On April 16th, 2007 Seung-Hui Cho decided to carry out one of the most tragic and horrific mass shooting in United States history. He was born in South Korea, and emigrated to the united states with his family at a young age. One of the more interesting attributes, as compared to other mass shooters, was his selective mutism. I find that one of the more interesting things about Cho. As one such as I, a deemed "quiet kid" in my own respective school, have a similar attribute, to be silent. My belief is that when one is quiet, we give off a mysterious tone to others. In most instances, this mystery is only made all the more daunting to approach, when day after day we continue to be silent. The people around us, the "vocal ones" tend to be more attuned to feeling less interested in the mystery, and more weary of it. Humans are more keen to be afraid of the unknown. That is what Cho was, in my opinion. Someone always on the brink of rage, and distress. His writings speak of being fucked, and raped, tortured even. I think, he was sick of being bullied, maybe it was not bullying in a speaking of physical form, but possibly mental. It's easy to believe you're being persecuted by others, when you hardly speak or listen to people you can't help but think they see you as an inferior being. Humanity thrives on social interaction, being deprived of such starts to warp your mind. I think Cho must've been angry, his writings incite a riot, a call to arms to every person who has been angry and distraught by society's whims. I can attest to having such an emotion to revolutionize and catapult our society's downtrodden and abused people. It has been said that Cho is a narcissist, someone who sees themselves above all else. I disagree, while his writing does in fact show him to be this martyr sent by god, he himself never spoke of such things. I think Cho was simply angry, the writings and videos was his last hurrah to give society the middle finger. That doesn't go without saying it was a tragedy that his anger boiled over onto innocent lives. If he would channel his rage into an area where it would harm no one, Cho might've been alive today. Instead, he left 32 dead. If there's one thing that should be taken away from a tragedy like this, is that sometimes people break, and anger could blossom into something horrifically evil. Here's a piece of his [Manifesto].
