2 20 1884 https://april16archive.org/files/original/_VT_Vigil_08_0790697540.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2008-02-22 14:35:41 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kacey Beddoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kim Peterson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Description An account of the resource Virginia Tech&#39;s President Steger holds a candle at vigil for NIU. Photo by Kim Peterson Original Source: <a href="http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P6/">http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P6/</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kim Peterson (thekim@vt.edu) Title A name given to the resource _VT_Vigil_08.jpg president steger candlelight vigil niu northern illinois university https://april16archive.org/files/original/_VT_Vigil_09_0db6b4be7b.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2008-02-22 14:39:02 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kacey Beddoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kim Peterson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Description An account of the resource Attendees hold candles at Virginia Tech&#39;s vigil for NIU. Photo by Kim Peterson Original Source: <a href="http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P7/">http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P7/</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kim Peterson (thekim@vt.edu) Title A name given to the resource _VT_Vigil_09.jpg candlelight vigil niu northern illinois university https://april16archive.org/files/original/_VT_Vigil_10_aa4bab32f4.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2008-02-22 14:48:26 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kacey Beddoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kim Peterson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Description An account of the resource Attendees hold candles at Virginia Tech&#39;s vigil for NIU. Photo by Kim Peterson Original Source: <a href="http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P8/">http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P8/</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kim Peterson (thekim@vt.edu) Title A name given to the resource _VT_Vigil_10.jpg candlelight vigil niu northern illinois university https://april16archive.org/files/original/_VT_Vigil_11_dbe390c98e.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2008-02-22 15:10:26 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kacey Beddoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kim Peterson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Description An account of the resource Virginia Tech&#39;s candlelight vigil for NIU. Photo by Kim Peterson Original Source: <a href="http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P9/">http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P9/</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kim Peterson (thekim@vt.edu) Title A name given to the resource _VT_Vigil_11.jpg candlelight vigil niu northern illinois university https://april16archive.org/files/original/_VT_Vigil_12_9858e37f93.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2008-02-22 15:14:46 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kacey Beddoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kim Peterson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Description An account of the resource Virginia Tech&#39;s candlelight vigil for NIU. Photo by Kim Peterson Original Source: <a href="http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P10/">http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P10/</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kim Peterson (thekim@vt.edu) Title A name given to the resource _VT_Vigil_12.jpg candlelight vigil niu northern illinois university https://april16archive.org/files/original/_VT_Vigil_14_a258f581f3.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2008-02-22 15:24:49 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kacey Beddoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kim Peterson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-22 Description An account of the resource Attendees at Virginia Tech&#39;s candlelight vigil for NIU. Photo by Kim Peterson Original Source: <a href="http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P12/">http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P12/</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kim Peterson (thekim@vt.edu) Title A name given to the resource _VT_Vigil_14.jpg candlelight vigil niu northern illinois university Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Hammack Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mike Hammack Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-02 Description An account of the resource "Not Forgotten" Time has narrowed, increasing so fast. With no escape, nothing will last. 32 ever so freightened, broken hearts are vast. Fear building courage, their moment shall never pass. ******************************** Virginia Tech holds a special place in the hearts of our family, having a daughter as a graduate of Virginia Tech and one son which is currently attending Virginia Tech Engineering. The events which occurred on 4/16/2007 saddened us deeply. We choose to remember the heroes that day, all who gave their lives, were injured, assisted in the recovery and of course, our law enforcement officers. