Comments on: The Troubled Mind of the Virginia Tech Shooting Suspect

By: sassymom

sassymom — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:17:15 +0000

It was a tragic thing really! Senseless!

I do believe that clinical depression is a major thing in the States … the price of being a vey fast paced economy.

Unlike here, in our country, we’re very closely knit, the reason why we can monitore more closely our children.

My prayers for those families concerned.

By: nightfox

nightfox — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:35:12 +0000

yeah, that’s really boggling/disturbing enough. it’s just disappointing (or scary) how violence develops through time.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:30:42 +0000

There’s now a heated debate on whether or not the video should have been released at all, or maybe if it was released too soon.

Other important aspects is that there was a lack of information exchange between those who had contact with the shooter.

But, right now, I think the students and the Virginia Tech community is right, when they ask for more focus on the victims.

By: Noemi

Noemi — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:03:33 +0000

@trinity- The Gun accessibility has long been an issue in the states. I wonder if they should take a look at the current laws on gun sales

@rach- yes let’s pray for everybody that have been affected by this tragedy.

By: Rach

Rach — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:55:45 +0000

It’s really a heartbreaking and tragic event. I feel sorry for the people who lost their lives, got injured and the families left behind. I pray for everyone affected by the tragedy.

By: Trinity

Trinity — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:43:31 +0000

Clinical depression is something we can never hope to understtand unless we experience it. It seems to me though, that the university officials did everything they could to help this boy two years ago. What’s scary is that even professionals CANNOT tell whether a person is potentially dangerous to society or not. In this case, it seems they thought he was a danger to himself (ie. suicide) but not to others. The bigger question is why he was allowed to buy a gun with that kind of record.

By: Noemi

Noemi — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:44:37 +0000

@Prudence- I shake my head whenever I read about those possessions.

I truly hope schools all over the world start to be more sensitive to their students. Some maybe pressured to perform well which may aggravate any mental condition they have

@acey- I know. I feel so sad of their loss. So sudden.

@shi_light- I don’t think Cho was in his right frame of mind. Some of his actions were not controlled by a sane mind so I can’t say he is a coward.

By: shi_Light

shi_Light — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:34:24 +0000

My heart goes out to parents of the victims and the parents of Cho. I can image the grief and shame that that Cho’s parents are going through. They are victims as well as the parents of all of the victims. Seeing these pictures every 5 minutes grieves my spirit. I do no like what I see. Cho looks like some of those games that children play each day. We all need to be protected from these images. They should be labeled whenever they are shown. Those images depict cowards and they should never be shown without those words. People will see these images later on and will not know the background behind these photos.

The actions that Cho took was a COWARDLY act. Those pictures should not be shown continuously without the caption COWARD on them. These images are going throughout the world. Some people will thing that he is a hero but that is not the case. This is a COWARDLY act. It should be shown as such. The teacher who allowed his students to escape was a hero. All of his pictures should be labeled HERO whenever they are show.

All of those photos of terrorists acts in the wars should be labeled with captions of CCOWARDS as well. They are using cowardly tactics. It is only cowards who would strap bombs on babies then run off and leave the babies in a car to be killed and kill other people. People who would shoot other people in the back of the head are also COWARDS.

By: aCey

aCey — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:31:28 +0000

it’s always sad to hear about young people who are lonely or misunderstood, and who are so angry that they hurt others… my heart goes out to all of them. and to the friends and families of the people who were hurt…

By: Prudence

Prudence — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:17:54 +0000

I’d agree that education of the public about mental health is a good idea. I think it’s a must. I actually even heard of some “possessions” here in the province and then the folks would automatically bring the poor patient to an “exorcist” and it only makes the disorder worse. I hope people would realize that there are mental disorders that could seem like “demonic possessions” and would try, at least, to consult a psychiatrist before resorting to nonconventional means. It is good for some people to have faith, but having faith to the point of idiocy is not good.

I don’t think teachers being more sensitive to students who rather have troubled minds is violating the right to privacy. That, of course, depends on how they’ll handle the situation. It should be kept between the teacher and the student and his/her parents. Also, if there is an annual psychological testing to be performed, results should be kept between the counselor and the student. And professional help should be sought once it is learned that a certain student would be a danger to those around him. But privacy should be strictly observed.