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  evelyna1 year, 5 months ago

  It is time to move on they have a bright future in head of them and lawsuit money coming from the tech.

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  SonOfTheMask1 year, 5 months ago

  Slightly different, but the Kent State shootings have reverberated through the decades. Kent State students there at that time still remember it vividly. No offense, but "time to move on" is not going to help put this tragedy to bed any time in the near future for these folks.

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    jonmaverick1 year, 5 months ago

    Good comment. I think what makes this distinctive is that these people were killed by one of their own.

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  mjims1 year, 5 months ago

  If this helps heal by all means it's yours... listen free, www.cdbaby.com albums HEALERSART and SIMPLE WORDS

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  WCFIELDS1 year, 5 months ago

  "I thought last week as time goes by that I could forget this tragic incident," graduate student Sijung Kim said. "But as time goes by I find I cannot forget."

  The same may be said for those close to the nearly 100 times as many U.S.A. young people killed in Iraq and Afganistan.

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  WCFIELDS1 year, 5 months ago

  Has everyone forgotten about the Very Serious situation with Don Imus?! Where's Al? Where's Jesse?

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    vor1 year, 5 months ago

    Welcome to the 21st Century! That was last week's news. We have moved on. You will hear no more from Sharpton or Jesse on this. That's because the onus had shifted from Imus back to the black community and their hypocritical use of the offending words. They want no part of this issue. And they may have had to answer questions regarding the Duke case which they helped inflame and blow out of proportion before the evidence was in.

    Hope you all saw the rapper Cam'ron on 60 Minutes. Teaching kids not to talk to the police no matter the issue. Your best friend gets shot keep quiet. Don't let the justice system deal with it. Let the 'hood take care of it. That's called anarchy. He doesn't seem to realize the music he creates encourages violence and a breakdown of our culture. Is Sharpton criticizing him this morning? No! Is Jesse? No! Will they? NO!

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      eviln3d1 year, 5 months ago

      Well... I'm guessing if Cam'ron had a larger net worth, dear old Jesse would be suggesting a boycott of his records, unless of course Cam'ron would make a sizable donation to the rainbow mafia.

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        vor1 year, 5 months ago

        Ironic comment in that he volunteered that he was a worth more than a million. Of course that's chump change to Jesse who is used to blackmailing corporations. But Cam'ron does record for Asylum Records, a subdivision of Warner. But don't count on Jesse doing anything. He might lose HIS street cred.

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  protoham1 year, 5 months ago

  It is time to move forward. Remember the past, but don't get stuck there. I remember losing my friends in the Vietnam war. Not quite as close to home as this, but I miss them just the same.

  Hokie '76

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  Love128061 year, 5 months ago

  ok to everyone that thinks they shold just move on... yeah your right but it has only been a week. people need sometime to morn. a fellow student of theirs went on a rampage and killed 32 of their friends... how can they move on. insted of sitting at your computer saying how we should move on why dont you send some condolences to thoes who were affected...

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    sookjinjo1 year, 5 months ago

    I agree. People need sometime to mourn. I also hope we learn from this tragedy and make an effort for better human-oriented( spirit- focused) socitey. We do not want to admit but our society is so Individual, materialistic and violent.

    I am a strong believer that education can make a big difference in people.

    Do we have any programs in our schools and colleges that give ethical guidance and explore our roles in society and the world?

    I do not think we do.

    I think our world has many people who are potentiallly destructive like Cho.

    I am wondering What if a single person( professor, a school adviser or a collegue) loved Cho as a soul ,made an effort to spend time and communicate with him?

    What we can do to avoid this kind of incidents in the future?

    Many issues must be reviewed including gun-issue, education ( either home and school) and school Program issue.

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    eviln3d1 year, 5 months ago

    Oh be real. How many thousand students go to VT and less than 30 students are killed. I'm willing to bet the majority of the students didn't even know anyone that was killed. To keep mourning about this is like having a continual morning for someone that died on the same interstate you drive to work on.