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource "Not Forgotten" poem poetry vt poem Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lynn Strickland Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ray Martin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-06 Description An account of the resource please visit the site below for a very touching tribute to what happened to all of Va. tech. The song writer who wrote this had just played the previous weekend in your area he was very touched, and was moved to write this song. www.blessthetechs.com may god be with each of you. P.S. This has been on my space and you tube since wednesday after the tragedy. Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available null Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource null Title A name given to the resource "prayer for the hokies" Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mariluz Barrera González Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-11 Description An account of the resource Publicado por Mariluz Barrera González viernes 20 de abril de 2007 Siempre pienso en mi padre, en cualquier instante de mi vida, siempre está presente. Sobre todo en los momentos más difíciles o cuando siento que las cosas empeoran cada vez más. A veces siento que el espíritu pierde fuerzas, se agota o debilita ante tantas circunstancias, tantos eventos que me cuestionan si ser tan objetiva y sensible a nuestra realidad vale la pena, en un mundo donde ya nadie quiere serlo, y donde al parecer serlo me convierte poco a poco en un ser fuera de lugar, principalmente en mi lugar de trabajo. Me preocupa dejar de ser sensible, he comentado que en mi trabajo y en mi profesión la realidad es algo que se muestra con mucha crudeza y dolor la mayoría de las veces; y sin embargo se me hace difícil entender que aún así a las personas les cueste trabajo aceptar ayuda y peor aún querer terminar con esa situación que les provoca sufrimiento. Entonces entiendo por que la humanidad atraviesa por tantos problemas que aún no se resuelven. La matanza de Virginia es para mí una consecuencia muy grande del grado máximo al que podemos llegar ante lo peor de la indiferencia, dejar de mirarnos como personas a nosotros mismos y por consiguiente a los demás. Dejar de hacerlo nos convierte en seres que no me atrevería a decir de que tipo. Creo que el asesino de Virginia sintió que definitivamente ya no era mirado ni tratado como tal (Aunque por los antecedentes que tenía tal vez nunca lo fué) y como consecuencia pensó que este acto ruin y terrible era una llamada de atención para ser observado aunque sea por un instante y no pasar desapercibido, en un mundo donde ya nadie se mira; donde nos tratan y nos tratamos como objetos. En terapia muchas veces les he preguntado a mis pacientes adictos que diferencia existe entre ellos y una silla y sorprendentemente no tienen una respuesta, a veces me contestan que la silla tiene 4 patas y ellos dos. Reconocer nuestra humanidad ya no es tan fácil, y reconocerla sin tocarla peor, tal vez por eso es tan dificil entender que un ser que no ha nacido existe y definitivamente representa vida, si al que existe ni siquiera lo miramos y tratamos como tal, a pesar de que su presencia ya es una exigencia y muestra de que lo es. Les comparto unas palabras de mi padre, siempre fue un ser sensible, y nos enseño a serlo, ante nuestra humanidad y la que se nos presenta a diario; le agradezco tan importante enseñanza pues la vida nos puso a todas nosotras sus hijas en circunstancias donde siempre será necesario tan noble aprendizaje. Igualmente les comparto un video, con una música de fondo que en lo personal me encanta y creo que refleja en estos momentos mi sentir, ante todo lo que me rodea y me recuerda que soy y que somos personas. En realidad Solo le Pido a Dios que me permita continuar.... UN BESO A TODOS. "Querida hija, sentí honda emoción al ver que generosamente tendiste la mano a un pobre, que llamó a nuestra puerta implorando un pedazo de pan; tu actitud revestida con la grandeza de lo ingenuo, logró hacer correr por la faz del mendigo emocionado, un raudal de lágrimas, desahogo inefable para su alma atormentada. Muchas reflexiones me sugeriste al preguntarme