Can't blog without mentioning the killings at Virginia Tech ... when news originally broke, the information was that an Asian was responsible. Dad held his head in his hands and groaned ... "Had to be us Asians, I bloody hope he's not Pakistani!" ... until it was explained that when the Americans talk of someone of Asian origin, they actually mean "China etc ..."
An absolute horror story, more so because of the video he made, reportedly after the first two killings but before the mass spree killing. He rambles on about Mercedes and necklaces, but it seems clear that he feels he has been bullied, persecuted, railroaded into this situation. He also mumbles about Jesus Christ and uses the religious analogy that he is being crucified, that his blood is going to spilt for the entertainment of others. The media reported that his video mirrored and was influenced by similar video's made by Al-Qaeda's suicide bombers. I read Raising Yousuf's blog and realised that I am not the only one concerned by comments such as these ... not for their content but in relation to the media coverage and what it would have been like had he been a "true Asian".
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my anxiety level rose when they wrongfully reported that the young black man that was also a victim (Ryan Clark I believe was his name) was the shooter in a domestic dispute.
How careless was it for them to make such an allegation before knowing all the facts?
Not that this madman's ethnicity mattered at all. Only thing that mattered was that he was a lunatic.
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