Shooting triggers hostility against America (like we need anymore of that)

[Purple Banana]

I know, I vowed not to watch Fox News Channel again, but as I'm reading the scrolling news at the bottom, there seems to be a lot of hostility and 'I told you so' comments from international newspapers; one Italian source claims the shooting massacre is "As American as apple pie."

Don't any of these news outlets realize the shooter wasn't even American? He was a South Korean on a GreenCard...

Purple Banana Reviewed by Purple Banana on 04-17-2007. Shooting triggers hostility against America (like we need anymore of that) I know, I vowed not to watch Fox News Channel again, but as I'm reading the scrolling news at the bottom, there seems to be a lot of hostility and 'I told you so' comments from international newspapers; one Italian source claims the shooting massacre is "As American as apple pie." Don't any of these news outlets realize the shooter wasn't even American? He was a South Korean on a GreenCard... Rating: 5

[Acouwaila]

This-world-is-changing-for-the-worse...

Its-a-sad-thing-to-realize-and-face-but-its-true..

My-heart-goes-out-to-all-of-the-victims-and-family-AND-friends-of-the-victims...

[BoilerUp]

I don't see why American people are being put to trash here. Not to say that anyone should receive blame aside from the actual shooter, this isn't an isolated case to America.

If you take a look at Wikipedia, out of the 36 shootings listed, almost half are from outside of the United States.

The media is a huge factor in promoting school shootings aswell. Most of the shooters in these cases learn from prior shootings and the mass media that flock to it. If the media would only focus on delivering well wishes instead of placing blame, it would help prevent hostility.

[friendowl]

there is just so much tension everywhere
it is very crowded and peoples attitudes suck
have you ever noticed that most "good" people
get fucked by the system and taken advantage of
i can easily see how someone who is unstable
can just snap and pull some drama like what just happened

im interested to find out this crazy shooters past

im curious cuz they said that he lined up people
and shot them.why wouldnt all those people fight back
he only had a .22 and a .9

[napolitana869]

I never heard that he lined people up. He just went into the class rooms and started shooting.

[Acouwaila]

I-also-heard-he-lined-them-up....very-sad

[Purple Banana]

CNN claimed earlier yesterday that he lined 'em up, reports are now confirming he just went all willy nilly into the classrooms.

[friendowl]

think about it
if you were in class and someone started shooting
you would run out of there and so would all the other
classes.it does make sense when they said he pulled out
chains and closed the doors. willy nilly dosnt sound right

[make it legal]

I heard he was Chinese...

[higher4hockey]

the media is the problem. i would be willing to bet that your average every day italian feels no ill will towards america. the media and the television are a HUGE part of the problems that go on in this country. instead of calling up ol al sharpton for his opinion, these news companies should look to themselves before they start asking opinions of everyone else about what went wrong. video games and gun companies aren't to blame. if anyone besides the shooter needs to be blamed its cnn and fox news and all the other shit slingers out there. its just like with poor imus, bill maher made a great point last night on real time. he asked sharpton if it wasn't for the media would it be such a big deal? because he highly doubted that the girls b-ball team was listening to imus's show. it just goes to show that the media makes a shit storm out of everything just because they can.
and they do it on a giant scale, and right down to a little scale. my old fraternity got into a bunch of shit because a few of the members painted their faces black for a party with a 'rappers' theme. apparently the media got a hold of some pictures and caused a big ol stink. anymore the media doesn't report the news, they try to cause controversy. i think i'll stick with the newspaper from now on.

boilerup~ you hit the nail on the head. the media puts these guy's faces all over the place, every home in america now knows this guys name. maybe if they blatantly refused to put up his name or tell anything about him, it might just stop the next wack job from strapping up if he knows he'll be anonomyous. but dont tell the media that, they wouldn't stand for it.


"when you trust your television, what you get is what you got. 'cause when they own the information they can bend it all the want."