Comments on: Wishing Cho Seung-Hui had been Billy Bob Johnson: the VA Tech shootings and anti-Asian stereotypes: UPDATED (Again)

By: me

me — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:54:16 +0000

Asian is the only ethnic group in America that is not considered American mainly because of physical traits. That is why Asians have to work 2 or 3 times harder to be accepted, therefore the stereotype of intelligience. However, the less ignorant people in Generation X is more likely to accept Asians as Americans. Let the healing begin…

By: Regina

Regina — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:08:42 +0000

It is now time to support all of the families that has lost their sisters, daughter, mothers, brothers, sons and fathers. My prayers go out to all of them and my greatest prayer is for the Cho family. May all of us give a second look when we see a loanly person and extend an invitation for conversation.

By: Nikky

Nikky — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:07:53 +0000

Actually very well said though… I’m living in a country where guns and weapons are not even permitted.. our outlet are only things on the internet and all…
it’s so true..
I actually feel so sorry for Cho though…

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:47:50 +0000

There will be people who’d attribute all kinds of reasons to a tragedy (be it to fuel ethnic, religious or political prejudices or blame shifting/finger pointing, etc). Look, the man clearly lost his marbles. It could happen to anyone in any color/origins. There is no why, what and if. It has happened. Any fool who intends to use this unfortunate incident as an excuse to create further unnecessary repercussions should be made fully responsible for his own actions (unless he intend to plead insanity as well). Folks, give it a rest. Give consideration to the families of those who mourn and pray with them.

By: Sydney

Sydney — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:07:26 +0000

Peter, by saying “we,” I was not referring to a specific ethnicity. “We” means we as a society, as fellow human beings. The guy was a monster, but monster or not, he was still our brother. I feel shame as well as sadness that one of our own (as in a fellow human being) committed such an atrocity. I felt the same way during the Oklahoma bombing, and I feel the same way about today’s massacre of nearly 200 people in Iraq.

By: Hugo Schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:11:22 +0000

Amazed, you get those two comments in. To quote the great Roberto Duran, no mas.

By: Amazed by the Obvious

Amazed by the Obvious — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:01:34 +0000

The reason I say this is I noticed how he relished the comment about his site being recognized by Newsweek. You know Hugo, you had it easy this week with the mass murder. What crisis are you going to racially spin next week for more noteriety?

By: Amazed by the Obvious

Amazed by the Obvious — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:53:26 +0000

I am just amazed at how you have been taken in by Mr. Schawyzer. Since he controls the content of what is being posted here, how controlling is he being? He’ll only let you see what he wants you to see. I doubt he will let this post.

It’s all just a little to convenient that he takes a horrific situation, introduces a racial spin, adds an antagonistic statement to stir up controversy and throws it up here knowing that people are going to google the murder’s name and come across this site.

Then he sits back and passes judgement on those who posts. Or better yet, uses it in his classes (if he really is a professor)carefully editing your opinions in his favor to taint his students.

Mr. Schawyzer you are a pathetic little monster, frustrated with what life has dealt you. To take advantage of such a sad occasion is scraping the bottom of the barrel. If you were in the room with the murderer whould you be standing by his side telling him which races and genders to shoot?

The people posting here are doing so with sincerity and honesty. And you’re just having your fun taking advantage of them.

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:19:45 +0000

Thanks, Hugo. You’ve conveyed so eloquently a lot of what I’ve been thinking and worrying about lately.

By: Mermade

Mermade — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:01:08 +0000

There was an interesting article in the Los Angeles Times today about this very issue. God willing, PCC’s newspaper will cover it with a little decency and integrity, but I doubt it. They recently published a piece claiming that there is truth to some Asian-American stereotypes. I can only hope that the same message won’t filter into their story about this.