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“You have vandalized my heart, raped my soul and torched my conscience,” the gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, said in one video mailed shortly before the shooting at a classroom and his suicide. “Thanks to you, I die like Jesus Christ to inspire generations of the weak and the defenseless people.”
-- Shaila Dewan and Marc Santora for The New York Times
What would Jesus Do? I guess this story makes you think that it depends on who is asking the question.
People at Virginia Tech and the authorities were onto this guy long before this historic rampage in the annals of infamy, but their attempts to have him involuntarily committed to a mental institution failed. Maybe that will become easier in the future, as society may be more willing to err on the side of caution.
Nevertheless, you have to appreciate how Americanized the guy became, with that fascination for both Jesus and guns.
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“You have vandalized my heart, raped my soul and torched my conscience,” the gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, said in one video mailed shortly before the shooting at a classroom and his suicide. “Thanks to you, I die like Jesus Christ to inspire generations of the weak and the defenseless people.”
-- Shaila Dewan and Marc Santora for The New York Times
What would Jesus Do? I guess this story makes you think that it depends on who is asking the question.
People at Virginia Tech and the authorities were onto this guy long before this historic rampage in the annals of infamy, but their attempts to have him involuntarily committed to a mental institution failed. Maybe that will become easier in the future, as society may be more willing to err on the side of caution.
Nevertheless, you have to appreciate how Americanized the guy became, with that fascination for both Jesus and guns.
