Well, it seems as though many got what they wanted out of the Virginia Tech tragedy.
The gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, garnered the notoriety he desired, (like Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris at Colombine, whom Cho admired) having pictures of his face plastered in news headlines, and the media freely displaying his maniacal diatribe.
NBC got the scoop, receiving the package containing exclusive video clips and pictures of the mass murderer, and did not hesitate to air the ramblings of a madman. Their excuse:
'We want to know why. We need to know what was in his head, what drove him to do this.'
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Bush received a temporary reprieve from his scandal dujour, overshadowing other tragic stories such as the one day death toll of more than 180 Iraqi’s, which most likely would not have occurred if Bush had not implemented his personal vendetta against Saddam Hussein.
Gun rights advocates got to regurgitate their lame self-defense diatribe ’What if when this man started his shooting spree, a licensed and armed faculty member or student had been able to stop him in his tracks?’
Mental health professionals have come out the woodwork, appearing in the media with such diagnosis as:
"The video is a window into a very tortured, paranoid, delusional form of thinking,'' said Professor Stephen Hinshaw, chairman of the psychology department at UC Berkeley. "Such behavior patterns are not amenable to one-on-one therapy and typically require either medication treatments or institutionalization against a person's will.''
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One wonders why such a diagnosis wasn’t made when Cho was evaluated by a doctor at a mental health facility, who claimed the young man was
"mentally ill but not an imminent threat to himself and others."
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Many seemed to have benefited from this horrendous tragedy - except the families of the victims, some of whom were to be interviewed NBC’s Today Show, but canceled in protest of the network’s decision to air Cho’s rantings.
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