Grabe itong nangyari sa Blacksburg, Virginia noong Martes kung saan nag-amok ang isang Koreano estudyante. Nakapatay siya ng 32 na tao bago niya binaril ang kanyang sarili. Labing siyam ang sugatan at malubha sa pinakamadugong masaker na nangyari sa eskwelahan.
Nangyari ito sa Virginia Polytechnic Institute at State University noong Martes.Nakilala ang kriminal sa pangalang Cho Seung-Hui, isang Koreano na nag-immigrate
sa Amerika noong 1992. English major siya.
Nagdadalamhati ngayon ang Amerika sa nangyari. Maraming mga lider ng ibang bansa, kasama si Pope Benedict XVI ang nagpa-abot ng kanilang condolence sa pamilya at sa bansang Amerika.
Tuloy-tuloy ang coverage ng CNN at tiningnan nila ang lahat na anggulo. Isang estudyante na taga-Middle East ang nakakuha ng video habang nagkakagulo sa Virginia Tech campus ang ininterview ni Larry King.
Mabigat ang kanyang sinabi. Sabi niya, kaya pinili niyang mag-aral sa Amerika dahil magulo sa kanilang bayan.Pinili niya ang Virginia, isang tahimik na lugar. Sa kanilang bayan kung saan may giyera, namumuhay sila sa takot at pag-alala kung sila ay makakauwi ng buhay.
Ngayon, sabi niya, madugo rin pala ang lugar na napuntahan niya at bumalik ang kanyang pagka-insecure sa kanyang kapaligiran.
Oo nga naman. Ang university campus ay isang lugar na na-iisip natin na tahimik. Kapag pumasok ka sa eskwelahan, ang nasa-isip mo ay pag-aaral. Hindi gulo. Tapos ganito ang mangyayari. Talagang shocking.
Malaki raw ang international community sa Virginia Tech dahil kilala raw sila na magaling sa engineering courses. Natatakot raw ngayon ang mga Koreano at iba pang Asian sa komunidad na nakapaligid sa Virginia Tech dahil baka balikan sila ng mga mamamayan na naghahanap ng mga mapagbuntunan ng kanilang galit sa nangyari.
Sinabi ng mga nakakilala kay Cho at sa kanyang pamilya na mababait ang kanyang mga magulang. Si Cho raw ay matahimik ngunit sa loob pala ang kulo. Sabi ng kanyang titser sa English, puno raw ng galit at dahas ang mga sinusulat ni Cho.
Hindi natin alam kung ano ang kanyang nasa-isip ni Cho ng pinagbabaril niya ang mga professor at estudyante na kampante sa kanilang pag-aaral ng oras na yun.
Ang ganitong pangyayari ay nagpapala-alala rin sa atin na hindi tayo makakasiguro ng buhay. Nang umalis siguro ang mga nasawi na yun sa kanilang tinitirhan, malusog naman sila at hindi nilang akalain na hindi na sila makauwi.
Iyan din ay paala-ala sa atin na ayusin ang aitng pamumuhay dahil hindi natin alam kung kailan tayo kukunin ng Panginoon.
Sana doon nalang nangyari sa loob ng Malacanang ang masaker, pinagpapatay yong mga magnanakaw at mga asong ulol doon. Sa mga estudyante may pag-asa pa na mabuting mangyayari, nakakahinayang sila, pero sa mga magnanakaw, wala na, talamak na talaga., naipon doon sa Malacanang, aywan ko lang kung bakit hindi mahuli ng mga pulis, hindi naman nagtatago ang mga magnanakaw na ito.
Ang nakakahindik na massacre ng 32 walang kamalay-malay na estudyante VA TechU ay maaari pang mangyari sa ibang schools sa ibang bahagi ng US o mundo. Nangyari na ito sa Germany, Scotland, Texas (US), and even in an Amish community school in Pennsylvania (US) kamakailan.
Hindi na maibabalik ang buhay ng mga nasawing mag-aaral at ano mang sisi o galit ang ibato nila kay Cho ay wala ring kahihinatnan dahil nagbaril din sa sarili ang shooter.
Ang nais kong pagtuunan ng pansin ay kung bakit sa napakarami ng inconsistencies sa mga aksyon at panulat ni Cho ay nagkulang yata ng monitoring ang mga authorities ng eskwelahan.
It was reported that Cho was taking anti-depressant. Almost everyone is already aware that this kind of medication leads to erratic behaviour and most often suicide of the taker. What about the parents, were they not aware that Cho was an emotionally disturbed young man?
Isa pang puntos ay ang privacy issue sa mga US universities. Hindi basta-basta nagbibigay ng information ang schools sa mga parents dahil sa privacy rights ng mga estudyante. Mahirap baliin ang isyung ito sa American universities kaya siguro ingat din ang mga authorities na makipag-ugnayan sa iba maliban sa mag-aaral.
Habang merong emotionally depressed o psychopath ay hindi maiiwasan ang ganitong pangyayari, pero dahil sa nangyaring ito ay dapat lang na pag-ibayuhin ng mga schools ang monitoring sa kanilang mga estudyante at ang mga magulang ay bigyan ng quality time ang mga anak habang bata. At nang hindi paglaki ay kailangan pang uminom ng anti-depressant para makalimutan lang ang sarili. Nakakalungkot!
Chi;
Mabuti at magkaiba ng problema si Cho at si Dukat.Si Dukat sira ulo,si Cho depressed.Can you see any comparison between the three,Gloria included?
cocoy,
Please respect the ‘civility’ that this blog is currently experiencing. You are also an advocate for this blog to stay on-topic.
Important update info.
Va. Tech gunman sent material to NBC
By MATT APUZZO, AP National Writer 3 minutes ago
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech gunman mailed a package of photographs, video and writings to NBC News in New York before he killed himself in the massacre that left 33 people dead, authorities said Wednesday. NBC said that a time stamp on the package indicated the material was mailed in the two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire in a high-rise dormitory and the second fusillade, at a classroom building.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_shooting
Let’s offer a prayer for all the victims and their families.
