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this is in response to simon‘s blog, where he brings up the fact that the shooter at Virginia Tech was Korean, and how blame may be placed on his race.
this has nothing to do with him being korean. of course there will be crazy fanatics who’ll tell you otherwise. those are the same kinds of people who wear white robes and burn crosses.
it’s just about some crazy kid who lost it.
simon also comments that gun laws are not to be blamed either which i agree with for this situation. Although…
i still feel that it’s just too easy for some people to get a gun these days. especially for some people who really shouldn’t be carrying guns. but i don’t think that’s the issue either. anyone with a weapon of any kind has the potential to lose it and kill people.
i really don’t know what the issue is here in this case. and people can speculate all they want. but no one will ever truly know why, except for the kid himself.
it’s sad and it’s scary. but what we can do is not let this turn into another witchhunt. people are angry, and they’ll go after the koreans, the gun laws, the gun owners, the lonely quiet kids in school. and i know somehow, somewhere, there’s a church blaming homosexuality for this too.
people in general have a tendency to point fingers at each other and not themselves. and that’s not to say that you should feel ashamed or that your parents should. did you know the kid? were you his friend? were you a close family member? where were his friends and family when he was feeling this way?
what’s really scary is to be so alone that there is no one else around to tether you to reality when it really counts.
