Thread: Shooting triggers hostility against America (like we need anymore of that)

I know, I vowed not to watch Fox News Channel again, but as I'm reading the scrolling news at the bottom, there seems to be a lot of hostility and 'I told you so' comments from international newspapers; one Italian source claims the shooting massacre is "As American as apple pie."

Don't any of these news outlets realize the shooter wasn't even American? He was a South Korean on a GreenCard...

This-world-is-changing-for-the-worse...

Its-a-sad-thing-to-realize-and-face-but-its-true..

My-heart-goes-out-to-all-of-the-victims-and-family-AND-friends-of-the-victims...

I don't see why American people are being put to trash here. Not to say that anyone should receive blame aside from the actual shooter, this isn't an isolated case to America.

If you take a look at Wikipedia, out of the 36 shootings listed, almost half are from outside of the United States.

The media is a huge factor in promoting school shootings aswell. Most of the shooters in these cases learn from prior shootings and the mass media that flock to it. If the media would only focus on delivering well wishes instead of placing blame, it would help prevent hostility.

there is just so much tension everywhere
it is very crowded and peoples attitudes suck
have you ever noticed that most "good" people
get fucked by the system and taken advantage of
i can easily see how someone who is unstable
can just snap and pull some drama like what just happened

im interested to find out this crazy shooters past

im curious cuz they said that he lined up people
and shot them.why wouldnt all those people fight back
he only had a .22 and a .9

I never heard that he lined people up. He just went into the class rooms and started shooting.

I-also-heard-he-lined-them-up....very-sad

CNN claimed earlier yesterday that he lined 'em up, reports are now confirming he just went all willy nilly into the classrooms.

think about it
if you were in class and someone started shooting
you would run out of there and so would all the other
classes.it does make sense when they said he pulled out
chains and closed the doors. willy nilly dosnt sound right

I heard he was Chinese...

the media is the problem. i would be willing to bet that your average every day italian feels no ill will towards america. the media and the television are a HUGE part of the problems that go on in this country. instead of calling up ol al sharpton for his opinion, these news companies should look to themselves before they start asking opinions of everyone else about what went wrong. video games and gun companies aren't to blame. if anyone besides the shooter needs to be blamed its cnn and fox news and all the other shit slingers out there. its just like with poor imus, bill maher made a great point last night on real time. he asked sharpton if it wasn't for the media would it be such a big deal? because he highly doubted that the girls b-ball team was listening to imus's show. it just goes to show that the media makes a shit storm out of everything just because they can.
and they do it on a giant scale, and right down to a little scale. my old fraternity got into a bunch of shit because a few of the members painted their faces black for a party with a 'rappers' theme. apparently the media got a hold of some pictures and caused a big ol stink. anymore the media doesn't report the news, they try to cause controversy. i think i'll stick with the newspaper from now on.

boilerup~ you hit the nail on the head. the media puts these guy's faces all over the place, every home in america now knows this guys name. maybe if they blatantly refused to put up his name or tell anything about him, it might just stop the next wack job from strapping up if he knows he'll be anonomyous. but dont tell the media that, they wouldn't stand for it.


"when you trust your television, what you get is what you got. 'cause when they own the information they can bend it all the want."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The South Korean gunman who killed 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech university had lived legally in the United States with his parents for 14 years, a U.S. immigration official said on Tuesday.

Cho Seung-Hui, 23, moved to the United States in September 1992 and lived in Centreville, Virginia, said Chris Bentley, a spokesman with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Cho, a student of English literature at the university, was identified by police as the gunman responsible for Monday's killings -- the worst shooting rampage in U.S. history.

As a resident alien, commonly known as a green-card holder, Cho could live and work indefinitely in the United States, although he would not be able to vote or obtain a U.S. passport, Bentley said.
Campus gunman lived in U.S. since 1992 | Reuters

He was a crazy bastard.......plain and simple. As far as "world opinion"....who really gives a rats ass!

Have a good one!

Hating America is cool right now. What can I say? How far do you have to go to find some dumbass that'll spew a whole bunch of anti-Bush, anti-American sentiments with no actual idea of why they hate Bush or America? Not far.

Personally, I don't hate anywhere.. But at present I'm not a huge fan of the American government and some of what country represents. I wouldn't ever stoop as low as use a tragic event like this an excuse to get up on my pedestal and start talking shit.

Originally Posted by GHoSToKeR

Hating America is cool right now. What can I say?

Ya, when your the big dog on the block there's always some damn poodle nipping at your ankles.

Have a good one!

This-world-is-changing-for-the-worse...

Its-a-sad-thing-to-realize-and-face-but-its-true..

it's depressing to think it and to carry on trying to be positive but i agree with this

any country that allows people to legally own guns makes it easier for sick barstards like this to do the unthinkable, i'm sure if we had the same gun laws it would happen more in this country.very sad world we live in, life to many is worthless. my heart goes out to everyone who has been affected by this.

Originally Posted by friendowl

why wouldnt all those people fight back
he only had a .22 and a .9

thats what im sayin man. it would have been much less devastating if a few people banded together and took his psycho ass out.

Originally Posted by weedmaster

any country that allows people to legally own guns makes it easier for sick barstards like this to do the unthinkable, i'm sure if we had the same gun laws it would happen more in this country.very sad world we live in, life to many is worthless. my heart goes out to everyone who has been affected by this.

Sick bastards will do what they want anyway, even if guns were illegal, the same thing could've happened. If the students had guns to protect themselves this wouldn't have happened. A silly concept at first you might say, but think about it.

If i was locked in the room i would've rushed him definately, i'm sure others would follow.

guns dont kill people..people kill people look at canada, how many school shootings/ shootings, happen here and evry one here owns guns, my family owns a few, used for hunting, and just about evey single person i know owns a gun or and get their hands on one pretty easily. and it isnt that hard to get a gun in canada either, im not sure how u get one in the states but all it takes here is a weekend course for ur licence.

Ummmm......what's with the Psycho bashing here.....LOL

Have a good one!

Hey P4B, thanks for the extra info on the student...

And as for walking every two feet and finding people who easily bash the country and the President, you're right. Most of them DON'T have a good reason, and just say so to go along with the flow. It's not all or nothing, you have to point out certain POLICIES to hate on... Like The current clash between state and federal law with medical cannabis. That's a good one.



EDIT: They kid, P4B, because they love... They kid because they love. Or hate. But mostly love!

Originally Posted by Purple Banana

It's not all or nothing, you have to point out certain POLICIES to hate on... Like The current clash between state and federal law with medical cannabis. That's a good one.

HELL YEAH! VERY good point!

Have a good one!

What if the shooting was a government cover-up and it was the CIA was involved? cause nothing from this shooting makes scence. If all he had was a .22 he would have easily been over powered. You gotta reload sometime and if people were being lined up and shot i wouldn't let them do it. all it would take is someone to grab the barrel of the gun and point it away while someone else lodges some stationary into his temple. But i also heard from somewear that he had a ak-47. But still one man couldn't line people up and execute them noone in their right mind would stand there while the people beside them got their brains splattered on the lockers behind them.

yeah if shit like that went down in my college i garentee he would have just got his fuckin face stomped by every one

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Wha?

it takes a real pussy to do something like that(go postal) tha person that did that is a bitch