Bakit nakalusot sa *instant background check* kung si Cho ay totoong may sayad sa utak noong 2005? Dapat bawal ang mga baril sa escuela at parke. Sa totoo lang mahirap mabasa ang utak ng isang tao.
The State of Virginia’s gun law requires gun buyers to go through a state-based criminal background check in addition to the federal NICS check. This is the best system since it includes checking both state and federal records to prevent criminals and other prohibited people from buying guns. In California, the 14-day waiting period for background checks failed to prevent Patrick Purdy, an insane career criminal who killed five children and wounded 29 others in Stockton, from purchasing the pistol he used to take his own life.
Ka Diego,
Even with criminal background and federal NICS checks, purchase of guns is easiest to do in Virginia. Iyan nga ang pinag-uusapan kahit nandun pa kami some years back. In fact, most weapons authorities recovered in NY crime scenes were bought from VA.
Sa VA, basta ayos ang mga papeles at pumasa sa background checks ay pinagbibilhan ng baril ora mismo. Dapat siguro ay mahigpit na isama sa required papers ang hospital records ng mga buyers.
This one is from REUTERS…
Anti-gun campaigners in other countries where ownership is common expressed fears of a similar massacre.
Nandy Pacheco, head of the Philippines anti-gun lobby Gunless Society, said: “Not a day passes without a gun-related incident happening (in the Philippines). You hear it on radio, see it on TV and read it in newspapers.”
Shootings in the Philippines over trivial incidents are common. A few years ago several fatal karaoke bar shootouts were sparked by poor renditions of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”.
http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSSYD24612820070417?pageNumber=3
Just recently as last week, our provincial government enacted a law to again put a limit on speech freedom by outlawing “internet bullying” where students using myspace and other accounts to bully and insults others including school authorities. This action was the results of the principal suspending students for bullying the school vice principal and others.
I believe this move is a right direction, because this bullying could progress into more serious development that could led students to radical and irrational actions if left unchecked. And the proper process to address school issues are also spelled out.
We have a very strict Gun Control law, but there are millions of firearms already in possession of millions of owners legally and illegally, and it won’t stop suicidal individuals to get one or break the law to commit the crime before taking their own.
Nakisakay lang ang Gunless Society sa gun control issue. Mas maraming namamatay sa *road traffic accidents* sa Pilipinas kompara sa gun violence. Sa totoo lang mas maraming maniac drivers ang pumapatay sa mga inosenteng tao.
Chi:
Iyang ang napapala ng madaling bumili ng baril sa America. Dito ang mga Yakuza lang ang nag-i-smuggle ng baril at karamihan ay mula sa Pilipinas at ang kakutsaba ay iyong mga pulis at militar na pilipino. Sakit ng ulo ng pulis dito.
Kakambal balita ng pagbaril ni Cho at ang pagbaril ng mga gangster na ito sa Governor ng Nagasaki. Under investigation din ngayon dito na naka-shock sa mga tao dito.
Imagine kung lahat ng tao ay bibigyan ng ganoon kalayaan na magdala ng baril. Kahit na toy gun dito iniimbestigahan ng mga pulis gawa nang maaaring i-convert sa tunay na baril. Hindi ka maniwala, sabi ng kaibigan ko sa Tokyo MPD tao na ang pinapapunta ng mga yakuza dito sa Japan mula daw sa Cebu para gumawa ng mga handgun.
Kaya siguro matapang si Mrs. Pidal at panay ang puri sa mga Cebuano. Puede siyang magpagawa ng maraming baril (Paltik ang pangalan) sa mga Cebuano!
Imagine din kung si Dukat kasing sira ng ulo ni Cho. But then, alam naman natin na gawa-gawa lang nila ni Chabit ang ginawa niya. Kaya lang ngayong naiipit sila hindi ngayon siya mapalabas. Kunyari na naman si Mrs. Pidal na patigasan kuno pero pag nagtagumpay silang ma-stir iyong mga taga-Parola na kumilos ay magkukunyari siyang benevolent na palalayain na si Dukat! Pwe talaga!
Correction:
It’s the MAYOR of Nagasaki who was killed.
It’s all over the news and can easily verified.
Check the news here:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070419TDY02002.htm
Yuko,
I don’t like baril. I shudder just by the sight of it. Masyadong matapang ang taong may baril, halos walang timpi sa sarili. And when a sira ulo or irresponsible person got hold of a gun, siguradong may mababaril.
Talagang galit sa mundo itong si Cho. Imagine, naka-mail pa s’ya ng materials sa NBC sa two-hour window, at hindi rin nagbago ang isip na huwag na lang ituloy ang masaker sa loob ng dalawang oras.
Pero ganyan talaga ang suicidal. A day before the massacre happened, a student of my hubby committed suicide by standing on a railtrack. The conductor said that the train driver blew warnings several times when he saw the young man on the train’s path. Nakaharap daw ang 19 year-old na estudyante sa train, pero nang isang pulgada na lang ang layo ay biglang tumalikod. Hindi man lang nagbago ang isip na mag-jump! Ang tapang mamatay, takot mabuhay! ‘Yan ang suicidal individuals.
I’m wondering, what could be in those environment that these unfortunate individuals live that contributed to their depression? It can’t be poverty because in poverty stricken countries like the philippines, Bangladesh, and other countries in africa, people fight for their lives.
I remember several years ago when Toyota dumped Detroit’s Big Three and became the number one best selling car in the US. Pinag-initan nang mga caucasians ang mga Japanese. Guess what, nilampaso nang baseball bat yong kotse ko (Honda Civic), buti na lang gabi nangyari. Na-i-drive ko pa sya sa repair shop. But I was scared as hell. In my school here in the US, I was never called Filipino. Either I am Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean or Japanese pero ni minsan, hindi ako natawag na Pinoy.
What happened yesterday sends chills again sakin. I’ve warned all of my friends already, especially gathering nang mga asyano. Mahirap na.
They guy, from what they’re saying on TV right now, me sira pala and have been determined na baka daw chugihin nya sarili nya but for some reason nobody noticed the signs.