confundido la razón de su llanto, y no buscando en ese momento la manera de explicarte la causa de su emoción, procuraré en los siguientes renglones demostrarte que realizaste una bella obra. El concepto vulgar de caridad, nace casi siempre de una de las más grandes debilidades humanas, la vanidad: se ofrece una moneda con una actitud soberbia para demostrar la supremacía económica: se donan millones buscando muchas veces sólo la alabanza pública para exhibir su nombre; si algún día por esos azares frecuentes de la vida, te hallas en condiciones de poder distribuir el bienestar entre los demás recuerda que debes hacerlo sin humillarlos y sin envanecerte, para que puedas experimentar uno de los mas grandes goces: hacer el bien sin ostentación. Para practicar tan bella virtud, no necesitas materializar este noble sentimiento; una verdadera obra caritativa, puede realizarse en múltiples formas: enjugando una lágrima, curando una herida, ofreciendo al caído, del que todos huyen, palabras que lo hagan sentir que se le comprende en la inmensidad de su dolor, prodigando una palabra respetuosa a la hetaira por todos vilipendiada, acariciando a un niño que llora abandonado. El hombre por su misma naturaleza está hecho al sacrificio, y por consiguiente a practicar la caridad en sus moldalidades más excelsas; nuestras mismas células, minuto a minuto se sacrifican por conservar la vida de nuestra materia organizada en ser; y el individuo que no esmás que una célula de organismo social también debe inmolarse cuando llega el instante preciso. Cuando se realiza un bello acto, hija mía, el hombre se siente redimido del cavernario que acecha en el fondo de nuestro ser la ocasión para demostrarse con todos sus innobles apetitos." -- Fuente Original: Blog Expediente <a href="http://rboexpediente.blogspot.com/2007/04/solo-le-pido-dios.html">http://rboexpediente.blogspot.com/2007/04/solo-le-pido-dios.html</a> Licencia de uso: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/mx/"> Creative Commons Atribución-No Comercial-No Derivadas 2.5 México. Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Atribución-No Comercial-No Derivadas 2.5 México Title A name given to the resource "SOLO LE PIDO A DIOS" caridad dios humanidad indiferencia virginia tech Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gil Won Song Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-10-22 Description An account of the resource "한국 학생들끼리 어울려 다니지 마라." "가급적이면 집에 머물러라." "식당에서 큰 소리 내지 마라." "당분간 옷차림도 단정히 하고 미국 아이들과 어떤 일이 있더라도 다투지 마라." 버지니아공대 총기 난사 사고를 전해 듣고 아빠는 너희들에게 그렇게 주문했다. 너희들의 안녕이 걱정스럽고 혹 교포들이나 유학생들이 입게 될 불이익과 피해가 염려되더구나. 나라의 장래까지 걱정스럽기도 했다. "무비자 협상에 영향을 주지나 않을까? 한.미 FTA의 의회 비준이 삐거덕거리지나 않을까?" LA폭동 사태까지 떠올렸다. 여기까지 아빠는 모범 아버지임에 틀림없었다. 하지만 이내 그것이 얼마나 부끄러운 소치인지를 알게 됐다. 사건이 터진 직후 노무현 대통령도 사과를 했다. 그것도 세 차례나. 사건을 저지른 범죄자의 출생국가 대통령이라는 점에서 어쩌면 당연한 일일지도 모른다. 하지만 국가의 문제가 아니라 한 개인의 문제라는 점을 우리 모두 간과한 것은 아닌지 돌아보게 됐다. 그가 한국인이기 이전에 망상과 정신분열과 복합 성격장애를 가진 사회 부적응자라는 점을 놓친 것이다. 실제로 미국인 누구도 국적을 놓고 논란을 벌이는 것 같지는 않다. 미국 언론 어디에도 범인의 출생지를 따지거나 여자친구 관계를 파헤치는 기사는 보도되지 않았다. 그렇다고 이미 한국을 떠난 사람이어서 상관이 없다거나 미국의 총기 소지법 등에 문제가 있다는 식의 탓을 찾아내려는 것도 아니다. 안타깝고 슬픈 일이지만 이 일에 대해 한국인이기 때문에 수치심을 느끼거나 부끄러워해야 할 일은 아니라는 점이다. 오히려 우리가 부끄럽게 여겨야 할 일이 있다면 우리의 국적을 가진 자녀들이 새로운 사회 시스템에 적응하도록 정체성을 심어 주고 소속감을 심어 주지 못한 일에 있다. 낯선 문화에 방황하도록 방치하고 무관심했음을 반성하게 된다. 나아가 생업에 쫓기느라 자식들과 소통에 장애를 겪고 언어의 장벽을 극복하지 못한 부모 역할과 가정환경을 탓해야 한다. 이제야말로 지금도 계속되고 있는 아메리칸 드림과 기러기 가족들의 행렬을 차분히 돌아보아야 할 때가 아닌가 여겼다. 솔직히 아빠도 너희들을 성공시키는 데 관심이 많았다. 하지만 어느 날 깨달았다. &#39;자녀를 성공시키려고 하면 할수록 자녀들은 불행해지기 쉽다. 하지만 자녀를 행복하게 해 주면 성공한다&#39;는 진리를 말이다. 찬아, 준아. 이번 기회에 미국이란 나라는 국가적 재난을 어떤 방법으로 대처하고 해결해 가는지를 주목해 보렴. 교실에서의 학문적 지식만이 아니라 미국 사회가 갖고 있는 휴머니즘과 이성적 판단 등을 배워야 할 때다. 그리고 한 인간이 겪게 될 정신세계, 즉 영성의 문제도 소홀히 할 수 없음을 알아야 한다. 인간은 지성과 감성만으로는 존재하지 않는다. 그를 지배하고 있던 잘못된 구원자 콤플렉스 등 사회를 향한 뒤틀린 분노가 제어되지 못했을 때의 사회적 비용을 조용히 헤아려 보는 게 중요하다. 찬아, 네가 친구들과의 약속을 접고 아수라장이 되었던 쓰나미 현장으로 달려갔던 일을 기억한다. 갔다 와서 네가 그랬지. "아빠, 왜 살아야 하는지 인생의 의미를 알겠어요." 지금이야말로 상처 입은 유족들을 위해 기도해야 할 때다. 슬픔을 나누고 위로를 전해 주어야 한다. 아빠는 200만 재미교포들과 10만 유학생들이 겁쟁이가 되기를 원하지 않는다. 설사 돌에 맞는 일이 있더라도 피하지 말아야 한다. 어깨를 펴고 고개를 들어라. 그리고 그들 곁으로 더 열심히 다가가라. 가서 전하거라. 우리 함께 이 슬픔을 이겨내고 새로운 내일을 창조하자고. 범인 조승희가 한국인이어서 빚진 마음으로 그러는 게 아니라 인류애와 사랑의 마음으로 다가서거라. <필자의 두 아들은 미국으로 유학가 현재 대학 3학년, 1학년에 재학 중이다> 송길원 목사·하이패밀리 대표 -- Original Source: Joins.com/ JoongAng Daily <a href="http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2701671 ">http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2701671</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource [기고] 미국에 유학 간 두아들에게 joonang daily joins.com Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Young-Hee Kim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-10-19 Description An account of the resource 스키조 키즈(Schizo kids)는 문자 그대로는 정신분열에 걸린 아이들이라는 의미로 정신과 치료의 대상이다. 그러나 구조주의 계열의 현대 철학에서 스키조 키즈는 정주(定住)를 거부하고 가정.학교.교회 같은 질서와 권위의 중심에서 이탈하여 경계지역에서 &#39;유목민&#39; 생활을 하는 젊은이들을 지칭한다. 