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TeddyBallGame [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:42:36 AM  
Are we going to bomb the holy hell out of South Korea now?

 
Denshuu [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:45:11 AM  
I can't imagine the shiatstorm that's going to erupt on this guy's Myspace...

 
StopArrestingMe [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:45:14 AM  
I knew Bush put the wrong Korea in the damn Axis

 
Zafayal [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:45:33 AM  
was it ceiling cat?

Its ceiling cat isn't it?

/this event is already simulacra

 
Romial 2007-04-17 09:45:37 AM  
Anyone know if the weapons used belonged to him or to someone else?

 
Rev.Killjoy 2007-04-17 09:45:38 AM  
also confirmed the same weapon used in both shootings

 
loungechaircarebear 2007-04-17 09:45:51 AM  
He has no MySpace profile, and the Virginia Tech student directory is down.

 
ignite ice 2007-04-17 09:46:12 AM  
I'm predicting someone is about to say, "I told you so."

 
Shpubba1 2007-04-17 09:46:25 AM  
See you in hell, un-funny man.

 
Shatner's Toupee 2007-04-17 09:46:35 AM  
"He has no MySpace profile"

Well, then... he must not actually exist.
Pfft.

 
Fantine71 2007-04-17 09:46:43 AM  
Anyone know if the weapons used belonged to him or to someone else?

Heard on GMA that both weapons were purchased recently, both serial numbers scratched out

 
lukelightning 2007-04-17 09:46:47 AM  
Yesterday when I heard that the shooter was Asian my first guess was that he wsa Korean. Is that profiling?

 
redalert666 2007-04-17 09:47:03 AM  
chowned !

 
Darkwater 2007-04-17 09:47:05 AM  
It's all Hawkeye's fault.

 
Longtooth 2007-04-17 09:47:15 AM  
Romial: Anyone know if the weapons used belonged to him or to someone else?

I believe the article said he had a receipt for the gun.

 
quizzical 2007-04-17 09:47:16 AM  
ABC has a terrible headline. "Gunman Identified as Massacre at Virginia Tech Enters Day" makes it sound like the guy is still alive and shooting people.

 
MDGeist 2007-04-17 09:47:50 AM  
Will I be going to hell for worring about how this will effect my next GTA game?

 
johnec4 2007-04-17 09:48:13 AM  
any pics?

 
Swampthing in Korea 2007-04-17 09:48:20 AM  
Damn, this is going to be interesting at my high school tomorrow.

 
fubuvsfitch 2007-04-17 09:48:34 AM  
He has no Facebook, either. From what I understand from the press conference I just watched, he went to some lengths to keep his identity a secret, so the lack of a MySpace/Facebook doesn't surprise me.

Maybe Friendster? Korean social networks? Nah...

 
loungechaircarebear 2007-04-17 09:48:47 AM  
Shatner's Toupee

"He has no MySpace profile"

Well, then... he must not actually exist.
Pfft.


Come on, you know you were wondering.

 
Pro Zack [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:48:50 AM  
Massacre enters second day? they are still shooting?

idiot ABC news editors.

 
Wizzin 2007-04-17 09:49:15 AM  
So this was all over a girl? What a dumbass.

 
Honest Bender 2007-04-17 09:49:20 AM  
Did anyone else hear about how they were trying to blame this on the Wii? Specifically on red steal? Such a crappy game for them to blame it on.

 
7of7 [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:49:26 AM  
I bet he's on Cyworld.

 
xbrit98 2007-04-17 09:49:31 AM  
Anagram of Cho Seung Hui....

I chose gun uh!

Coincidence?

 
Lord_Dubu 2007-04-17 09:49:32 AM  
TeddyBallGame
Are we going to bomb the holy hell out of South Korea now?

It's funny you say that. Because I've been in this ongoing argument with my Korean wife about this. Everytime an American farts in Korea they're ready to freeze adoptions, put tarifs on imports and start burning flags in effigy. Her defense has always been that Americans would do the same thing if Koreans were committing crimes in America.

Guess we're about to find out.

 
Guairdean 2007-04-17 09:49:34 AM  
They should never have released his name. He should forever be referred to as "the murdering coward." Publicity only encourages the next lunatic.

 
StopArrestingMe [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:49:46 AM  
ABC has a terrible headline. "Gunman Identified as Massacre at Virginia Tech Enters Day" makes it sound like the guy is still alive and shooting people.

