The Virginia massacre

[Atrahasis]

We've heard of white guys, black guys, and arab guys going crazy with guns, but am I mistaken or is this the first time I've heard of an Asian going crazy with a gun?

Also worrying me is that the Korean students on that campus are actually fearful of retaliation...why would they feel this way unless they know the culture they are in and it is actually that bad and there's a real possibility of that sort of thing? I have not attended school in the US, but to imagine that the white folk that you hang out with everyday might mob you now over this is just beyond comprehension for me.

Does this mean that other minorities also live in fear in the US on a daily basis?

People may think me a moron for asking, but knowing about these things is not a given for non-Americans.

[CaptainPierce]

Well, I think the Koreans probably saw the knee-jerk backlash against anybody who even looked vaguely Arabic after 9/11, and extrapolated from that... and sadly, I can't say that their fear is totally unfounded.

[Atrahasis]

I just hope people realize this guy was obviously brain-damaged. He was odered to undergo psych treatment a year before!

What really gets me though is the slow reaction of the cops. Sure it's a big campus, but he had time to mail a package and carry on with his killing! What, do they not have enough cops in Virginia?