버지니아공대에서 학생과 교수 32명을 사살해 온 세상을 진감(震)시킨 조승희는 스키조 키즈의 극단적인 사례로 보인다. 그는 이민 1.5세대로 정서적으로 한국과 미국의 중간지대에서 정체성의 혼란을 겪었을지도 모른다. 그의 부모는 고달픈 이민생활로 대화를 통해 아들이 미국 생활에서 받는 스트레스를 풀어줄 만한 여유를 갖지 못했을 것이다. 조승희가 NBC 방송에 보낸 메모와 동영상을 보면 그는 질서와 권위의 중심에서 벗어나 철저히 고립된 자신만의 세계에 혈거(穴居)하면서 부자들에 대한 원한을 키워 왔다. 조승희가 정말 정신분열증에 걸려 그런 극단적인 행동으로 치다른 것인지, 그렇다면 정신분열의 원인이 무엇인지는 확실치가 않다. 그러나 사건은 일어나버렸다. 우리는 불타버린 집터에서 그래도 쓸 만한 살림도구를 가려내고 거기에 새집을 지어야 하는 사람의 자세로 이 사건을 봐야 한다. 거기서 얻을 교훈이 무엇인지. 한국이 입은 국가 이미지의 손실은 어떻게 회복할 것인지. 10대와 20대 자녀를 둔 부모들은 자녀들을 어떻게 지도할 것인지. 재미 동포들의 피해를 어떻게 예방할 것인지. 이런 것들이 조승희가 우리에게 떠맡기고 간 과제다. 사건의 가장 직접적인 피해자는 32명의 희생자와 그 가족들이다. 그 다음이 재미 동포들과 한국이다. 희생자 가족들에게 우리가 할 수 있는 일은 진심으로 애도의 마음을 갖는 것 말고는 없다. 미국인들이 사건을 조승희라는 학생 개인의 광란으로 한정해서 보고 한국과 연관 짓지 않는 것은 과연 큰 나라의 국민다운 태도로 참으로 다행이다. 그러나 모든 미국인이 항상 합리적인 사고를 하는 것은 아니다. 사소한 일로 한국인과 시비가 붙는다면 버지니아공대 사건을 들어 인종차별적인 폭언을 할 미국인이 있을 수도 있다. 미국에 유학 중인 학생들이 한국의 부모들로부터 미국인과 시비에 휘말리지 말라는 신신당부의 전화를 받고 재미 동포들이 언행을 조심하는 것도 이런 이유에서다. 이번 사건을 계기로 재미 동포뿐 아니라 한국의 부모들도 10대와 20대의 자녀들이 스키조 키즈의 길로 들어서는 것은 아닌지 항상 관심을 가질 필요가 있다. 밤낮 없이 인기 연예인들의 집이나 연습실 앞에 몰려들어 괴성을 지르는 중.고등학생들은 이미 반쯤은 스키조 키즈의 유목민이 된 것이 아닌지 예의 주시할 필요가 있을 것이다. 프랑스의 질 들뢰즈 같은 철학자에 따르면 도시의 젊은 유목민들이야말로 자본주의체제의 억압에서 개인을 해방시키는 문화혁명의 잠재적인 기수들이다. 그러나 그게 &#39;내 자식&#39;의 일이 되면 유목민 생활의 보람은 서양 지식인들에게 모조리 돌려주고 싶다. 100년에 한 번 조승희가 나온다고 해도 그 토양은 중심을 벗어난 유목민들의 움막일 것이기 때문이다. 버지니아공대 사건은 로마 교황을 포함한 세계의 지도자들이 유감과 애도의 뜻을 표하고 세계의 언론들이 연일 대서특필할 만큼 종말론적이다. 언론 보도에 코리안이라는 말이 나올 때마다 피겨스케이팅의 김연아, 수영의 박태환, 축구의 박지성, 야구의 이승엽, 발레의 강수진, 음악의 정명훈, 노래의 보아와 비, 드라마의 배용준이 높여 놓은 한국의 이미지는 한 단계씩 떨어지는 일이 당분간은 불가피할 것이다. 시간이 흘러 조승희 사건이 세인들의 기억에서 사라지기를 기다리는 것은 소극적인 반응이다. 이 사건에 대한 직접적인 대책이라는 인상을 피하면서 넒은 의미의 민간외교와 문화외교를 펴야 한다. 그것만이 &#39;디슨트(decent.괜찮은) 코리아&#39;의 이미지를 회복하는 길이다. 김영희 국제문제 대기자 -- Original Source: Joins.com/ JoongAng Daily <a href="http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?ctg=2002&Total_ID=2700697">http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?ctg=2002&Total_ID=2700697</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource [김영희칼럼] 조승희 광란을 넘어서는 길 joongang joins.com Document A resource containing textual data. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource JoongAng Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-10-23 Description An account of the resource 미국 버지니아공대 학살 사건의 범인 조승희가 1차 범행 직후 미국 방송국에 부유층을 저주하고, 피로 보복하겠다는 메모.동영상.사진 등을 보냈다. 그가 쓴 희곡 작품에는 청소년이 아버지.교사 등을 변태.사탄으로 묘사하면서 죽이겠다는 말을 되풀이하는 등 사회에 대한 증오심으로 가득 차 있었다고 한다. 그의 부모들조차 아들의 반사회적인 성격을 매우 걱정스러워했다는 것이다. 그의 범행 동기에 대해선 미국 경찰이 조사 중이지만 정신질환 수준의 반사회적 성격에 의한 계획 범죄로 보인다. 그는 과거의 총기 난사 사건 범인들을 순교자로 지칭했을 정도다. 정신병적인 그의 성격을 미국 이민 1.5세대의 특징으로 부풀려선 안 된다. 이번 사건은 극히 비뚤어진 과대망상자가 벌인 참극이다. 어린 시절 미국에 건너가 경제.사회.문화적 역경을 꿋꿋하게 이겨내고 잘 살고 있는 이민 1.5세대는 숱하게 많다. 그렇다 하더라도 이번 사건이 우리에게 던지는 시사점은 많다고 본다. 정도 차이는 있겠지만 어느 사회에서든 청소년들의 반사회적 성격에 의한 일탈행동은 항상 있다. 그의 범행은 사회, 특히 부유층에 대한 증오에서 출발했다. 빈부격차는 해소돼야 하지만 부유층에 대한 선망은 선의의 경쟁과 발전 동기가 될 수 있다. 반면 증오는 파괴를 낳는다. 우리 사회에서 정치세력들이 증오를 부추긴 점은 없는지 반성해볼 필요가 있다. 조씨는 전투.살인을 일삼는 인터넷 게임에 몰두해 있었다. 이러면 생명 존중 의식이 약해지며, 충동적으로 적개심을 보인다고 한다. 최근 우리나라에서도 청소년의 비정상적인 일탈행동이 많아졌고, 범죄의식마저 낮아졌다. 폭력 영화 등을 본뜬 모방범죄도 종종 벌어진다. 사회는 갈수록 경쟁이 치열해지고, 가정에선 따뜻한 보살핌보다 성적만을 중시하는 부모가 늘면서 청소년들의 정서는 갈수록 메말라간다. 폭력적 인터넷 게임은 큰 인기다. 이번 사건을 반면교사(反面敎師)로 삼아 우리 사회의 문제점을 살펴보고, 치유하는 계기가 돼야 한다. -- Original Source: Joins.com/ JoongAng Daily <a href="http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2700818 ">http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2700818</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource [사설] 반사회적 정신질환이 빚은 비극 joins.com joongang daily Document A resource containing textual data. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource JoongAng Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-10-22 Description An account of the resource 미국 버지니아공대 참사 후 6일이 지났다. 시간이 상처를 치유해 내고 있다. 슬픔은 침전물로 가라앉고 비극의 물잔 위로는 다시 희망이 떠오르고 있다. 미국인의 성숙한 처신, 슬픔을 함께하려는 한국인, 비극의 잘못된 전이(轉移)를 막으려는 선량한 노력 등이다. 대학 잔디밭에 놓인 추모석 33개에는 조승희를 위한 것도 있다. 미국인의 편지들은 조승희의 절망적 자폐를 안타까워하며 영혼의 안식을 기원하고 있다. 광란의 살인극을 저지른 이에게까지 이해와 관용의 손길을 내민 것이다. 사태 직후에는 한국인에 대한 적대적 행위가 있을지 모른다는 걱정이 한국인 사이에서 있었다. 그러나 심각한 사례는 나오지 않았다. 미국인은 오히려 한국인의 이런 걱정을 걱정해 주었다. 미국인들은 사건이 조승희의 개인적 행동이니 한국인이 죄의식을 느낄 필요가 없다고 위로했다. 그러나 한국인의 느낌은 달랐다. 동양적 연대 정서가 강한 한국인은 서구적 논리를 넘어 미안하고 가슴 아파했다. 시사주간지 타임은 "한국인들이 강한 민족주의로 집단적인 죄의식을 느끼고 있다"고 분석하기도 했다. 미국인은 그런 한국인의 마음을 놓치지 않았다. 미국 언론과 대학당국.지역 주민 등 많은 미국인은 한국인의 애도에 감사를 전했다. 한국인은 미안해했고 미국인은 감사했다. 서로가 서로에게 필요한 역할을 한 것이다. 앞으로 전혀 아무 일도 일어나지 않으리라는 보장은 없다. 인간이기에, 일부 미국인에게는 뇌리에 박힌 &#39;조승희 동영상&#39; 이미지가 자신들도 모르게 한국인에게 부정적으로 작용할는지 모른다. 이런 과제도 서로의 의식적인 노력으로 풀리기를 바란다. 많은 한국인에게 미국은 단순한 외국이 아니다. 수백만 재미 한국인에게 미국은 제2의 조국이며, 한국에 있는 그들의 가족.친지에게는 동맹국 이상이다. 조승희라는 불쌍한 넋이 이런 현실을 다시 한번 일깨워, 서로를 더욱 깊게 이해하는 계기가 되기를 바란다. 한국 동포들은 미국 사회를 돕고, 미국인은 그들을 공동체의 가족으로 더 다정히 껴안기를 소망한다. -- Original Source: Joins.com/ JoongAng Daily <a href="http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2702745 ">http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2702745</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource [사설] 한국인을 오히려 위로하는 미국인들 joins.com joongang daily Document A resource containing textual data. