What is the purpose of these killings?

Cho Seung Hui killed 32 of his school mates and professors, including himself, in Virginia Tech University. These talented victims are innocent. But why are they killed?

Cho was very quite when he was a child, does not respond to greetings neither did he wanted to be hugged. But shy wasn’t the reason for him to be quiet. He would punch her older sister with shocking violence when they fought. He did not mix with other children. He seems to isolate himself, but why?

Lack of love from his family and society contributes to the thought of killing people around him. Born in a poor family, both Cho’s parents have to work hard to earn enough for their family. So, they do not have much time to spend with their children since they were young. The parents and child did not have the chance to have talks among themselves. Cho’s great-aunt said that Cho’s parents will only talk about their daughter, neglecting their son. Sociologist said that “Cho’s isolation as a youth may have been exacerbated by the strains of the Korean immigrant life”.

Has cultural difference contributed to killings as well? The family immigrated to the United States in 1992. Cho was a loner even before the emigration where he can mix with people of his own race, let alone mixing with people of different races and nationalities. This cause Cho to be more isolated. Even he had any problems, he would not be able to tell anyone.

What about each religious belief? Many people who knew Cho advised his mother to bring him to see a doctor as they suspect he had autism-a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment. But his mother refused to do so and all she did was to pray in church, hoping her son would be better. These beliefs do not have any scientific reasoning behind. People believe them as miracles do happens and they see it miracles as evidences that what they believe in is true. If Cho’s mother brought him to a doctor, will the situation now be the same?

Thinking of teasing your friends? Now think twice. It was said that Cho had experienced many teasing, accusations and rejections in school. Some people just could not be able to overcome these problems. Similarly in Singapore, teenagers see suicides as the solution to overcome these obstacles. Some people are very sensitive to things that you say, so be careful of the words and language used so as not to kill another innocent live.

There are cases of similar killings happened before in the world. Has anyone done anything to prevent these from happening? They should learn their lesson from their previous experience and not let history repeat itself. Everyone should help in identifying and helping people who are in need of emotional support. If someone were to help Cho to clear his troubles, this tragedy would not happen.

Cho might be following the footsteps of other killers. They have similar characteristics such as planning the killing beforehand, having similar weapons like guns with them and so on.

I cannot decide if the family is to be blamed for this killing. If Cho’s mother listened to people’s advises and bring him to see doctor, the situation might not be the same. She chose to believe in her god. But, if believing in their own god does not work, why will people even bother to believe in it? No matter what, it had already happened. What we can do now is only to prevent similar cases to happen again. If everyone plays a part to care more about the people around you, the world would be a perfect place to live in.