What could have brought these guys to be demons like those guys from Columbine? It’s tough here in America, everyone is busy working for a living. Everyone is working. Wala kaming maid to take care of the kids. Result? Karamihan sa mga bata dito, mga loner. This guy is a loner. I don’t know if there is some correlation. But who knows. Malungkot sa Amerika kahit mayaman sila. Bat’ ganun. Mahirap tayo, pero masaya.
Am sure, there’ll be some heated discussions again against the NRA dito.
When it was first announced that the alleged gunman was an Asian student, I shuddered with the thought na baka it’s a Filipino, huwag naman sana. My other concern was, magpipista na naman ang Filipino bashers in this blog. I wonder why there are people who are so happy on any bad things about the Philippines and the Filipinos. I understand that there are about 85 Filipinos studying at Virginia Tech and thank God, not one are among the fatalities.
Only last September 13, 2006, similar shooting incident happened here in Montreal’ Dawson College with 14 killed including the gunman. Reading of similar incidents in US and Canada, I haven’t heard or read of campus massacre in the Philippines in the same magnitude.
Ellen,
If you go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com perhaps you’ll get some ideas why Cho was so troubled. This young man was full of rage and hate for the rich and women, plus yong mga photos, videos and recordings niya ay parang video game.
I can only offer answer to what happened to my hubby’s student. No drugs involved, his was a problem of parents divorcing. Mahina ang naturalesa. That suicide incident was also the first in the history of the school.
Dito sa Kamaynilaan karamihan ng mga estudyante at kabataan, o mapa out of school youth man?Ang kanilang emotional outlet ay ONLINE GAMING o Counter Strike(the fire in a hole mentality).
Kapag pang-masa naman ang dating mo, text messages o SMS ng cellphone.
Sa mga nakaka-angat ng buhay(NASA ABROAD SI PAPA AT SI MAMA, Mommy o Daddy), iPods, Cameras at kung anu-ano pang gadgets.
Profiling isnt it?
Ang nangyari sa Columbine ay wake up call na sa kanila yun.
Ang tinutukoy ko ay ang mga mapagsamantalang negosyo.
Wala silang paki-alam na kung ito bang produkto nila ay makakatulong sa Kabataan o sa kalikasan?
Siguro itong si Cho na isang Koreano ay banas na banas na sa nakikita nya.
Siguro ay problema lang ito sa kanyang girlfriend.
Iyong pagpapadala nya ng package sa NBC ay may kaparehas ng kay John Doe ng pelikulang SEVEN(Brad Pitt/Morgan Freeman/Gwyneth Paltrow/Kevin Spacey).
Buti na lang at hindi nya naisipan ang ginagawa ni Kaczynski(UNABOMBER).
For more details of “galit sa mundo manifesto” paki google ang Unabomber Manifesto.
Dito sa mundo nating ginagalawan, bihira ka na makakakita ng mga tao na may pagpapahalaga sa kalikasan o kapaligiran niyang ginagalawan.
Nada-divert na ang issues sa pamamagitan ng mga MARKETING GIMMICKS para pagsilbihan ang CAPITALIST Society.
Isa na rito ang mga Internet Gaming o Anime’.
Sabi ng mga psychologist, libangan.
Eh sino naman kaya sa palagay nyo ang makakapagsabi ng “for profit”?
Diba magagaling ang mga Korean sa paggawa ng online gaming?
Koreans treated them again, this time its for reality show!
The everyday life of Philippine Society is run by likes of Tony Clifton, Padre Amaro and Aaron Stampler.
Aside from the campus massacre in Dawson College last September 13, 2006, there was also the so-called Montreal Massacre which occurred on December 6, 1989 at the École Polytechnique de Montréal. Twenty-five year-old Marc Lépine carried out a shooting rampage at the school, killing fourteen women and wounding four men and ten women before committing suicide. The incident led to more stringent gun control laws in Canada and has become a symbol of violence against women for the women’s movement. (Souce: Wikipedia)
Reyna Elena,
Re “What happened yesterday sends chills again sakin. I’ve warned all of my friends already, especially gathering nang mga asyano. Mahirap na.”
Unbelievable… I remember the Japanese bashing epoch in the US. This was a typical American lynch mentality similar to the lynching of blacks as late as in the 60s.
I do hope Asian men in the US wouldn’t be targets of racial prejudice because of the Virginia Tech killings.
Stats from UK’s The Independent…
America and its guns
* There are nearly 200 million privately owned firearms in the US
* In 2004, there were nearly 11,000 homicides involving guns, according to the FBI
* Total number of victims from firearm incidents was 477,000 in 2005
* A British citizen is 50 times less likely to be a victim of gun homicide than an American * One third of firearms are handguns
* 16 children and teenagers are killed by gun accidents in the US each day
* Guns that are kept for self defence are 43 times more likely to be used to kill a friend or family member
* Possessing a household gun increases the chance of suicide by five times.
* Guns are used five times more often for self defence than for crime
* 24 per cent of people who draw their guns actually fire them
* 5,000 gun shows are held per year across the United States
Andrew Buncombe writing for The Independent in Blacksburg also writes:
Europeans have long failed to understand Americans’ “thing” with guns, their apparent obsession with owning firearms, the insistence that their constitution – written more than 200 years ago – gives them the God-given right to arm themselves to the teeth with the latest and most deadly weapons. What is it with this American exceptionalism, they ask. Why do they think different rules apply?
While the shooting at Blacksburg will reopen the gun control debate, at least locally there is anecdotal evidence that the shootings at Virginia Tech have led to an increase in the purchase of weapons by people buying them for self defence.
Ma’m AdbBrux
I just watched a discussion in the local TV regarding tighter gun control. The pro-gun panelists are insisting that there is no evidence gun control reduces crimes and so forth and so on. According to them, in the US of A, there are more deaths due to road accidents compared to the gun-related deaths.
Reyna Elena
I visited your blog. Wow, you’re being offered as partyleader of TOP. Pero kinunsulta ko ang Comelec list of official senatorial candidates, there’s no one there named Buenafe A. Brigss.
“I do hope Asian men in the US wouldn’t be targets of racial prejudice because of the Virginia Tech killings.”
Koreano din si David Kang. Ito rin yun gumamit ng Starting Pistol para sa Prince of Wales(charles) noong 1994 Australia Day. Ang Tatay nya ay piloto mula sa Korean Air Force.
