I've been thinking about it for awhile regardin the fact that Cho has been increasingly seen as the silent, loner arch-type yet all newscasters have to say for this reason is because of his social status aka none. Yet his writing and his stories seem to point to something else, something that involves his family both distant and related.
I'm assuming that he was unfortunately molested as a child. That this was one of his major reasonings for being silent as a reaction to the traumatic experience. If we, the reader, reference his plays like the 'Richard McBeefy' we can see they all protagonists focus their hatred upon one specific antagonist, the molester or rapist who does 'anal' with them. Could we not see his writings as merely a subversion of such an event?
I think it is interesting the family is quiet, yet the grandfather is quick to speak out about the child. I'm thinking there may be a tie-in to this situation.
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Anonymous2007-04-19 21:38 ID:QcpJu85I
his plays fucking suck
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Anonymous2007-04-19 21:51 ID:8AfPkk4n
I enjoyed reading his plays... they're quite good. They should be made into movies
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Anonymous2007-04-20 2:11 ID:HLlSz3MM
OP Here: I wish 4chan actually had some decent responses.
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Anonymous2007-04-20 2:54 ID:hx/AFYlX
I completely agree
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Anonymous2007-04-21 3:02 ID:a8RffSbD
korean suck!
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Anonymous2007-04-21 9:42 ID:9o0oM6Wb
I can understand why his parents are being quite. Asian parents believe that they are responsible of whatever their children turned into. This must be a really hard time on them =/
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Anonymous2007-04-21 12:49 ID:OIc041aV
The family has released a response, worded by the sister.
They probably waited a while because a) the parents' English might be so-so, b) because they were in shock, or c) because they were in shock. Writing a letter to the world is important, but you first have to get over the fact that your baby boy killed enough people to fill a convoy of vans, then posthumously outed himself as a lunatic demon on NBC.
There may have been some abuse at some point. Who knows? We're still not sure what makes some people psychopaths. What we do know is that true psychopaths are beyond the help of modern medicine. They cannot be 'cured,' they cannot be reformed. They will always be a menace to society - and all too often the only time the psychopath reveals him/herself is when something like this occurs.
The clincher for me was Cho being described as of above average intelligence. His aloofness, distorted worldview and calculating premeditation are also classic hallmarks of the psychopath. Look it up on Wikipedia, or a medical journal. True psychopaths cannot be cured, cannot be reached. They can only be contained.