Comments on: The Ghost of Cho Seung-hui

By: Stilgherrian · Cho Seung Hui conspiracy loopiness

Stilgherrian · Cho Seung Hui conspiracy loopiness — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:29:36 +0000

[...] a shame to waste this one down in the comments. Apparently Cho Seung Hu didn’t do it. It was all a cover-up by the National Association of [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:10:55 +0000

Wow, that didn’t take long. 20 pages ‘revealing’ that this was a joint US-Israeli covert op:

http://tinyurl.com/23yc

FFS.

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:58:22 +0000

@Richard: Yes, Americans’ right to bear arms is a weird anachronism. But a sufficient number of Americans have a mistrust of their own government which goes beyond a healthy scepticism, and taking away their assault rifles would be proof that the black helicopters are sending them coded mind-control messages through their tooth fillings.

Banning trenchcoats is of course the way to go, no mass murderer would do his work unless properly dressed!

@jason: Nice point about the media kit. I haven’t gone through it yet — do I want to? — but this is obviously going to be the first high-visibility mass murderer of the Internet age. Cho Seung-hui’s place in history is assured. I’m not sure how I feel about that.

By: jason

jason — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:55:11 +0000

And what’s with putting this kind of act on a Pedestal of Evil?

Somehow evil is something that demands our awe and respect. The bigger the act the better.

I’m kind of over that.

Much rather see the words ‘loser’, ‘cowardly’ or ‘selfish’ in the headline wording. Or maybe highlight his unhappy mental illness.

Anything other than ‘look how evil he is’ along with all those posing images. It’s just empowering his image and inspiring others.

By: jason

jason — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:40:13 +0000

Completely frazzled by the concept of releasing a media kit, and the media lapping it up so willingly. So puerile on both counts.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:19:57 +0000

Three points:

1. The ‘Constitutional right to bear arms’ is, I understand, a clause allowing for militia to be raised in case the Brits come back in force. Surely it should be viewed in the same way as archaic laws forbidding, say, the playing of secular music on a Sunday?

2. Legend has it that after Kebold & Harris’ murderous spree at Columbine High, many US schools amended their ‘dress codes’ to ban trenchcoats. ‘Nuff said.

3. In the blogosphere, both pro- and anti-gun pundits quickly seized upon this incident to bolster their respective positions. In many cases, the depth & volume of analysis exceeded any I found in mainstream media. I don’t know how I ever got by without the web.