Isa na ngayon syang barrister.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Man-who-shot-at-Prince-Charles-becomes-barrister/2005/02/05/1107476854102.html?from=moreStories
Reyna Elena:
Iyong discrimination na naranasan ko sa US nang mag-immigrate kami doon ang nagtulak sa akin para dito na lang manatili sa Japan dahil pakiramdam ko noon mabubuwang ako doon. Kaya parang damang-dama ko ang frustration ng shooter na Koreanong ito. Mababagsik pa naman ang nature ng mga tao sa bansa nila. Nakakaawa rin ang mga naging biktima niya. Meron daw German sabi sa CNN.
Sinabi mo pa, Reyna Elena, mahirap maging biktima ng racial discrimination. Naranasan namin iyan nang maliit kami sa Pilipinas dahil sa lahi namin. Pero tignan mo naman kung sino ang mas maasenso! Sa US din, ang bansag ng Jap ay derogatory, pero sabi ng kaibigan kong hapon doon, huwag ko na lang daw pansinin.
Once I was told by my lawyer to postpone a hearing regarding a case I filed in the SF court against some swindler who happened to be Filipinos. The court hearing was set on Dec. 7, but my lawyer asked for another date. Natakot siya kasi baka daw maging prejudiced ang jury sa akin dahil Japanese ako. Nang tanungin ko kung bakit, kasagot-sagot ba naman sa akin, “Remember Pearl Harbor!” Nak ng pating. Sabi ko nga sa kaniya. Pakialam ko sa Pearl Harbor! Nasa langit pa ako nang mangyari ang paglusob ng mga hapon doon. Tapos na nga ang giyera nang ipanganak ako e.
Titser:
I got the information from CNN this morning re the shooting by a Yakuza of the “Governor of Nagasaki!” I don’t read Yomiuri, and have not watched Japanese TV of late. You should call up CNN for giving the wrong information.
Titser:
I am only making a comparison on the scenario between Ducat and Cho.I am glad that Ducat incident ended peacefully with no single bullet discharged and any lives perished.Cho was suicidal.
noypinoy, anthony scalia, khuphal syyuco,
kay gloria arroyo mo ‘yan sabihin at sa mga gabinete, kaalyadong tongresmen at mga baboy na heneral niyang walang iniisip kundi ang HUTHUTIN ang kaban ng bayan.
kung umalis man kami sa pilipinas at dito sa ibayong dagat naghahanapbuhay, iyan ay sa dahilang walang maibigay na trabaho ang sinungaling at magnanakaw na namumulupot sa bawat sulok ng malakanyang at ayaw naming makitang nagugutom ang aming mga mahal sa buhay at hindi papayag na parepareho kaming mamatay nang dilat ang mga mata!
Pareng Mrivera;
Parehong magaling ang secret agent X4L4L natin.Akala ng mga nabangit mong mga pangalan ay di natin mababasa ang pirma nila.Mas maganda sana kung doon na lang nag-amok si Cho sa Malakanyang.
pareng cocoy,
pinag-aralan na rin naman natin ‘yan sa intelligence and psychological operations course kaya ano pa’t hindi natin magagamit upang hubaran ang mga hudas na pakawalang nagpapagamit sa mga tiwali?
Those who post off-topic comments, please be considerate. Walang pinag-iba yan sa pumapasok ka sa isang grupong naguusap, tapos ibang topic ang sinasabi mo.
Sabi ko nga, kung breaking news okay lang.
Kung hindi naman, siguro huwag ka na lang mag-comment kung wala kang masabi about the topic on hand.
I had to delete reactions to that off topic intrusions. I hope you understand.
Cho showed many signs of instability. He was almost committed to a mental institution but later on released to an outpatient treatment. He stalked women, wrote disturbing stories about killing people but no one realized the gravity of his mental health. The easy access to gun ownership in Virginia also contributed to the situation. The privacy issues hampered the sharing of vital information on people in the US. This incident should be a wake up call not only to schools but other institutions as well to be on the look out for disturbing behavioural patterns of individuals in their midst. Be careful with over medication as well, this may lead to adverse effects on people. For parents, material wealth should not be the yardstick for success. Keep an eye on your siblings. Emotional health should be a priority by everyone.
sorry po nagandahn lang kasi ako kaya gusto ko rin sana i share. paki tanggal na lang po ok lang.
Thanks, Noypinoy for understanding.
I saved your post. maybe, someday may pagbabagayan ng poem/essay na yun.
jdeleon5022 Says: ” Sa mga estudyante may pag-asa pa na mabuting mangyayari, nakakahinayang sila, pero sa mga magnanakaw, wala na, talamak na talaga., naipon doon sa Malacanang, aywan ko lang kung bakit hindi mahuli ng mga pulis, hindi naman nagtatago ang mga magnanakaw na ito.”
jdl5022,
ang mga inakay ng buwaya kapag nakakita ng mga pulis ay natatakot at nagsusumbong sa ama’t ina upang ipalapa subalit ang sasabihin lamang sa kanila ay “hindi puwedeng lapain dahil mas buwaya sa atin ang mga ‘yan” at kung ang mga pulis naman ang makakita sa mga magnanakaw na nasa malakanyang ang sasabihin lamang nila ay “hindi maaaring hulihin dahil wala nang magtuturo sa amin kung papaano magnakaw”.
Virginia was known as the “gentle state.” I guess this shocking incident changed all that..
A horrible episode for mankind !
Ang dami nang kasong ganyan sa US pero hindi pa rin sila nadala. Iyon sa Columbine nga ang model ng mokong. Kaya comment sa CNN, baka maulit ito at ang model naman ngayon ay itong Koreano.
Golly, para siyang sinaniban ng impakto doon sa mga litratong ipinadala niya sa NBC compared to his pictures in better mood. Tignan mo naman ang dala-dalang ammunition. They should ban guns in the US but how?
@ystakei
“Pero kinunsulta ko ang Comelec list of official senatorial candidates, there’s no one there named Buenafe A. Brigss.” I’m glad you did. But that one site he I found lists him, baka nuisance candidate. I any case, I gave him what I promised kahit na wala akong kainte-interes with their platform whatsoever.
