Sympathy For The Devil
I had planned to write something else today, but the shooting at Virginia Tech takes precedence over more mundane things. It was a sad sad day, and my heart goes out to the victims, and their families, may God be with them.
With that said there is something I do want to say. The more I learn about Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter, the more I start to feel sorry for him. Now don't get me wrong, what he did was unconscionable, there can be no justification for the murder of another. However I am beginning to see where he is coming from.
Growing up was very difficult for him. Mercilessly teased just because he had a speech impediment. Isolated because he was "different". Cast off because he was extremely shy. Enduring that year after year, the stress just builds higher and higher. I can see that he felt scarred, alone, hated, angry. Then one day he just snapped.
Like I said, his actions were horrendous, but society in general shares some of the blame. We can be so cruel at times. I've seen it too many times. More than people died that day in that school, innocence died too, and that is the saddest thing of all. This may not have been the most politically correct response to this issue, but that's the way I see it. And it is never wrong to have sympathy for a sad soul.
With that said there is something I do want to say. The more I learn about Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter, the more I start to feel sorry for him. Now don't get me wrong, what he did was unconscionable, there can be no justification for the murder of another. However I am beginning to see where he is coming from.
Growing up was very difficult for him. Mercilessly teased just because he had a speech impediment. Isolated because he was "different". Cast off because he was extremely shy. Enduring that year after year, the stress just builds higher and higher. I can see that he felt scarred, alone, hated, angry. Then one day he just snapped.
Like I said, his actions were horrendous, but society in general shares some of the blame. We can be so cruel at times. I've seen it too many times. More than people died that day in that school, innocence died too, and that is the saddest thing of all. This may not have been the most politically correct response to this issue, but that's the way I see it. And it is never wrong to have sympathy for a sad soul.
posted by The Cube at 6:55 PM
1 Comments:
Hmmm... I had a feeling you were going to write about this.
It is sad. The one thing I've seemed to take away from it is to be the change I wish to see in the world. What is one thing I can do each day to make a difference.
Alis
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