I think what you mean is you want to know what set this guy off. What chain of events or certain event in paticular caused this nutjob to jump the sanity fence. Saying you wanna "Understand why" is not what you wanna do. That implies that you can understand his reasoning and say "Oh! His Girlfriend was sleeping with another guy, that's why he felt compelled to gun down 32 people,ok! Well, I feel much better....off to bed!"

I think what you're trying to say is you want to find out if in his skewed perception of reality there was a reason he did what he did and not that he just woke up and said "Hey, what a great day to go on shooting spree. I think I'll start by blasting someone in the dorms and drive across campus to open fire in the classrooms" I just wonder what his objectives were. Was he looking for certain people?

I don't think any of us want to understand what drove him to this, because by understanding, we empathize with him and I'd rather it be a cold day in hell before I emapthize with someone who kills 33 people! I feel terrible for all the families who lost loved ones in this.


Here's my $.02.....how many people are gonna go protest at /and/or burn down the South Korean Embassy.....NONE, RIGHT?!! But we Infidels think all Middle Easterners are violent. If this had Happened in Syria or Jordan or Yemen, the South Koreans would be at war with the Arabs! I'm not saying this to make the point we should do something to the South Koreans, but rather that CIVILIZED nations don't do that kind of thing! And Arabs who get pissed because we call them violent because they do, need to take note of the interaction between the US and South Korea over this;




See, this is how CIVILIZED people deal with issues...not by retaliating with suicide bombers and Jihad!! By Diplomacy and Good will.