-this guy came into the country while he was a boy, right? He had time with his parents to " assimilate" and whatnot before he went off to college.
-The writing is very poor. I can write better, and I'm not even in college yet.
-he didn't hav ethe resources to handle his problems? He ws taken to the hospital at some point, I believe,for medical help and counseling. A teacher also actually met and taught him one on one because she saw he needed help. It seems to me that atleast a few people tried hard to reach out to him. If he didn't accept the help, that can only be his fault. We cannot blame his parents, his teachers, fellow students or school for his actions, either before the shooting when he refused to respond to help, or when he shot people. He is more than just a wheel or a cog that does things, he is a human that cank think and reason and make decisions. Thinks weren't perfect, I know that. He had problems, I know that and recognize that. However, many many many people have problems! That's the thing about being a person: people are the one type of thing on earth that can work around and should not be limited by their problems. Guns can't fix themselves, but people can, in many ways! If you have cancer, you fight for your life, to survive. This guy had "cancer" of the mind, and he didn't fight! Atleast, it doesn't seem like it. That's pathetic! Millions of Americans can attest that they've beat cancer, and this guy can't? And then, we want to shift the blame off of him? The blame is on him and it is his: this was cold, calculated murder! If it was an emotional outburst, why the heck had he bought two guns and filed the serial numbers off? There was a bigger plan, somehow. I find it pathetic that we are trying to blame his school for his decisions. I think we must understand and accept that he himself made the decisions and he alone can be held responsible for them and the consequences, because he refused the help.
Is it a tragedy? Yes! It's horrible! When I think about being in a situation like that, I know I would be scaredout of my mind. But, it scares me even more to see people try to pass and shift the blame to others, removing any hint of personal responsibility. In our country, we have to emphasize personal responsibility today or we will have more tragedies like this in the future: "oh, I'm a sick twisted guy who needs help and that's why I killed her so you can't throw me in jail because it wasn't me, it was the voices." ?!? It also makes me want to go to a school which will let me take my licensed gun into a classroom with my concealed carry permit. The school apparently made the decision that legally licensed CC permit holders could not bring their guns into the classroom, about a year ago? Well, the school forced the students into a corner, keeping them undefensable. I find that reprehensible, and the fact that the students had no way to defend themselves....the blame for that must fall on the school, and something needs to change.
Wow, for a topic I had no wish to speak on, I certainly wrote a lot! And, I'll probably never come read thsi thread again....