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Yong-Rip Gwon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-10-19 Description An account of the resource 개헌 말고는 총기 범죄를 막을 근본대책이 없는 미국은 역사학자 홉스태터의 말처럼 총기문화의 나라다. 탈출구 없는 범인의 정신세계가 제도적 허점을 틈타 폭발한 버지니아공대 사건도 총기사회의 한 단면이며, 전형적인 미국 국내 사건이다. 이 사건을 한국 국민이 미국에서 총을 난사한 국제적 사건으로 오인한 것은 오히려 한국 정부와 언론이었다. 미국 사람 하인스 워드까지 &#39;세계 속의 한국인&#39;으로 둔갑시키는 혈통주의와 죄 없는 옆 사람의 책임을 더 가혹하게 묻는 단체기합의 문화가 부메랑으로 돌아온 것이다. 혈통민족주의를 이해할 수 없는 미국인이 미국의 총기 사고에 집단적 애도를 표하고 사과하는 한국 정부와 언론이 고맙기보다 차라리 낯선 것도 무리는 아니다. 오죽하면 필라델피아 인콰이어러지가 범인을 그렇게 키운 미국이야말로 한국에 사과할 일이라며 "한국이여 그만 사과해 달라"는 사설까지 썼겠는가. 다만 미국에 사는 교민들의 심적 부담은 조금 다른 문제다. 세월이 약이라지만 상처받은 한인사회의 자긍심을 치유할 근본책은 시간이 아니다. 이번 사건을 계기로 미국 연방헌법이 개정돼 총기 소지가 금지되면 그나마 다행이지만 그럴 가능성도 없다. 마흔세 명의 대통령 중 네 명이나 총탄에 쓰러진 미국이지만 총기 소유를 금하는 &#39;원포인트 개헌&#39;은 엄두도 못 낸다. 역사적 배경 때문이다. 미국 헌법을 제정한 사람들은 새로 탄생할 연방국가가 개인의 자유를 침해할 가능성을 가장 우려했다. 그 해결책이 민병제였다. 시민과 군대를 따로 분리하지 말고 시민 스스로 무기를 든 민병이 되면 국가가 부당한 억압을 가할 때 저항할 수 있다는 로마 역사의 지혜를 끌어온 것이다. 시민의 총기 소지를 보장한 미 연방헌법 수정 제2조의 역사적 배경은 이것이다. 그래서 미국에서 총은 황야의 결투나 냉혹한 도시범죄를 상징하는 문화적 표상이 아니다. 비록 자유보다 범죄를 위해 봉사하고 있지만 헌법상 미국의 총은 국가권력의 부당한 행사에 맞서는 자유와 저항의 표상이다. 총기 규제 시도를 번번이 좌절시켜온 전미총기협회(NRA)가 보검처럼 휘두르는 명분도 바로 이 자유다. 희생자 통계를 들먹이는 규제론자의 &#39;실용주의&#39;는 씨도 안 먹힌다. 샌프란시스코는 시내에서 총기를 규제하는 법을 주민투표로 통과시켰지만 NRA의 무효소송에 휘말려 곧 철회했다. 허리케인 카트리나 당시 뉴올리언스 경찰은 사고 예방을 위해 주민들의 총기를 압수했지만 NRA가 소송을 제기했고, 비상사태 하에서도 총기를 압수하지 못한다는 루이지애나 주법이 제정됐다. 뒤이어 연방의회는 연방정부 이하 모든 지방정부가 비상사태 하에서도 합법적 무기는 압수할 수 없다는 법률을 통과시켰다. 또 총기 규제를 외치며 NRA와 맞붙은 정치인 대다수가 이 단체의 공세 때문에 낙선하거나 정치를 접었다. 2000년 미국 대선에서 총기 규제론자인 민주당의 앨 고어는 NRA의 집중포화에 안방인 테네시와 아칸소를 잃으면서 부시에게 패배했다. 1920년부터 13년간 금주 헌법까지 시행한 바 있는 미국이지만 총기 규제만은 이토록 어렵다. 그런 만큼 이번 사건은 재미 한인이 미국의 가장 어려운 숙제를 자신의 숙제로 끌어안을 계기가 될 수 있다. 이번 사건이 총기 문제에 대한 한인사회의 입장을 집약하고 표명할 계기가 될 수 있다는 뜻이다. 무엇보다 이번 사건으로 총기 문제에 대한 정치적 견해를 미국 시민의 자격으로 표명할 필요성과 명분도 생겼기 때문이다. 그래서 범인의 가족을 비롯한 교민사회 또한 이번 총기 사건의 희생자라는 사실을 실천으로 보여줘야 한다. 희생자를 추모하는 모금이나 단식 같은 소극적 감상주의는 정공법이 아니다. 차라리 승산은 희박하더라도 총기 규제 단체들과 연대해 총기 문제의 정치적 쟁점화에 동참하는 것이 미국식 정공법이다. 미국은 멀지만 재미 교민사회가 &#39;버지니아의 충격&#39;을 치유할 길은 먼 데 있지 않다. 권용립 경성대 교수·정치외교학 -- Original Source: Joins.com/JoongAng Daily <a href="http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?ctg=2002&Total_ID=2707229">http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?ctg=2002&Total_ID=2707229</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource [중앙시평] `버지니아텍`을 넘으려면 joins.com joongang Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource null Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-24 Description An account of the resource Creado por Por Jose Luis Lopez Publicado: Jueves 19 Abril 2007, 23:03 La noticia ya es conocida. Más de 30 personas, incluyendo el supuesto agresor, murieron el lunes en un tiroteo en un campus universitario de los Estados Unidos. Y el triste suceso acaecido en la Universidad Tecnológica de Virginia (Virginia Tech), ya está siendo explotado por inescrupulosos delincuentes informáticos, algo que ya no debería asombrarnos, aunque nunca dejaremos de aborrecer. A las pocas horas de la tragedia, ya se divulgaba por Internet algún mensaje refiriéndose a un supuesto video inédito del cruento tiroteo. Un ejemplo concreto, un spam en portugués, muestra un enlace a un falso video, que al descargarse, instala en nuestro PC un troyano de la familia de los "Banload", el que a su vez descarga una variante de Win32/Spy.Banker, malware que roba información del usuario relacionada con sus cuentas bancarias. La página HTML que muestra el enlace, contiene el siguiente texto: Aguarde... O video está sendo carregado... Para visualizar o video, aguarde carregar e clique &#39;PLAY&#39; ou &#39;EXECUTAR&#39;. Seu computador pode exibir Avisos de Segurança! El script de dicha página, es detectado como HTML/TrojanDownloader.Agent.NAB, y el archivo que es descargado de allí, como Win32/TrojanDownloader.Banload.ZK. Pero esto solo debe tomarse como un simple ejemplo. Lo importante aquí, es no bajar la guardia, y siempre estar atentos a la aparición de casos similares, seguramente con alguna otra clase de malware, que, a no dudarlo, llegarán en las próximas horas o días a nuestras casillas y programas de mensajería. Además de esto, reportes del ISC (Internet Storm Center), advierten sobre la proliferación de registros de dominios relacionados con la Universidad de Virginia (al final, en "Más información", damos los enlaces a las listas de algunos de ellos). Seguramente muchas de esas páginas, serán utilizadas de buena fe, por personas que pretenden ayudar a los familiares y amigos de las víctimas. Pero desgraciadamente, la historia reciente no nos permite dudar ni por un instante, que una gran parte de esos sitios serán utilizados