Most of the necessary opinions and reactions have already been covered online and in the press about the Virginia Tech shootings. Rather than express my agreement with them, here are some salient ideas:

1. Were you as surprised as I was that the ethnicity of the shooter was a Korean? I’m sure most people would rank that possibly pretty low and would have expected a person of another race or culture. I’m not sure how Korea bred terrorists such as Cho Seung-hui from playing Starcraft instead of GTA.
2. The thing that interested me most about this story was to find out the killer’s motivation. Possibly due to point #1.
3. How Social Networking has effected our lives 101:
   • VTech students checking Facebook to find out what’s happening on day of the shootings
   • First thing people look for about the killer is his MySpace profile
   • Using Facebook and MySpace to find info about the victims.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: facebook, socialnetworking, usa, worldissues