I've been reading some of the plays written by Cho Seung-Hui, the VTech gunman. It's pretty bad writing, although I've read worse. The 'pull' factor comes out of the strange dialogue, and the macabre fascination of reading something written by someone who's essentially psychopathic. There are no sights into the dizzying depths of madness, Necronomicon style. Rather, it only shows that Seung-Hui was angry and fixated on his victimhood, particularly by older male figures. There are no deep insights or amazing thoughts that resound within this kind of mental damage. It's just unpleasant and sad.
A couple of notes on the gun control chatter that's arisen following this event:
Firstly, America is so awash in guns, and gun culture is so deeply embedded that removing the Second Amendment or instituting comprehensive gun control isn't really possible.
Secondly, it's absurd that someone so disturbed could have bought a gun. Even with a Second Amendment, Americans should really look into either tightening up gun controls for mentally ill people.
This is pretty much the first and final post I'll do about American gun control issues. I've gotten into the issue before, and I've decided that Americans have the gun control laws that they deserve.
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