“It’s All YOUR Fault”
The manifesto received by NBC from Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui says “it’s all your fault” and “You made me do this!”
Has anyone ever said that to you? It is the most chilling experience. People who say things like that are so self-centered and so self-absorbed that they can see the world only in terms of how it effects them, and believe that all things are directed toward them. You can’t argue with them. They see themselves as the center of the universe, and you are only peripheral. Really, I think they have a hard time conceiving that you have any individual existence; you exist only in relation to them.
One of his teachers says Cho was “the loneliest person” she ever met. Uh, yeh. . . I can imagine being so self oriented can make you a little lonely! His former roommates say that at the beginning they tried to make conversation with him, but that he shut them out.
He felt alien. We all feel alien, sometime or another. Most of us don’t go out on a shooting revenge, blaming our alienity on “rich kids” or whatever the enemy flavor-of-the-day is.
I feel sorry for his parents. They must be devastated. They have probably known – but not wanted to see – that their son had serious problems. Their hearts must be breaking, for their son, and they must be wondering where they failed as parents. The damage this kid inflicted against his community resonates on and on.
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So sad ,,
this boys parents must feel totally devastated , not only are they grieving their own son but they must feel the burden of all the other grieving famillies and the whole world on top of that !
Very well said dear , your post opened another angle of the tragedy that i havnt thought of .
Abdulaziz – I can’t take the credit. Back in October, I reviewed a book called We Need To Talk About Kevin, a literary award winning book about the aftermath of a fictional massacre similar to the Columbine killings. It is written from the point of view of the mother of the mass killer. From the first paragraph of the first page, you know this isn’t going to be good – and still, you can hardly put it down. It is one of the most troubling and unforgettable books I have ever read.