Honestly, ystakei, if am offerred a party leadership about Overseas Filipinos or COCOFED fighting for what the Coconut farmers deserve, then I’ll probably consider. But offering a pary leadership to me for a platform that surrenders the governance of the Philippines to the United States?! Ugh! Ga-patuka na lang ako sa ahas dong!
Also, in the area of discrimination? Tell me about it! Grabe dito in some part of the country!
I was a road warrior before working for a broadcast investment firm, so I was travelling from border to border, coast to coast. One of the friendliest people I met are actually from the South. But when I got to Alabama and Chattanoonga, Tennessee… they call me “Little Jap”. They actually show their disgust with me. In the beginning, I had no idea why, until my African-American boss explained. I was furios! But remained calm dahil bagong salta ako.
It is ironic that the shooter came from a country known as the Land of the Morning Calm, where crime using guns is rare. This shooter was really mentally sick. He reminds us of other mentally sick people who have no qualms in oppressing good innocent men, putting them in jails and letting their innocent wives and making children suffer.
Sorry for the typing grammar:
“and letting their innocent wives and children suffer”
Largest Arsenals – The U.S. ranks highest in the world for weapons possession per 100 civilians.
1. U.S – 90, 2. Yemen – 61, 3. Finland – 56, 4. Switzerland – 46, 5. Iraq – 39, 6.Serbia – 38. 7. France – 32, 8. Canada – 31 9. Sweden – 31, 10. Austria – 31.
Please note that although Canada ranks no. 8 as every one has the privilege of owning firearms for hunting and recreational purposes, but only Police Officers are authorized by law to carry firearms as weapons in performance of their duties. Soldiers are not, unless on training or on a mission. Border, Custom and Immigration Officers are unarmed. Anyone else carrying firearms in person other than hunting or target practice (firearms must be disabled during transport) are breaking the law or criminals.
But this strict Gun Control Law would not stop suicidal individuals like Cho, Mark Lepine and others to do what they had done. There will be more debates on this issue both sides of the borders, because we are experiencing a rash of illegal arms smuggling from the south, as we tightened our Firearms law the smugglers are making a killing(in making profit).
Pumatay muna siya nang dalawa (7:30 am)…tapos umuwi sa dorm niya para mag video recording nang sarili niya at picture..tapos sa kabilang kanto post office , hinulug niya ang package (Video tape & pictures address to NBC) sa post office atsaka siya pumunta sa Norris hall (9:30 am) para mamaril…kaya may 2 hrs. na pagitan.
habang ginagawa niya ang video recording niya nakapatay na siya nang dalawa….I think 5 sa napatay taga New York.
….imagine hindi bababa nang 2 gunshot wounds ang inabot nang mga victims…..nakaka-kilabot …
Karamihan nang mga namatay may mga tama ng bala sa ulo..si cho ay hindi rin nakilala kasi sabog ang mukha niya..
Ngayon problema na naman dito dahil mainit na naman ang debate sa Gun control….member pa naman ako nang NRA..(Nat’l Rifle Assoc. of America.)
Ako rin BOB, member nang CSSA (Canadian Shooting Sports Ass.) the umbrella organization for all firearms sports including hunting. But our worries are lesser, because we have a very strict gun control law, that recently as five years ago, Long Arms (rifle and shotguns) are required to be registered and handguns shorter than 4″ barrel are now prohibited (easily hidden) since we are not allowed to carry guns in person, other than for hunting and target practice and transport permit are only for that, transporting firearms from place of safe storage (residence) to the place of activities.
But the number one victims of guns in our case are self-inflicted one, suicides. Much, much higher than all others combine…
Grabe, ang alam ko dumating ang pulis pero iba ang inimbestigahan dahil iyon yatang isang unang biktima nakipagkalas sa boyfriend. Wrong lead, pero laking sira talaga sa ulo itong si Cho. Possessed ng devil kasi nagsasalita ng tungkol sa religion. Sign iyan ng pinasukan ng demonyo. Tapos nanisi pa ng iba. Tama si Cocoy at Magno, may kapareho sa Malacanang! 🙁
Below is the statistic of Guns death in Canada as I mentioned that more victims of Guns were self-inflicted than all others combine.
Table 1: Gun Deaths between
1979 and 2002
Suicide 80%
Homicide 15%
Accidents 4%
Total 100%
Source: Wilkins, 2005.
Note: 2002 is the most recent date for
which statistics are available for suicides.
Vic: But this strict Gun Control Law would not stop suicidal individuals like Cho, Mark Lepine and others to do what they had done.
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Yes, but at least, the victims will be fewer unlike when one is carrying a gun. At least, if he kills himself, he does not victimize anybody.
Years ago, there was also such mentally ill Japanese who went on a rampage at a station in Tokyo. He was not carrying a gun. He used a knife and a hammer. That’s why when I see someone walking and talking to himself, I make sure to stay away and keep a distance. Mahirap na baka biglang magwala kasi.
I have actually met a lot of these troubled lot in my work at the police and prison translating for people who have committed heinous crimes in Japan. It’s when I meet them that I do a lot of praying in fact. Look into their eyes and you see the devil there.
Reyna Elena:
Oops, hindi ako ang nagsabi ng tungkol dito sa Buenafe A. Briggs! Hindi ko kilala iyan as I go for GO 11 + O and don’t care about the others. I don’t even bother look for the names of the others not in the Genuine Opposition lineup.
As for the partylist, I support Akbayan and GABRIELA, which is tying up with Migrante, the NGO that helps the OFWs especially where there is a concentration of Filipinos. A friend of mine supports the PEPC, which she assures me is not bogus contrary to what Etta Rosales says.
Yuko, I can not exactly recall, but there was an incident of gas poisoning by some crazy fellow (cultist) in the subway some years ago. And also Timothy McVeigh used regular farm fertilizer to blow up the federal building in Oklahoma.
I agree with you that stricter gun control or banning gun could have prevented the type of Virginia Tech massacre, but craze people will find other ways to do worse. I think detection of the root cause, and preventions are better solutions on the American settings because the American will never give their rights to bear arms.
