Oh Boy!
That whole Virginia Tech school massacre thing:
what a giant fuckup! There has to be a reason why people lose it and go on rampages like that so frequently in the US, and I think Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine is a very instructive analysis of the situation.
There's way too many things to say and perspectives to analyze concerning this latest killing spree, so I'll pick two for starters:
1) This argument from the right, "had everyone been packing heat, this wouldn't have happened cause somebody would've shot the killer way up early!"--what a bunch of bullshit! If everyone was armed, you'd have Tarantino-style Mexican standoffs every lunch break everywhere! Is that what you call "a well-regulated militia", or are they currently all fighting this mindless war in Iraq? Piss on the long-overcome Second Amendment, fuck the NRA, and put the guns down! You idiots!
2) The killer--what an asshole! Another disappointed, stupid, worthless loser who wants to go down in history as the biggest killer in American history. And of course he has to tape a VJ-style testimony of himself and send it to NBC. And apparently, he knows his pop culture as well. Look at this:
Tell me he doesn't directly quote Chan-wook Park's revenge film, Oldboy!
Mind you, I'm not saying he did what he did because he watched a movie. I'm more interested in the way people pick up the traces of our visual culture and sample them in their own lives, same as culture picks up real-life events to mirror them in cultural products. (The pictures of 9/11 being just one example.)
Hopefully, 32 victims in one killing spree is finally enough for US society to start some fundamental changes by really implementing some efficient gun control laws.
what a giant fuckup! There has to be a reason why people lose it and go on rampages like that so frequently in the US, and I think Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine is a very instructive analysis of the situation.
There's way too many things to say and perspectives to analyze concerning this latest killing spree, so I'll pick two for starters:
1) This argument from the right, "had everyone been packing heat, this wouldn't have happened cause somebody would've shot the killer way up early!"--what a bunch of bullshit! If everyone was armed, you'd have Tarantino-style Mexican standoffs every lunch break everywhere! Is that what you call "a well-regulated militia", or are they currently all fighting this mindless war in Iraq? Piss on the long-overcome Second Amendment, fuck the NRA, and put the guns down! You idiots!
2) The killer--what an asshole! Another disappointed, stupid, worthless loser who wants to go down in history as the biggest killer in American history. And of course he has to tape a VJ-style testimony of himself and send it to NBC. And apparently, he knows his pop culture as well. Look at this:
Tell me he doesn't directly quote Chan-wook Park's revenge film, Oldboy!
Mind you, I'm not saying he did what he did because he watched a movie. I'm more interested in the way people pick up the traces of our visual culture and sample them in their own lives, same as culture picks up real-life events to mirror them in cultural products. (The pictures of 9/11 being just one example.)
Hopefully, 32 victims in one killing spree is finally enough for US society to start some fundamental changes by really implementing some efficient gun control laws.
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