On Monday April 16, 2007, Cho Seung –Hui went on a killing spree of lecturers and his fellow students at Virginia Tech Campus. A total of 33 people lost their lives that fateful Monday morning. Later in the week, NBC News released disturbing photos, writings and video footages, which Cho mailed to them shortly before taking his life. This is what Cho had to say according to NBC News.


"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 vodka and cognac weren't enough. All your debaucheries weren't enough. Those weren't enough to fulfill your hedonistic needs. You had everything,"MSNBC.Com quotes Cho apparently ranting against wealthy and other unnamed enemies in the angry Message


"You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today," Cho said in one of the videos that aired Wednesday night on NBC. "But you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off”


Cho Seung-Hui said Monday's massacre on the Virginia Tech campus could have been avoided and said "you forced me into a corner," in a videotaped message he mailed to NBC News.

Any lessons to be learnt here????????????????????????

There’s no justification at all for what this young man did. But Cho’s manifesto does not seem to come from an entirely insane mind.

So long as a fraction of the population continues to live in dire straits, with the television throwing opulence of the privileged at their faces, the underprivileged, the have-not, “the shoot-to-kill”, might decide not to play by the rules.

Even in Kenya today, Consumerism and exhibitionism are becoming pervasive, fuelling the run-away insecurity that we are experiencing.

There should be more equitable distribution of resources, otherwise if a section of the society feels that the socio-economic ladder is broken,then the social fabric is bound to fray. And no one will be safe.

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Like the saying goes, "we learn from history that we learn nothing from history"

Though am not a psychologist nor a psycharist,i believe the world especially the western world have a lot to learn from this unfortunate occurrence. For a start, maybe Cho had been pushed to the wall by American exclusionist tendecies. The young man could have been a victim of racial abuse and intolerance and the campus system might not have done much to assist him. What reason did they have not to follow Chos progress even after the shrink observing that teh man was a danger to himself and others? They simply left him to his own devices!

The laxity in Gun control smacks off irresponsible behaviour on the part of authorities. How would a twenty something kid walk into a gun shop, pay for one and walk away with two (not one!), without the vendor asking some hard questions???

How could the campus and other security agents fail to stop further killings two hours later after the the first killings. Is it a sign of incompetence on their part ?? Imagine somebody buthering people , walk back to the hostel to shot some videos, quietly and comfortably walk away to mail the same, and come two hours later to continue with further attacks. Is there something am not getting here??

Now that a lot of our young kids watch and read all these stuff, is the world better prepared to deal with a similar occurrence, especially by those who would genuinely feel aliented and marginalised by the first order of the rich and powerful?? What will stop a brother from purchasing a gun and blowing another who use racial remarks against him/her?? Me thinks some genuinelly deprived brother would opt to go the same way unless the world put in place systems to address any perceived injustices or marginalisations.

I really felt it because nobody really commiserated with Chos family at their moment of loss as well.The poor family was left to sort themselves out even if the crime was not of their own doing, nor was Chos. He was a mentally disturbed child in need of medication which the society denied him.

Michael Moores movie "Bowling for Columbine" explored this gun culture. The National Rifle association will lobby to ensure that no legislation that edvocates for gun control never succeeds. To them it is just business, and nothing should stand in the way.

Sadly, the American constitution guarantees this as a right. That is why nothing much can be done. In any case, US has never supported international treaties that set conditions on gun manufacturing and gun trade. Nicholas cage's Lord of war has clearly pointed to this irony.

I would not go far to say that the chicken are coming home to roost, but it is sad whne what happens everyday in Somalia, Sierra Leon, Cambodia, etc, is also going back to US's backyard. It is very sad that innocent lives have to be lost. But do we learn the lesson. After our tears have dried, it will be business as usual tomorow. As we empathize with the family that suffered this terrible loss, let us not forget that Cho's parents have also lost a son. We should also not forget the big picture. sale of these gun finally tricke down to troublespots in Africa, and even in peaceful countrioes like Kenya, we have already began to see the accerelation of gun-related violence.

Virginia Tech massacre is not just a local American tragedy, but a global one.

Thanks sajini. What annoys me most is the realisation that the Aglican Church, which is "headed " by the queen own significant shareholding in some of the companies manufacturing small arms. Irony is that they are among the first people to arrive in areas of conflicts resulting from their trade, supposedly to give the victims "spiritual nourishment!". How hypocritical can the world become!!
American and Europe must put their acts togethor, and face the issue at hand a lot boldly than they currently are doing.