It's too simple to dismiss Cho as 'evil'. He was a loose cannon, a person who never managed to connect with any other human being. I don't think we'll ever know what was in his brain (hell, they've been studying Einstein's for years and know nothing about him).
What enrages me are the people who suggest that if people had been nicer to Cho, the massacre could have been prevented. The Golden Rule is a worthy philosophy, but NOT a panacaea. 'Christian love' could not have touched a man who lacked empathy, whose forebrain was unable to process socially-appropriate actions. Cho was broken - not evil.
I recognize people as being worthy and honourable and empathetic. You don't need to espouse organized religion to have those qualities.
BTW, how did you ever find this? Or do you read this blog regularly?
It's on Fark.com. That's where I read it anyway. Basically a (generally) humourous article collection site.
As someone who is basically agnostic, I support a lot of what this guy says.
Unfortunately I don't think it's possible to prevent cases like Cho every time they may occur without oppressing people's rights to the point where people have little to no freedom to follow their own desires. If you allow people to live free from control, free from being constantly monitored for cases of problematic abnormality, this will occasionally happen. All you can do is try to prevent what you can prevent without infringing on the rights of others and do your best to help with things after bad things happen.
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It's too simple to dismiss Cho as 'evil'. He was a loose cannon, a person who never managed to connect with any other human being. I don't think we'll ever know what was in his brain (hell, they've been studying Einstein's for years and know nothing about him).
What enrages me are the people who suggest that if people had been nicer to Cho, the massacre could have been prevented. The Golden Rule is a worthy philosophy, but NOT a panacaea. 'Christian love' could not have touched a man who lacked empathy, whose forebrain was unable to process socially-appropriate actions. Cho was broken - not evil.
I recognize people as being worthy and honourable and empathetic. You don't need to espouse organized religion to have those qualities.
BTW, how did you ever find this? Or do you read this blog regularly?
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As someone who is basically agnostic, I support a lot of what this guy says.
Unfortunately I don't think it's possible to prevent cases like Cho every time they may occur without oppressing people's rights to the point where people have little to no freedom to follow their own desires. If you allow people to live free from control, free from being constantly monitored for cases of problematic abnormality, this will occasionally happen. All you can do is try to prevent what you can prevent without infringing on the rights of others and do your best to help with things after bad things happen.
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