Virginia Tech happened because the Democrats failed with gun control laws.
Virginia Tech failed because the other students were not armed and able to defend themselves.
Virginia Tech happened because we raise our kids to be wimps and cowards.
Virginia Tech happened because of video games and Hollywood violence.
The best one yet has come from a conservative blogger named Gina Cobb who believes that teaching students young and old to believe in God could've prevented this. A few hours after I read this, NBC revealed the contents of their present from Cho Seung-Hui, in which Hui "rails against… Christianity." Well, there goes Cobb's already ridiculous theory.
I don't think it will be long until someone blames immigrants, as Seung-Hui's parents came to America from Korea.
Maybe having someone to blame makes everyone feel better. But finger pointing is useless and most of the time incorrect. Accusing everyone and everything just adds to the thick cloud of sadness and confusion for those involved.
Some of the issues will need to be addressed: the response of campus officials, guns on campus (personally, I wouldn't have been comfortable sitting in a room of armed classmates during my four years), etc. Talk of God and movies related to this case is nonsense.
The only person to blame is Seung-Hui. It doesn't matter what he watched, listened to, who he dated or was rebuffed by, or whether or not he was quiet or anti-social. He was simply a psychopath.
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