NBC shouldn't show the sicko's video

[JaggedEdge]

First of,u dont have any rights to call him a "sicko" and secondly,based on wat im seeing right now u dont know waht is his purpose on doing it, thirdly theres nothing wrong showing those vids on NBC coz wats the point calling it news and current affairs if they show vids older than yo momma,... Get a fuckin common sense u jerk

Dude, please try and write a little better so it doesn't take me 10 minutes in order to decrypt what you wrote.

Secondly, I think killing 30+ people who haven't done anything to you, simply killing anything that moves, is plenty cause for as to judge and label him as a "sicko."

I hope you are only trying to cause a fight and do not actually believe what you just wrote. Either way though, I dislike you and hope you decide this site is not for you.

The name calling was uneeded, I'm assuming your post was directed at the person directly above you? Doesn't really matter.

[Harry Pot Head]

That's one thing the south has going for it. I can defend my property with out to much worry of getting sued or arrested. You can't just shoot someone who pisses you off, but if someone is in your house and you kill them, you may go to court over it, but in most cases you will get off.

I think attacking the gunman in theory is the answer but I do realise that when someone busts into your classroom shooting, your brain might not be capable of working that way. I really think schools should start having drills.

It would be hard to organize for a college campus, but high schools should have no problem. Just add them into the fire drills. Places of learning seem to be a popular place to release aggration these days.

:thumbsup: :jointsmile:

[Demeter]

First of,u dont have any rights to call him a "sicko" and secondly,based on wat im seeing right now u dont know waht is his purpose on doing it, thirdly theres nothing wrong showing those vids on NBC coz wats the point calling it news and current affairs if they show vids older than yo momma,... Get a fuckin common sense u jerk

Listen young man (you are a teenager surely)-your words indicate that you are neither educated nor kind- and the world will be a difficult place for someone with those characteristics, so perhaps you should turn your attention to some self-improvement and leave the posting on this thread for people who have thought more about this serious issue. I know you have the RIGHT to act stupid anywhere, but you are really annoying on a thread about tragedy.

[hempplaya]

why he did it, what he thought of the people who he shot, etc. I am pretty damn sure that it has something to do with racism. If that's true, then it's probably better off that they got shot. Everyone has a breaking point, and he probably reached it, which is why he shot those people. But to those who were innocent and were killed or wounded, then that's really unfortunate.

so it's all right to kill someone if they're racist? is it ok then to kill someone because they don't agree with my views or vica versa? did you even watch the news when they were interviewing students who were in the rooms he went into and shot people. he had absolutely no expression on his face and his eyes showed no expression. he just lost it. he didn't shoot people because they were racist towards him, he was mentally unstable. get your facts straight and please watch the news to get information on what happend/why it happend before making such immature accusations. there are people here who may be directly affected by this and to read such a rude remark like that. honestly, why are you so sure it has to do with racism when the stuff he wrote proves he was mentally unstable, he had been strongly urged to get counseling from teachers/concerned people. he didn't even want to associate with his roommates who were trying to get him to do stuff with them. i'm guessing you've never experienced the college lifestyle or are a freshman or sophomore in high school. trust me when i say this as i am in college, people don't go out of their way to make fun of someone else because of their race. in college for the most part, everyone is mature and knows right from wrong and couldn't care less about some random person they see while on their way to/from class.

[lagirl4music]

i think they should make it available to see if you want to, but playing it on national tv isnt really necessary

[BigNugs4U]

to have forced nbc to keep it private would be censorship, unnecessary. If you dont like it, and werent personally affected by it, dont watch it. If you were affected by it, you have the choice to not watch it. Or you can do what the rest of us did and think "what a stupid sick mofo" while seeing his "manifesto"

[mfqr]

so it's all right to kill someone if they're racist? is it ok then to kill someone because they don't agree with my views or vica versa? did you even watch the news when they were interviewing students who were in the rooms he went into and shot people. he had absolutely no expression on his face and his eyes showed no expression. he just lost it. he didn't shoot people because they were racist towards him, he was mentally unstable. get your facts straight and please watch the news to get information on what happend/why it happend before making such immature accusations. there are people here who may be directly affected by this and to read such a rude remark like that. honestly, why are you so sure it has to do with racism when the stuff he wrote proves he was mentally unstable, he had been strongly urged to get counseling from teachers/concerned people. he didn't even want to associate with his roommates who were trying to get him to do stuff with them. i'm guessing you've never experienced the college lifestyle or are a freshman or sophomore in high school. trust me when i say this as i am in college, people don't go out of their way to make fun of someone else because of their race. in college for the most part, everyone is mature and knows right from wrong and couldn't care less about some random person they see while on their way to/from class.

Haha, sorry. I was trolling. But anyhow...

What I really think of this is that showing the video isn't going to cause any more harm than has already been done.

Second of all, I have been out of high school for quite some time now. So making this assumption based on my post is pretty ignorant.

The real problem is that they say VA Tech knew that he was potentially dangerous, but did nothing about it. So the question is, could this all have been avoided?

Please don't go making assumptions that racism could not have been a factor because of the fact that the university you attend does not have racism. Racism is everywhere, and in some places more prevalent. I still think it's very possible that racism COULD have been a factor, but then again, who really knows other than the victims? If any of these victims were a part of any sort of racism towards this man, then I think it's not very probable that they would admit to such things considering the fact that they are now victims, and don't want to look like they caused any trouble (human psychology).

None of us know any of the real answers here, all we can do is answer from speculation. Like I said, the only people who really know what is up are the people who were involved.

While you may be correct for the most part about college students being more mature and not caring about some random individual, you cannot speak for the VA Tech campus. Unless, of course, you are part of VA Tech. But to me it looks like you're not. You could cross the border of your state and notice a huge difference in attitudes versus race, gender, financial status, etc.

But back on topic, I think that showing these videos is fine. Sure it may have some disturbing aspects to it, but what the media should do is disseminate the information given to them on a case such as this. These videos could be very important to some, and to say that the media should not disseminate this footage, in my opinion, is ludicrous. If I were involved in any way, such as knowing a victim, or perhaps being a victim myself, I would definitely want to see what this guy's motives were. Why did he commit such a crime? In his life, what was so bad about it that caused him to shoot so many people and then commit suicide?

And about copy-cats:
Showing the videos would not cause anybody to commit copy-cat crimes, because even without it there would be copy-cats planning their moves the minute that they simply heard about the shooting.