The devil, I guess, is busy working on the youth, the hopes of the fatherland/motherland. We are in fact having the same problems as in the US, UK, etc. regarding these kids who are suicidal and/or homicidal.
A lot many of these troubled kids even claim they hear voices that compel them do the things that they know to be wrong, and punishable even by a higher law.
A decade ago, a 14-year old boy decapitated an 11-year-old mentally ill kid, and sent letters to the police ridiculing the police for how they handled the other cases he was responsible for. He actually killed two and inflicted injuries on several others. Everybody thought it was the work of some deranged adult until someone told the police of his obsession for dacapitating cats, and when he was asked to come to the police station, he thought the police were arresting him and he blurted out that he was the murderer he was looking for. The fingerprints in the letters he sent matched his, and the police confirmed that he was indeed the murderer.
He claimed that he heard voices and was told to do the heinous things he did. The police did not attribute it to some devil possession and thought that he was just some crazy kid.
He was put in a juvenile prison, and has been released since. His father committed suicide in shame after his trial.
If the VT mass murderer had been Japanese, his parents would have committed suicide by now to amend for what he did.
Vic,
The Subway Sarin Gas Poisoning was not carried out by one person. It was carried out by members of a cult headed by a swindler, who had been in jail before created his own cult, and having doctors, lawyers, etc. joining him in his campaign against the society that sent him previously to jail. Still, I won’t consider him insane although frankly speaking, a person who can commit a crime deliberately is for me crazy, for if one is normal, he wouldn’t want to commit a crime.
One must be crazy to have the guts to plan out hurting other people. Degre-degree lang nga.
At least, Cho killed himself. Otherwise, he cannot be sent to jail with his lawyer insisting on the state of his mind, and claim insanity. Useless din. At least, parang nakaganti na rin ang mga pinatay niya sa nangyari.
Problem with America, Vic, is that they have done too many amendments on their Constitution, etc. that instead of making things better they have actually caused a lot of people to get confused and be abusive.
Pakikiramay ang tanging maipaaabot ng mga ordinaryong pinoy tulad ko sa pagkasawi ng 32 tao sa virginia tech. Ganito marahil ang nararamdaman ng taong nawawalan na ng pagasa, hanggang sa masiraan na ng ulo; suicidal.
Ganyan maihahalintulad si Gloria at mga kampon nya, suicidal. Wala na kasi pagasa si Gloria at mga kampon kahit saan daanin—sangkatutak na kasalanan sa diyos ang ginawa na nila at maaaring gawin pa ngayong darating na halalan. Kung merong demonyo—– si Gloria mas higit pa sa demonyo.
Si Cho nasapian ng demonyo samantalang si Gloria demonyo talaga.
Si Cho nakapatay ng 32 tao lamang, si Gloria pinapatay ang mahigit kumulang 85 million pinoy.
Si Cho hindi sinungaling— si Gloria sinungaling na mandaraya pa not once but twice!
Si Cho walang kakampi, si Gloria nasa tabi nya si Jose Pidal
Si Cho walang anak, si Gloria merong anak kay Pidal
Si Cho bata pa, si Gloria matanda na sinungaling,mandaraya at magnanakaw pa
Ngayon mga igan sino mas gusto nyo si Cho or si Gloria kung sila na lang ang tao sa mundo.
I don’t think this tragic event has anything to do with gun laws. Someone determined to commit mass murder or even just one and then kill himself is not going to be deterred by any strict gun laws. Gun laws and more gun laws are not going to deter such people, they will either get it at the store or off the street or perhaps find other means of accomplishing his intentions – end result will be the same.
What concerns me now is the repeated airing of the video he sent to NBC. Further exposure of this video will push another deranged, lunatic, person out there to carry out another tragic event and perhaps attempt to beat the 30+ deaths. I wont be surprised if his vid on youtube.com already.
ayos ka topakit’s….sa tanong mo si CHO ang pipiliin ko…!
Paquito;
Re;Ngayon mga igan sino mas gusto nyo si Cho or si Gloria kung sila na lang ang tao sa mundo.
Paquito,uunahan ko na silang patayin pareho,bakit mamili pa ako sa kanila na parehong may sayad sa ulo.hehehehe!
We have to commend our schools administrators in the Philippines for being security conscious. While others disdain seeing blue uniformed guards at the gate or doing rounds in the school premises, it minimized if not totally discarded hooliganism in the campus. What we can only read or hear from time to time are victims of hazing but none so far of campus massacre in the likes of Columbine, Virginia and two such incidents in Montreal.
Reyna Elena
I was the one who wrote that Buenafe Briggs is not among the official senatorial candidates as listed by Comelec. I went to your blog when I read your reaction to a post na napakahaba but off topic.
Paquito:
No choice, pareho silang demonyo! Puwede ba, huwag mo na kaming gawing murderers! Sana huwag ng sundan ang mga yapak nila!
Cho was described as a loner. I could just imagine what kind of life he had growing up. His parents were busy earning for the family in their business and probably he did not have any playmate. Nagiisa sa bahay at seguro TV lang ng TV. At seguro siya lang ang Oriental sa escuelahan niya at hindi siya accepted at baka pinagtatawanan pa. I suppose there are not many Koreans in that place. Fortunately with Filipinos, we have extended families- maraming titas at titos at lolos and lolas at nagkikita pag weekends. My nephew went to school in Queens where they live, for grade school and intermediate. Maraming siyang kaklase na Filipino. But in High School he went to a Jesuit School in Manhattan at sa umpisa pinagtatawan siya ng mga ilan sa escuela. They were a handful of Filipino kids at that school pero doon siya nagtapos. I offered to pay for the expenses for him to join a summer class in Europe pero he refused. Ang sabi- Auntie Rose, they are all puti. Up to this day, I have not met a “puti friend” of his. Ang barkada niya ay mga Philam kids. I don’t know if the Korean community has this. Thank God for the Filipino values. The following year I took him home to experience Christmas in the Phil. He enjoyed his three weeks stay at ang laging tanong niya ngayon ay “when are we going home?” It was just too bad we did not go home to Antique at that time. Natakot din ako, kasi only child at kung may mangyari sa kaniya ako pa ang sisihin. Mahirap din ang lumaki sa America- kung naiiba ang mukha mo- lalo na seguro sa bandang Virginia- kahit na ba “gentle state” or “Virginia is for Lovers.