por autores de phishing para obtener ganancias económicas con el dolor de las víctimas. Casos concretos ya se han dado, cuando otras tragedias como el huracán Katrina en 2005 o el tsunami de 2004, hicieron proliferar muchos sitios falsos que supuestamente recibían donaciones para las damnificados de Nueva Orleáns o de Asia respectivamente. Por más bienintencionadas que parezcan algunas solicitudes de donativos, debemos evitar hacer clic sobre los enlaces enviados, y mucho menos dar información personal. Y aunque seguramente nos duela admitirlo, el morbo por visualizar supuestas imágenes inéditas de algún momento crucial del tiroteo, puede convertirse en nuestro principal enemigo. Reconocerlo, puede ser en algunos casos, lo único que nos impida infectarnos, o que impida que nuestra identidad sea robada por delincuentes que no solo lucrarán con la desgracia de otras personas, sino también con nuestro propio dinero. -- Fuente Original: Adslzone.net <a href="http://www.adslzone.net/posts87688-0.html&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=cdba74e6e6c27db32030c52f6c61a5ca">http://www.adslzone.net/posts87688-0.html&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=cdba74e6e6c27db32030c52f6c61a5ca</a> Derechos Reservados: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/"> Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5. Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Title A name given to the resource [NOT]Tragedia de Virginia Tech usada por troyanos y phishers delincuentes informaticos isc robo Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Yonhap News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-12-06 Description An account of the resource 미국 버지니아텍(공대) 총기사건 당시 한인보호 활동과 추모 기금 인 &#39;버지니아텍 펀드&#39; 조성에 앞장선 동포 1.5세 변호사인 김지혜씨가 30일 방한했다. 김지혜(35.미국명 지 헬렌 김)씨는 재외동포재단이 이날부터 8월5일까지 서울 플라자호텔과 개성공단, 제주에서 여는 2007 동포 차세대지도자 워크숍에 참가하고 있다. 한미연합회(KAC) 부이사장이며 워싱턴 D.C 회장인 그는 총기사건이 일어났을 때 미국의 신문과 방송이 조승희씨가 &#39;한국인&#39;임을 강조하는 것을 보고 아시아 아메리칸 기자협회(AAJA)에 &#39;우리도 미국인이다. 한국 사람이라는 것은 중요하지 않다&#39;는 내용의 자료를 전달했다. AAJA는 즉시 이 자료를 전 회원사에 발송했고, 월스트리트저널과 CNN 등은 이후 보도부터 &#39;한국인&#39;이라는 사실을 밝히지 않았다. 김씨는 또 워싱턴 내 한인을 중심으로 &#39;버지니아텍 펀드&#39;를 만들어 기금 모금에 나섰고, 미국 언론들이 이 활동을 대대적으로 보도했었다. 그는 "현재 1만5천달러의 기금이 마련됐다"며 "기금은 버지니아텍 내 인종 다양성을 알려주거나 연구하는 프로그램을 지원할 계획"이라고 설명했다. 이민법과 추방법률 전문변호사인 김씨는 미국 애국법(PA)으로 인해 피해를 보고 있는 이슬람 교도 사회 등 소수자 인권문제와 한인을 비롯한 소수계 이민자 보호에 앞장서고 있다. 애국법은 9.11 테러사건 직후 테러와 범죄수사에 관한 수사 편의를 위해 시민의 자유권을 제약할 수 있도록 제정한 법률이다. 인천에서 태어나 9세 때 부모(김 영.선희자씨)를 따라 메릴랜드주로 이민한 그는 메릴랜드대 경영학과를 나와 워싱턴D.C에 있는 가톨릭대에서 법학을 전공하고 조지타운대에서 국제법으로 석사학위를 받았다. 맥켄지 & 김, PLC 로펌에 소속돼 있는 그는 링컨 디아즈-발라트 하원의원의 입법보좌관과 한국김치박물관재단 자문위원으로 활약했다. 미국 내 아시안변호사협회 회원인 김씨는 "부모님은 손을 내미는 사람들에게 도움을 줄 수 있다는 것은 행복이기에 힘이 들어도 최선을 다해서 도와줘야 한다고 강조했다"며 "앞으로 부모님의 뜻을 존중하면서 살아갈 것"이라고 말했다. -- Original Source: Yonhap News/Chosun Ilbo <a href="http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/04/26/2007042600750.html">http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/04/26/2007042600750.html</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource &#39;버지니아텍 펀드&#39; 만든 재미동포 변호사 chosun yonhap Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource China Daily/agencies Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-18 Description An account of the resource UPDATED: 11:01, April 18, 2007 Foreign politicians and media once again attacked America&#39;s "gun culture" yesterday. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said tough legislation introduced after a mass shooting in Tasmania in 1996 had prevented the US gun culture emerging in his country. After the shooting Australia imposed laws banning almost all types of semi-automatic weapons. "We showed a national resolve that the gun culture that is such a negative in the United States would never become a negative in our country," said Howard, extending sympathies to the families of the victims at Virginia Tech University. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also expressed their sympathies. Britain&#39;s Queen Elizabeth II was "shocked" and "saddened," a spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace said. Along with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, the queen is set to pay a two-day visit to Virginia early next month to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement, her first visit to the United States in 16 years. Iran, at loggerheads with the United States over its nuclear program, spoke out against the killings. "Iran condemns the killing of Virginia university students and expresses its condolences to the families of victims and the American nation," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said in a statement. European newspapers saw a grim inevitability about the shootings, given the right to bear arms which is enshrined in US constitution. In Italy, the Leftist Il Manifesto newspaper said