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Post #283313

Author
lordjedi
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Virginia Tech shooting
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Date created
19-Apr-2007, 11:46 PM
Wow, where to begin.

I don't know how the "American Dream" was shattered by this. In fact, I don't know how the "American Dream" has anything to do with this.

The "American Dream", despite what you think sean, doesn't involve doing as little as possible for as much money as possible. It does involve working hard, which does not necessarily mean doing hard physical labor. Most people aren't paid a lot to do physical labor because it's relatively easy to do and a lot of people can do it. What does tend to pay a lot is thinking. People get paid A LOT of money to use their brains, whether it's physicist's, chemist's, engineer's, or whatever else. Ditch diggers on the other hand get paid very little. The difference is that ditch diggers don't have a whole lot of education, whereas the other careers I mentioned have many years of college behind them.

As for the "greatest man in radio" comment, I guess that just tells us where you're coming from. I'll put this short and eloquently: Howard Stern is a tool. He talks down a lot about other professions, but he's really no different from the rest. He's a shock jock that is really no different from Imus.

I have a really hard time believing that this all came about because he was bullied in middle and high school. How old was he? I seriously doubt students continue to bully him at VT. Maybe that's why he decided to do it, but that's a really stupid reason.

And sean, you're an idiot. The Devil is anything but neutral. The Devil would like nothing better than for more and more people to kill each other. Whether the article on Fox News has any merit or not, the Devil sure isn't sitting by the sidelines just watching everything (what a neutral party would do). If anything, the Devil actively encouraged Cho to go on his rampage. Maybe if he'd had some religion in his life, he wouldn't have done this, but we'll never know that.

The Devil is a fallen angel. He thought he was more powerful than God, so God kicked him out of heaven. He's not "just doing his job". Unless his job is being evil, which is not neutral.