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  mallurajt1 year, 5 months ago

  Cho Family Finally made a comment to little to late. The pain they must feel is awful but the pain their brat caused is much worse than what they are feeling. Hey Cho's what took you this long to make a statement?? What took you so long to throw your psycho son in mental ward?

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  moot511 year, 5 months ago

  It's not fair to attack the Cho family. You have to remember they are dealing with the enormous disaster their son caused. The also are dealing with the loss of their son. Their greif is just as real as the greif other families involved are feeling. Sometimes it takes time to be able to talk. I think they are painfully aware that nothing they could say or do will ever be enough to compensate for what their son did. They are in just as much a state of shock as everyone else. Give them a break. They did no wrong.

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  xtaylor0022x1 year, 5 months ago

  mallurajt...im just gonna be up front with you, that was a stupid thing to say.

  moot, i couldn't have said what you did any better. you say it all my friend.

  it's only been a week guys....time will heal this tragedy on its own. it will take a few months of crying everyday, and memorial services until these families move into another stage of coping with this tragic event.

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  evelyna1 year, 5 months ago

  Education? Asians are suppose to be the most intelligent of all ethnic groups.

  I believe his parents ignored his problems because it would humilate them and bring them" dishonor." Certainly they noticed he did not bring friends home. What was their reaction when he was taunted in school?

  Yes, it is certainly time to move on in a week. When people are fired they are expected to seek new work within that week.

  What about people who have chronically ill kids or a missing child? They are expected to go to work everyday and carry on.

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  CatholicRedneck1 year, 5 months ago

  Let's stop pretending that we mourn the deaths of these students as much as we would if, say, our pet hamster dies. Real people only mourn when someone they know and care about are hurt. Yeah, it's a shame these students were murdered by an evil man; but don't pretend you feel sorrow. Sympathy? Absolutely. Sorrow? No.

  And what is it with these neo-pagan memorials to the slain? Folks, in this vale of tears, horrible things are going to happen to you. If your focus is limited to the horizon of this world - well, it's no wonder you're going to collapse in a puddle of tears unless a grief counselor is there to hold your hand.

  A better idea is to stick with the centuries old traditions of Christian liturgy. They were developed over time by people who suffered as much, if not worse, as we do. Christian ritual works, folks.

  What degenerate, contemptible crybabies we've become. Imagine if a foreign army was doing to us what we're doing to Iraq -

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  CatholicRedneck1 year, 5 months ago

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  namely, conquer us to steal our natural resources, use depleted uranium and white phosphorus to kill us (and keep on killing us), and calls any man who dares to resist a "terrorist". Would there, indeed, be any American willing to take up arms? Or would we need grief counselors and therapists as we bawl our eyes out? Whatever else they are the Iraqis are fighters. And they don't set up neo-pagan memorials to their slain; they rely on their centuries old Muslim rituals.

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    jonmaverick1 year, 5 months ago

    I'm pretty sure none of the people here have kids that go to school with your pet hamster. I am also certain that many of the people reading have, or know a child who is in school. If you can't imagine the horror of having something like this happen in your town, or to your kid, well, you put way too much faith in your god.

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  Readerwriter1 year, 5 months ago

  Medical literature tells us that the grieving process is usually three years. The first year is introspective, concentrated on memories, regrets, acceptance. The second and third years are about moving out and moving on, making decisions and accepting that we have been separated from them. We will never forget them. They become integrated into our life here on earth without them. They cheer us on from a higher place.

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  moot511 year, 5 months ago

  Education? Asians are suppose to be the most intelligent of all ethnic groups.

  We can't stereotype them just because they are Asians. Yes, statistically they are the better educated group, but you have to remember that in any type of survey there is a high side and a low side. The number used is the average. People are people, and that's just about all you can say for it. Everyone, if you dig deep enough, has some kind of fault. I don't walk on water, or claim to be able to. I am human, and humans fail. Some can handle their failures and some can't.

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