What happened at virgina Tech, could have been prevented? i feel really bad, i dont know why...?

Does anyone feel that if everyone communicated with that kid the day of the shooting in a positive way, and complemented his shirt, or his shoes (even if it wasn%26#039;t a nice pair of shoes or shirt) I just think instead of progressing we%26#039;re taking 2 steps backwards...we%26#039;re so focused on our own lives, we take liitle effort to acknowledge those around it. Just by reading the news, i can tell that kid went down the wrong path, because he was always alone....i dont think he chose to be alone, he was definitely depressed....to make someone recognise him, they labelled him the %26quot;question mark kid%26quot;....he wanted to be noticed, instead of being the quiet kid that no-body knows....so i guess he goes down a history, not in the least positive way

What happened at virgina Tech, could have been prevented? i feel really bad, i dont know why...?
Gun control is not the answer. If a criminal wants to commit a crime, he will get a gun any way he can. Certainly take steps to make it a little harder, maybe, but if someone wants a gun, they will get it. Don%26#039;t take guns away from responsible people on the assumption that then the irresponsible or insane won%26#039;t have them, because they will. If they really want them, they will get them.





Ok, to answer the question asked. From what I understood of the articles I have read, people did try to be friendly to him. He refused to even give his name, wouldn%26#039;t speak, turned away. I think he did choose to be alone. I don%26#039;t think this was a crime committed for recognition. I think it was hate that drove him to it. Hate and resentment and feeling inferior.


From what I have read from people who knew him, he was a frightening individual in many ways. There is no way to help someone like that unless they want help. You can%26#039;t throw someone in jail because they write violent stories or talk of hate and violence.


This is a question that there is no real answer to. From psysiological problems to mental instability, family issues to environment you were raised in, to cultural influences, you just can%26#039;t determine what someone will do or is capable of. You can feel sympathy for the gunman, but if you were the one who knew him or were in class with him, you may have turned away too. Very few people will bother to beg a loner to interact with them. And once you saw the violence and warped thinking that this man displayed, you may have been too frightened to continue to try to be friends with him.
Reply:I would have gladly gone to prison for shooting him the day before.
Reply:Gun control.
Reply:Being solitary for long enough will make a person anti-social. I should know.
Reply:I am sicken by this. I don%26#039;t think we will ever understand what happened. I lived in Milwaukee during the Jeffery Dalmer tragedies. He looked like a norm during his trials. It is too bad that this guy is gone and we cant get into his head. God bless all who have been touched by this in Va. and all our college students in the U.S/
Reply:I agree with you completely.
Reply:Could it been prevented? I believe so.


If the killer had to wrestle to hurt the students , other students would have stepped in to help saving the kids.


But he had 2 guns,and guns kill in the hands of people with a depression or a great anger.


We can ask the Government of the USA to get rid of the guns.


Every country with less guns has less killings.


Wake up Smell the GUNS.Start writing letters please!!!
Reply:No, not at all!
Reply:i wonder how many students knew him as the question mark kid?



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