display honesty and sincerity, refraining from using privilege of social status to abuse or subject to abuse other people, moderating substance use - be it alcohol, tobacco etc, reporting hate crime - no matter how trivial, practising religious tolerance...
Seung-Hui Cho - complained of debauchery, deceitful charlatans and rich kids.
In avoiding him, we failed him. In laughing at him, we failed him. In letting him be, we failed him.
Contrary to how the media wants it painted, I do not see victims here at VTech. I see 33 martyrs.
Here are the 33 who died at Virginia Tech:
_ Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, of Saugus, Mass., according to his mother, Lynnette Alameddine.
_ Christopher James Bishop, 35, according to Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, where he helped run an exchange program.
_ Brian Bluhm, 25, formerly of Detroit, according to friend Michael Marshall. His death also was announced before the Detroit-Kansas City baseball game.
_ Seung-Hui Cho, 23, Centreville, VA. The lone gunman graduated with honors from high school. An English major, he had written two plays which hinted at his inner struggle with his personal demons. In his eight-page statement, he railed against debauchery, deceitful charlatans, religion, and rich kids. After his death, he was found with a Glock 19, a Walther P22 and the words "Ismail Ax" in red ink written on his arm.
_ Ryan Clark, 22, of Martinez, Ga., biology and English major, according to Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins.
_ Austin Cloyd, an international studies major from Blacksburg, Va., according tojavascript:void(0) Terry Harter, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Champaign, Ill., where Cloyd and her family lived before moving to Blacksburg.
_ Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French instructor, according to her husband, Jerzy Nowak, the head of the horticulture department at Virginia Tech.
_ Daniel Perez Cueva, 21, killed in his French class, according to his mother, Betty Cueva, of Peru.
_ Kevin Granata, age 45, engineering science and mechanics professor, according to Ishwar K. Puri, the head of the engineering science and mechanics department.
_ Caitlin Hammaren, 19, of Westtown, N.Y., a sophomore majoring in international studies and French, according to Minisink Valley, N.Y., school officials who spoke with Hammaren's family.
_ Jeremy Herbstritt, 27, of Bellefonte, Pa., according to Penn State University, his alma mater and his father's employer.
_ Rachael Hill, 18, of Glen Allen, Va., according to her father, Guy Hill.
_ Emily Jane Hilscher, a 19-year-old freshman from Woodville, according to Rappahannock County Administrator John W. McCarthy, a family friend.
_ Jarrett L. Lane, according to Riffe's Funeral Service Inc. in Narrows, Va.
_ Matthew J. La Porte, 20, a freshman from Dumont, N.J., according to Dumont Police Chief Brian Venezio.
_ Liviu Librescu, 76, engineering science and mathematics lecturer, according to Puri.
_ G.V. Loganathan, 51, civil and environmental engineering professor, according to his brother G.V. Palanivel.
_ Partahi Lumbantoruan, 34, of Indonesia, civil engineering doctoral student, according to Kristiarto Legowo, a spokesman for the Indonesian foreign ministry.
_ Lauren McCain, 20, of Hampton, Va., international studies major, according to a statement from the family.
_ Daniel O'Neil, 22, of Rhode Island, according to close friend Steve Craveiro and according to Eric Cardenas of Connecticut College, where O'Neil's father, Bill, is director of major gifts.
_ Juan Ramon Ortiz, a 26-year-old graduate student in engineering from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, according to his wife, Liselle Vega Cortes.
_ Mary Karen Read, 19, of Annandale, Va. according to her aunt, Karen Kuppinger, of Rochester, N.Y.
_ Reema J. Samaha, 18, a freshman from Centreville, Va., according to her family.
May they all rest in peace.
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