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Post by Ceci on Apr 28, 2007 4:08:17 GMT -5
This yet one more thing about the VT shootings, but I think this also needs to be asked. On You Tube last night, I saw the video of Collective Soul's "Shine". I also went on to read what other people had said about the song and why the alleged gunman liked it so on another site.
The commentary about it was rather heated, knowing that Cho Seung-Hui liked the song and played it over and over. Some of the talk there ventured on the fact that the song might have indicated that it was a cry for help that no one listened to.
But there was this one comment that stuck out that really started me thinking. One person said, "If they would have released all of Cho's writings, maybe Collective Soul would not be blamed."
Is that true? Would people have a different view of events would they have thought of the motives differently apart from the song? Better yet, if there was a site that published *everything* that Cho wrote, would you read them? Or would you have the same reaction as others in the viewing audience when NBC and other news outlets aired two minutes of pictures and videologs from the deceased murderer last week?
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Post by F.Gordon on Apr 28, 2007 7:11:54 GMT -5
I don't know if I would or not. Glenn Beck read a little bit of his writings for a play a week or so ago, and it may have been fitting to an edgey independent film, but it was out there. But where could you fit an out there script to the persons frame of mind exactly? What one person may call insanity in the script, another may say it's good creative writing/storytelling. Since scripts are usually fiction.
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Post by Ceci on Apr 28, 2007 12:16:26 GMT -5
I don't know if I would or not. Glenn Beck read a little bit of his writings for a play a week or so ago, and it may have been fitting to an edgey independent film, but it was out there. But where could you fit an out there script to the persons frame of mind exactly? What one person may call insanity in the script, another may say it's good creative writing/storytelling. Since scripts are usually fiction. You're right. But, there have been a lot of forensic psychologists and others theorists who have made their living interpreting the works of people to get a little glimspe into their mindset. During Columbine, the interpretation of the video-tapes of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris was made a gigantic deal because they shot a film for a class which communicated what they were going to do. So, I think that it is more important for people to read into what Cho has to say in order to get a sense out of it. I could understand how some might think that this would be rather distasteful because it would be giving an appraisal of the art of someone who has committed a horrible crime (pretty much like listening to Charlie Mansion's song or viewing John Wayne Gacy's paintings). But, I wonder whether if there was a site that decided not only to publish Cho's plays, but his manifesto, would people read it in order to get a better sense of why he did it? Would this help people along in order to understand his motivations? A lot of people are curious about Cho, because the public (as well as the people affected) are trying to find the answers why.
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