the shooting was "as American as apple pie". More than 30,000 people die from gunshot wounds in the United States annually and there are more guns in private hands than in any other country. But a powerful gun lobby and support for gun ownership have thwarted attempts to tighten controls. "It would be vain to hope that even so destructive a crime as this will cool the American ardour for guns," the Independent newspaper said in a commentary. Gerard Baker, a columnist for The Times newspaper, feared worse was yet to come: "The truth is that only an optimist would imagine Virginia Tech will hold the new record for very long." France&#39;s Le Monde newspaper said such episodes frequently disfigure the "American dream". "The... slaughter forces American society to once again examine itself, its violence, the obsession with guns of part of its population, the troubles of its youth, subjected to the double tyranny of abundance and competition," it wrote. Campaigners in other countries where gun ownership is common expressed fears of a similar massacre. -- Original Source:: China Daily/agencies <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200704/18/eng20070418_367507.html">http://english.people.com.cn/200704/18/eng20070418_367507.html</a> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource &#39;Gun culture&#39; again target of criticism after killings gun culture gun ownership Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Adriana Seagle Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Staff: Bobbie Johnson and Lee Glendinning Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-12 Description An account of the resource <b>Bobbie Johnson and Lee Glendinning Wednesday April 18, 2007</b> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,2059737,00.html">The Guardian</a> Within hours of news of the Blacksburg shootings, a picture of the terror inflicted by 23-year-old Korean student Cho Seung-hui was being built online through videos, blogs and message boards. Clay Violand, 20, a student at Virginia Tech, described on iChat, an online messaging service, how he pretended to be dead as his classmates fell on top of him. "I watched my fucking classmates get mauled in front of me and I was the only one who wasn&#39;t shot. I feel crazy. People died on top of me," he told his friend Alana Fragar, who also attends Virginia Tech. "I am the only person who didn&#39;t get shot in my French class in Norris and I have no idea why and I don&#39;t know what to do. "I pretended to be dead and people got shot in the face ... I keep seeing gross images of blood and gunshots in the face and ... I have no idea why I lived. I didn&#39;t even get blood on me. I don&#39;t get it." Friends of Emily Hilscher, the first victim of the shootings, had gathered online to create an instant memorial. Using the social networking site Facebook, hugely popular among American college students, friends built a page asking each other to collect their pictures of the 18-year-old from stages of her life. "We want everybody that joins to post one or more things that made Emily cooler than you," it said. Tributes and messages had poured in from friends, family - and even strangers as far away as Norway. "It didn&#39;t matter who you were or if she knew you ... she would be your friend in a heartbeat," said one friend. "Emily was so spunky and full of life," said another. "She had such a creative personality, and was always making such fun new things." Youngsters gathered on the site to post tributes and messages for other victims, such as 18-year-old Reema Samaha. "Reema you were one of the funniest people I know ... We all love you," said one. Facebook is a mainstay of American college life, and used by around 18 million people. Within a day, more than 120,000 people had joined a discussion group named "A tribute to those who passed at the Virginia Tech Shooting", leaving messages of condolence and confusion. Many Virginia Tech students spent the day trawling through pages set up by their friends to see if they were safe, or logging on to local news websites just to keep up with events. Planet Blacksburg, a student-run website, was among those which kept updating despite being crashed by the amount of web traffic. Local newspapers such as the Roanoke Times were also overwhelmed by visitors. Videos shot by students on their mobile phones were broadcast within minutes of events unfolding, while Bryce Carter, 19, chose to document his experiences on his blog. "I heard several faint gunshots from across campus ... snipers on the library," he wrote. "We saw a Swat member hide behind stairs, seemingly expecting a shooter to walk by ... they had no clue where he was, a scary realisation." One unsavoury side of the internet began to emerge as speculators started offering gruesome website names for sale: sites such as BlacksburgTheMovie.com were registered within hours. in a day, more than 120,000 people had joined a discussion group named "A tribute to those who passed at the Virginia Tech Shooting", leaving messages of condolence and confusion.