tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post4877944644261157994..comments2024-03-23T02:42:09.727-07:00Comments on BooKiNG with MaNiC™: Like ChoMaNiC MoMMy™http://www.blogger.com/profile/14038801888210803955noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-88058367432631627082007-04-23T21:09:00.000-07:002007-04-23T21:09:00.000-07:00Wow. While reading your poem, I literally had goos...Wow. While reading your poem, I literally had goosebumps. <BR/><BR/>I have been thinking - out of all the moms who lost kids, I'd rather be any of them than Cho's mother. <BR/><BR/>I think we have to be very, very, careful trying to figure this out. I think some people are born with "brain defects" that we can't understand. Reading about Cho's mother in the NYT, she worried about his Piddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056865331170868231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-55079775766194481222007-04-23T17:34:00.000-07:002007-04-23T17:34:00.000-07:00P.S. So sorry for being so harsh before about oth...P.S. So sorry for being so harsh before about others' mental health. I was thinking that I was being just as judgemental as I feel like people are being towards me/others. Sigh. Much to learn.<BR/><BR/>I also think that while many things could have been done by others, at some point, you can't control the actions of others. I think that we all want to make sense of it and maybe the hardest Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456733077542868694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-16823831378710437732007-04-23T09:15:00.000-07:002007-04-23T09:15:00.000-07:00Hey Manic Mom - '87 alum & sister mommy-writer her...Hey Manic Mom - '87 alum & sister mommy-writer here. Your post is fantastic and definitely takes a look inside what pieces, no matter how large or small,affect the social/anti-social mind. <BR/><BR/>In response to Jodi's comment, I think often times parents are most definitely in denial, but other times just don't recognize it.<BR/><BR/>I blog occasionally at <A HREF="http://mommyguilthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08464912775515544036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-53802159859942784552007-04-23T07:22:00.000-07:002007-04-23T07:22:00.000-07:00M--Totally, very great points. Very well said!I ha...M--Totally, very great points. Very well said!<BR/><BR/>I have only seen part of one video he made. Anyone know where I can view more? (Like I need to watch them!?!)MaNiC MoMMy™https://www.blogger.com/profile/14038801888210803955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-2629380596323952472007-04-23T05:17:00.000-07:002007-04-23T05:17:00.000-07:00I have no idea what makes people snap. But to kno...I have no idea what makes people snap. But to know he was mentally ill and people knew about it but did nothing, is mind boggling. It's a sad, sad situation all around.Kari Lee Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11120605314368256963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-18561067682702484092007-04-23T02:39:00.000-07:002007-04-23T02:39:00.000-07:00Many of the news reports I read specifically inclu...Many of the news reports I read specifically included quotes from classmates and teachers who'd said hello, who'd made efforts at conversation and friendship, who'd made that extra effort only to be rebuffed or ignored by Cho. <BR/><BR/>I think it's important to not confuse his perception of how he was treated with how he was treated (not saying you're doing that, I just mean in general). It's Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019009149011549894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-25473079992230890842007-04-21T20:57:00.000-07:002007-04-21T20:57:00.000-07:00Good job Manic. Don't apologize for looking at th...Good job Manic. Don't apologize for looking at the other side. That's objective and smart. I was in LE for over 15 years and am somewhat of a people observer. My initial thoughts when I heard some of the news and stuff was, "I bet that kid was bullied and this is his revenge." Not excusing it. It was brewing for a decade or more. But no one listened or paid attention. No one recognized Rusty Nailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486477924217926063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-22540907381072423992007-04-21T20:14:00.000-07:002007-04-21T20:14:00.000-07:00Manic, thank you for your compassionate look into ...Manic, thank you for your compassionate look into this terribly situation from the point of view of the perpetrator. Sure, one simple hello might not have saved him from himself. I have to wonder though, what this is saying about how we view mental illness and how we treat it. It's confusing and frightening. We can't control the actions of others and we seem unable to truly help those who Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456733077542868694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-73226418196461297212007-04-21T11:40:00.000-07:002007-04-21T11:40:00.000-07:00Better yet, how did a man with a history of mental...Better yet, how did a man with a history of mental illness documented by officials purchase two guns and a shitload of ammo????? If he'd had a knife he wouldn't have been able to kill so many people. Sure, he could have built a bomb I suppose. But oh what power to wield a Glock like your favorite action hero/villain and mow innocent people down from the other side of a door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-76052320284146966212007-04-21T08:54:00.000-07:002007-04-21T08:54:00.000-07:00Good questions, Manic. And beautifully written. ...Good questions, Manic. And beautifully written. I honestly don't know what could have been done to prevent his rampage. There are a lot of sad, shy, lonely people in the world, and most of them don't resort to this kind of behavior...Monnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13998729112903749621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-12308138626231626142007-04-21T08:42:00.000-07:002007-04-21T08:42:00.000-07:00I just wonder often these days why his parents did...I just wonder often these days why his parents didn't do something for him...you can only claim "shy" for so long...why didn't the parents help there child,is it a case of denial??? Now his parents have two burdens to carry the death of there child and him being a murderer, all because [they] chose to look the other way.JODIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200377715733843284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-18803980289694371272007-04-21T08:29:00.000-07:002007-04-21T08:29:00.000-07:00I love your poetry...thanks for putting it into wo...I love your poetry...thanks for putting it into words. I don't know exactly why the world is coming to this violence, but I have a pretty good idea.<BR/><BR/>Our country has been fighting a war for 4 years. The economy is in the shithole and people are angry at the government. We have lost control of our children. Maybe global warming is doing something to our brains.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me Stephanie J. Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997433466625207454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-35612618831831060022007-04-21T07:44:00.000-07:002007-04-21T07:44:00.000-07:00Alicia, I am sure you're right. I was just wonderi...Alicia, I am sure you're right. I was just wondering. <BR/><BR/>(I keep thinking of the song by the dude who sang Dancing on the Ceiling...what is his name? I know it's NOT Richard Pryor, but why am I thinking Richard? ... LIONEL RICHIE!!!<BR/><BR/>"Helloo... is it me your looking for?"MaNiC MoMMy™https://www.blogger.com/profile/14038801888210803955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-90952730272280778622007-04-21T07:25:00.000-07:002007-04-21T07:25:00.000-07:00I seriously doubt that a hello would've been enoug...I seriously doubt that a hello would've been enough.<BR/>He was a sociopath. An odd, silent child turned into an emotionally unstable adult.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880652340799996903noreply@blogger.com