Ah, Massacre at Virginia Tech Enters Day, I know him well. I always knew that kid would snap sooner or later, I blame his parents for gibing him the ridiculous name. They could have just named him Jim. Jim Day.

 
Tatsuma [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:49:57 AM  
Now THAT'S the thread to be a political douchebag and score points.

 
LordOfThePings [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:49:58 AM  
2007-04-17 09:42:36 AM TeddyBallGame

Are we going to bomb the holy hell out of South Korea now?


No, we're going to invade Iran, obviously.

 
gueedoguy 2007-04-17 09:50:02 AM  
Apparently a picture will be released soon...

 
NeoBad 2007-04-17 09:50:03 AM  
I just hope they don't let him graduate

 
loungechaircarebear 2007-04-17 09:50:04 AM  
But I'm sure he'll have no less than 20 MySpace profiles by the end of the day . . .

 
Marcus Aurelius [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:50:08 AM  
You don't suppose he was an alienated loner type, do you?

 
beoswulf 2007-04-17 09:50:12 AM  
TeddyBallGame [TotalFark]

Are we going to bomb the holy hell out of South Korea now?


North Korea is close enough.

 
BeerShtz 2007-04-17 09:50:13 AM  
www.booksamillion.com

 
goodluckpony 2007-04-17 09:50:13 AM  
They said he was an English major. I find that really hard to believe. We're usually passive and just try to kill people with Shakespeare.

 
Zafayal [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:50:19 AM  
check for a xanga

emo-school shooters usually post shiatty poetry on a xanga...

 
CelticFrost 2007-04-17 09:50:21 AM  
At least he wasnt Irish.... phew....

 
Abox 2007-04-17 09:50:21 AM  
"Massacre at Virginia Tech Enters Second Day".

Um...no, it's just the next day.

 
Faethe 2007-04-17 09:50:22 AM  
ABc is still saying two shooters??

Where the hell did the Chinese National on a student Visa come from?

 
Swampthing in Korea 2007-04-17 09:50:33 AM  
This is just proof that America's corrupt culture and gun-obsession is the root of crime and pov.....

Wait, he was a foreigner!!!

 
Wizzin 2007-04-17 09:50:45 AM  
Camping bastard.

 
Finnley Wren 2007-04-17 09:50:53 AM  
There was a VT Farker in yesterday's thread who, after hearing it might have been an Asian, wondered if it wasn't the same kid in his class who had written a play about a massacre.

The Farker said the kid didn't say a single word all semester. Last I remember, said Farker was checking to see if he still had a copy of the play.

The English Major thing fits in with that. Hope the Farker checks in again to confirm.

 
DrVoice 2007-04-17 09:51:04 AM  
Where's everyone who was sure that it was a Muslim yesterday?

 
metalliska 2007-04-17 09:51:24 AM  
has anyone ever had the misfortune of listening to savage world on talk radio? I accidentally put that on to listen to news, and it was dispicable[sp?]. He went into a 10 minute rant about why the killer being asian was important and how quickly americans play the race card.
Oh yeah, he also wanted to know why the national guard wasn't called after the first person got shot around 730.
"Holy lord! A student got killed - Red team go! Red team go!"

 
CrazyGabby [TotalFark] 2007-04-17 09:51:26 AM  
South Korean - that may explain how he was able to handle the gun so well, and also a lot of the motivation. South Korean males are required to serve two years in the military. I'm not sure at what age, but I know a lot of our students come for their freshman year, and then go back. I'm guessing it's after their 18th birthday.

The Asian culture of "saving face" may have a lot to do with why he took this route. I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that he was having academic troubles, or something similar. I've seen more than one Asian student attempt suicide because going home having "failed" is not an option.

/works with international students at a university
//speaking for myself, not the university

 
Fantine71 2007-04-17 09:51:36 AM  
I guess there was a lapse in identifying him because he was unrecognizable after he shot himself... *shudder*

 
drunkenmidnight 2007-04-17 09:51:58 AM  
Man this is going to blow up. I just got done reading about how two law students back in 2002 stopped an armed gunman because they were packing heat themselves and stopped it, click here. I can only see it now, every campus will want this type of thing to happen.

Guess there still has not been a motive released as to why this guy did this horrid thing?

 
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