Cho was badly picked on.
Okay, this does shed some light on why Cho was so angry. However, a lot of people are picked on during public school.... it's a sad fact of childhood.
I, myself was picked on terribly...almost constantly. I could tell you all here of the things that kids, members of my own family and even a few teachers did to me that you could not handle.
I was a loner for most of my childhood.
I escaped into a world where I wrote and drew my own comics, wrote short stories, read a lot and listened to plenty of music.
In college, it began to change. I finally had friends! I went to parties and enjoyed a bit of actual popularity. I was liked and accepted as "The nice guy. "
I never did anything to get back at or hurt the ones who were cruel to me. That is not my nature. I'm the nice guy. I help at my club socials. I talk. I listen. I give advice.
I went through a lot and I turned out okay. I know I am a good person; that I have friends who care about me, my mom who is good to me, and cats that adore me.
Cho obviously did not get help when he needed it badly.
He did not have friends or a viable support system.
I .. guess I feel a very tiny bit sad for him, as he had choices..get help..take medication.. to not hurt others..
He had the same choices all humans have. Right, wrong, fast, cold, nice, cruel.
But I feel infinitely more sorry for the young lives he snuffed.. for the 76 yr old teacher who died protecting those lives.. and the family and friends who must now live without their sons and daughters.
Because of a senseless act of violence.
Cho always had a choice, although he vehemently denies this in his rambling notes.
Now he'll always be remembered as a sick asshole who murdered innocents.
Brilliant choice, Cho.
