"The Deadliest Shooting in U.S. History" said the headlines on MSNBC the day that Cho Seung-Hui decided that he was to shoot himself, and thirty two other people in Virginia Tech University. Right after he shot two people in the college dormitory that day, and right before he shot thirty others, he proceeded initially to mail a package to the New York headquarters of NBC news. The package was described as "a multimedia manifesto" which included a written statement, a CD of quicktime videos, and a few pictures. From the written statement alone, one could already tell that Cho was deeply disturbed. The whole package was a long rant pure of angst and hatred, but not a shred of academic logic to be found. A disturbing point though is that since the package contained premade/prerecorded material, he had planned the whole thing for a considerable amount of time. His classmates defined him as "never talking" and confessed that he had antisocial tendencies in school. According to Cho's english professor, his works were of a macabre degree, and tackled truly disturbing aspects of human depravity. She was worried that his works mirrored his true emotions, as they should, so she offered to bring him to counselling. He refused. We see then the final creciendo of his angry, depraved, self indulged world. He treated those he shot as cattle. Murder is one of the most indifferent, inhuman crimes ever commited, and the fact that he was able to shoot thirty three people only tells us that to him, humanity has lost it's importance. What caused this lack of faith in humanity? Is it american society? A severe overload of hormones? What makes a human being lose sense of what makes him human?
Note though... shouldn't the civil war be the deadliest shooting in U.S. history :) or at least something like that? Maybe Iraq should be the deadliest shooting in U.S. history. It's their fault anyway.
Side thought... I was passing by the Sta. Cruz-Quiapo-Carriedo area, and I decided to observe the people around. Realize that most Filipinos belong to this sector of society. Realize that most in this sector of society still think that Erap was pro masses because he protected the weak in old badly made Filipino action films. Realize that the only boxer these people know is Manny Pacquiao. Realize that the only sports these people know is Billiards, Basketball, and Boxing. Realize that they still stick to their hedonistic lifestyles, which shows a sense of moral depravity. The Philippines doesn't deserve it's middle class.
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