NBC receives mail from shooter

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Their violent murder deaths are not even close to the state I live in. Guess you were kidding. There are clearly cultural differences and we are clearly a violent society. Have to start right there if anything is to be solved.

Now Japan does have a very large number of suicides comparable to ours.

And in South Korea this incident was all over the newspapers. The citizens were in shock and ashamed. The basic jist I got from the South Korean side was, "Holy Cow, say it aint so, we cant be like them". This was a National humiliation to them. Its like the whole country took it as their fault, its quite amazing. Again, cultural differences. It appears that some Asian socities take responsibility very seriously.

You could fit 3 Japans into Texas and still have room for the Northeastern Seaboard! Yes, I was kidding....and I knew about suicide rate,but I didn't want to be accused of "piling on"