Rose,
Orientals are a clannish lot, but this Cho must have kept away even from the Koreans, and most likely he was possessed by devil.
I can relate to Cho’s experience of racial discrimination, though. I had the same traumatic experience when we immigrated to the US, and reason why I left and settled in Japan. My mother herself had developed some inferiority complex because of her Ilocano accent. Americans would taunt her by keeping on saying “What? What?” everytime she spoke. Sabi ko na lang sa kaniya, “Don’t worry, Mother, the British say the Americans have murdered their language!”
Dito nga lang, may mga plastik na hilaw na amerikano na akala mo naman perfect ang mga ingles at namumuna pa ng iba. Hindi na lang mag-stick sa issue. Buti na lang nga hindi ka naman mababaril o ipapabaril ng amo nila sa Malacanang lalo na kung hindi naman nila alam ang identity mo. Sila nga ang daming pangalan.
Just want to share this piece of news of what the other students did during the rampage at the VT.
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660213167,00.html
@ystakei and sleepless in montreal,
(thanks nga pala sleepless) on buenafe briggs, ok lang yon, i think my readers were able to dig up some news and was able to help me. he’s on my site galit na galit sa mga readers ko! he he he! and he’s still inviting me to join them. HA HA HA! PWEDE BA?! as i have said, how could someone invite you to join your party when what you believe is counter to what they believe?!
@aftershox,
much as I would like to agree with you, but I can’t seem to comprehend that strict gun laws here in America is not supposed to make those guns land in the hands of these kids! no offense, but that alone makes it a gun law issue!
Actually, I was very mad as well this morning. It’s on the Philadelhia Daily News, he was brandishing a gun, just how could this print media sensationalize a demon like this just for money?! There’s backlash on the media already for capitalizing on these pictures. They just don’t learn. I can’t believe these US media are just cold bloodied and insensitive to those who lost 32 innocent students!
Reyna Elena
It’s a good thing to inform you that the two major nespapers here in Montreal didn’t carry in their front page about the Virginia Tech. It’s buried in page 8 or so. Broadcasts on the incident is already toned down and the menacing pictures of Cho not shown anymore.
Sensationalism is what sells a newspaper, Reyna Elena. Point is such sensationalism in fact has been somehow a factor why there are lots of copycats who want to see their names in print even the wrong way.
I can’t understand that mentality, too. I was once upon a time working as a special correspondent in the Philippines, but when an editor tried to change my story to make it more sensational and put me in a some precarious situation for the same of sensationalizing my expose the wrong way, I said , “No!” and then quit. Anyway, I had other means of making money for my keeps.
America is paying for all wrong policies they have implemented there based on their wrong interpretation of their laws.
In fact, a leader of our church even prophesied America’s doom if Americans go the way they have been doing as sensationalized in Hollywood movies. Sodom and Gomorrah is more like it.
@ sleepless, ystakei and tita ellen,
Nagwawala yong Senate Candidate sa site ko! His name pala is BRIGIDO, pinalitan daw nya nang “Briggs” because the Americans cannot pronounce his name, according to him!
Reyna Elena
I enjoyed reading entries in your blog. Gagaling ng bloggers mo especially c5 kaya nagwala si Briggs. It appears Briggs was among the nuisance candidates whose name was scrapped that’s why I wrote here that there’s no one by his name as released by Comelec. The way he reacted sa mga comments, he can’t be a politician. Sa umpisa pa lamang, pikon na. If he will ever post here, I think puputaktihin siya.
@sleepless,
you should have read yong tirade nya saakin. he compared himself to Mahatma Gandhi and to Martin Luther King. Can you imagine? Hirap kausapin si Brigido. Although I was thankful sa invite to be their party leader, kaso mo, I don’t believe dun sa LATAporma nya. Filipinos are probably the most nationalistic people in the world, di ba? So, meaning, there’s something wrong with his product “agenda”. Why would you sell an idea na maging State nang United States and Pilipinas na yong mga kausap mo eh super-makabayan. It doesn’t go along di ba?
Reyna Elena
Sure I read all those. Binanggit pa niya si Rizal. Ibang klase rin, it takes all kinds.
CNN is without letup broadcasting the Virginia Tech Massacre and everybody in the household agree that we observe moratorium in watching the channel. Nakakasawa na rin. It’s almost 1am here and I’m going to sleep na. Sinagot ko lang si Mang Benigno sa kabila.
@sleepless,
Tulog na rin ako. It’s 12:33 na and i;m tired watching this news na puro insulto daw yata inabot ni Cho sa school, but there there the mental twist, i don’t know what to believe.
reynang walang tulog (pinagsama ko na ang dalawa),
subukan ninyong kalampagin ang latang bulok kung ano ang inyong makukuha.
ganu’n si henyong panis!
May kaparehas si Cho Seung-Hui…
si Andrew Cunanan.
Pinagpistahan ng CNN!
Reyna Elena: Nagwawala yong Senate Candidate sa site ko! His name pala is BRIGIDO, pinalitan daw nya nang “Briggs” because the Americans cannot pronounce his name, according to him!
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Parang katulad iyan nina Barbero na naging Barbers pagkuha ng US citizenship. Iyon naman si Brigido (pronounced Brihido!) ang arte naman. Gusto lang niyang maging parang kano ang apelyido niya, sabihin niya. O kundi naman baka iyong mga kano, imbes na “Brihido” baka nangagkamaling tinatawag siyang Brigitte! Bakla pa ang dating! 😛
Nelbar,
Cunanan did not go on a rampage. Cho did, and that makes a big difference. Cho was an immigrant, Cunanan was a natural-born American. I doubt if he was a victim of racial discrimination that I guess Cho felt he was subjected to, for he must have not spoken English when he first came to the US, and for an unstable child, such treatment can be doubly traumatic.
@ystakei,
regarding BRIHIDO, I don’t for a minute believe your sinulat nya na americans cannot pronouce his last name kaya pinalitan nang briggs! nyeta! akala ko tuloy mestizo! aboridyinis pala!
although i like the bridgette! he he he
naku if you guys are just here in Philadelphia, I was driving this morning to work at nangga-galaiti ako sa isang radio station here because pinag-mumukhaan na why is it that the US government are bringing these sick immigrants sa US para daw sirain ang society nila! he’s blaming the immigration yon ang sabi!
sabi sayo, kung pwede ko pa lang hatawin nang kotse ko yong radio station na to! grabeeee!!!!
i very angry at the statement dahil behind his reasoning about blaming immigration mukhang me racist twist yong statement nya!
and no one would even discuss that school bullying is a real problem here in america and no one seems to even address the issue seriously.
truth of the matter is, and this is based on my very own scientific findings, base sa sarili kong research na ginastahan ko nang isang sigarilyo and one cup of dunkin donuts coupled with statistical sampling sa neighborhood naming dysfunctional din yong katabi namin. here’s the result of my impirical studies: there is something morbidly (sobra ba ginamit kong word?) wrong with american culture. a lot of the kids here don’t even have any darn respect sa parents nila and they believe their teachers more! in my own turd world kawntri, the flippines, the only thing that we worry is – nagpaalam ba ang mga bata na lalabas sila at maglalaro? that is, we let our kids be kids and their only role is to play, magpaalam lang kung saan pupunta.
Kalog ka talaga, Reyna Elena. I know someone called “Cely” but Americans would pronounce her nickname “Sili” as in “siling labuyo” so what she did was add one more “l” to her nickname to help the Americans pronounce her name right. Bulol kasi ang mga ungas! Hinalong kalamay kasi ang mga lahi.
Sa totoo lang hindi naman mahirap i-pronounce ang ingles that can even be pronounced as spelled like what many English I met in UK do as when they pronounce hat as in Tagalog “hat” not “het”to mean “sombrero” and “hot” as “hot” not “hat” to mean “mainit.” Ito lang ngang mga kano ang panay rolyo ng dila na pag ginaya ng pinoy, nakakasuyang pakinggan! Akala nila mas magaling pa sila doon sa mga puti! ‘Taragis talaga!
Reyna Elena: there is something morbidly (sobra ba ginamit kong word?) wrong with american culture.
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Sinong may sabing may kultura ang mga Americano? Iyong mga Indian siguro meron pero itong mga nagdagsaang migrante sa US, hinalong kalamay ang dala nilang kultura.
Bata pa ang republika nila and I doubt if they have really developed a culture worth adopting. Hollywood culture meron sila, and look at how they have destroyed other cultures too with its truly bad influence!
Iyong cowboy style na pagpatay na ginawa ni Cho, et al, iyan ang kulturang pinalaganap ng Hollywood sa totoo lang!
Iyong anak kong binata kasing edad ni Cho. When he was younger, I sent him to my mother to try living there prior to enrolling him into a US high school. Hindi nakatagal. Natakot sa mga kano.
Nakakita kasi ng barilan sa isang park. Buti na lang kasama ang tito niya at madali silang nakaalis sakay ng kotse ng kapatid ko. Pero naabutan sila ng pulis at tinanong tungkol sa barilan at napagkamalan pa yatang may kinalaman sila gawa nang umalis sila agad sa scene of crime. Buti na lang dala ng bata ang passport niya at nalamang hapon siya dahil parang kano naman kung mag-ingles gawa nang maliit pa ay dinadala ko na sa Tate. Doon pa nga natutong mag-tagalog e.
Nang umuwi ng Japan, ayaw nang bumalik na America. Last visit niya doon ay noong 2001. Ayaw nang sumama sa akin pag umuuwi ako sa nanay ko. Dito nga naman kahit hatinggabi walang nagmomolestya. Pambihira ang may naho-hold-up dito sa totoo lang, at kapag nahold-up ka, asahan mo dayuhan ang yumari sa iyo, kundi intsik, pilipino o koreano!
Reyna Elena, you are absolutely right, there is something missing in the American culture in raising their children the American way. They even call their parents by their first names. Children in the US can not be disciplined harshly. Parents can be jailed for this. Children can divorce their parents. In public schools there are always debates on whether “God” should be included in their daily lives. The 10-15% atheist always make this a big issue. So, kids in school are not taught the very basic religious values which we as Filipinos have. I am very glad that in my immediate family and friends, I can see our values in tact. Our children are taught the right values. Majority of my niece and nephews graduate from big universities( UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC and the like). Only a few( very negligible number) are short of the high expectations. Many of these kids are even American born but they attend mass on Sundays and they even know how to pray the rosary. I know it because when I travelled to Rome I bought each of them one and I see them use these.
I can not be onion skinned on allegations that immigrants are causing trouble in the US. Americans have more problems with incest, rape, serial killing and a lot of other horrible crimes.
The cases immigrants are involved in are only a handful. So, to this commentator who is so ignorant and racist, I would say “Hey buddy, know your facts first before you open your mouth” and that would be it! Ignorance is lethal. I would not lose any sleep on this. I heard more insults on our country being a low class most corrupt country in Asia. The latter bothers me more because it is absolutely true these days. My only answer is always, “it is going to be better”. I hope we can start the process of improving our country with voting the right candidates in the May elections.
Sorry, this should read, “…I sent him to my mother’s…”
Funny, parasabayan, but even the native Indians came from somewhere although they went there long before the Europeans made the USA penal colonies before they established a republic there some 200 or more years ago. Remember the movie, “The Barbarian and the Geisha”? That was how the Japanese looked at these barbarians when they first stepped foot on the Japanese islands, and blew their noses with their cotton hankies while the Japanese were already using tissue papers to wipe their sipon!
If you are not white, you are an immigrant? I have nieces and nephews, too, in the US and they have never been to the Philippines, the land of their fathers, and they call themselves “Fil-Ams” except for one autistic nephew who refuses to acknowledge himself as being part Filipino! Amerikano daw siya! Inutil kasi ang ama na bako-bako naman ang ingles kung bakit ayaw turuan ang anak na magsalita ng tagalog!