<P>Many Virginia Tech students spent the day trawling through pages set up by their friends to see if they were safe, or logging on to local news websites just to keep up with events. Planet Blacksburg, a student-run website, was among those which kept updating despite being crashed by the amount of web traffic. Local newspapers such as the Roanoke Times were also overwhelmed by visitors.<P>Videos shot by students on their mobile phones were broadcast within minutes of events unfolding, while Bryce Carter, 19, chose to document his experiences on his blog. "I heard several faint gunshots from across campus ... snipers on the library," he wrote. "We saw a Swat member hide behind stairs, seemingly expecting a shooter to walk by ... they had no clue where he was, a scary realisation."<P>One unsavoury side of the internet began to emerge as speculators started offering gruesome website names for sale: sites such as BlacksburgTheMovie.com were registered within hours. <B>On Guardian Unlimited</B><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/virginiashooting/">Full coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/0,,182056,00.html">Gun violence in the US</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/0,,178412,00.html">Gun violence in Britain</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/0,,759893,00.html">Full US coverage</A><BR><BR><B>Related articles</B><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,2059217,00.html">Virginia massacre gunman named</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2059103,00.html">Unofficial list of shooting victims emerges</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2058887,00.html">Massacre on campus</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2059250,00.html">Q&A: US gun laws</A><BR><BR><B>World news guide</B><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldnewsguide/northamerica/0,,618255,00.html">North American Media</A><BR><BR><B>Media</B><BR><A HREF="http://edition.cnn.com/">CNN</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/">Washington Post</A><BR><BR><B>Government</B><BR><A HREF="http://www.state.va.us/cmsportal2/">Virginia state government portal</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.usa.gov/">US government portal</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/">White House</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.senate.gov/">Senate</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.house.gov/">House of Representatives</A> Copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2007. -- Original Source:<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,2059737,00.html">http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,2059737,00.html</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In consideration of the fee of GBP 0.00 ("the Fee") Guardian News & Media Limited ("GNM") grants the Licensee the right to: publish on its website for 10 years. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brent Jesiek Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deann Alford Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-18 Description An account of the resource <i>Virginia Tech&#39;s Korean Christians wrestle with the aftermath of a massacre.</i> Deann Alford | posted 6/06/2007 08:02AM <b>T</b>he alert that two students had been shot on campus blipped into Jong Nam Lee&#39;s e-mail inbox around 9:30 that fateful Monday morning, April 16, as the Virginia Tech research scientist was writing a paper. Months earlier, a gunman had been loose on campus, and within the past two weeks, there had been two bomb threats. Still, the warning prompted the soft-spoken engineer, who serves as an adviser to Virginia Tech&#39;s Korea Campus Crusade for Christ (KCCC), to check on his son, a student at the university. Josh Lee was safe. His morning class had been canceled. But within minutes, Lee&#39;s wife, Mi Oak, shared the unimaginable news with her husband. A suicidal gunman had killed 32 and injured 28 on campus before putting a gun to his own head. Quickly, Lee and dozens of other campus ministry leaders and their student leaders pulled out all the stops to respond. Ninety miles away in Lynchburg, David Chung, pastor of Blacksburg&#39;s Korean Baptist Church and a professor in Liberty University&#39;s Korean-language seminary, heard the news while on class break. Immediately, he canceled class, packed a bag, and made a beeline for Blacksburg. Korea Campus Crusade is based at Korean Baptist Church, a Korean-language congregation. Worship is held Sunday afternoons at the 155-year-old Blacksburg Baptist Church, across the street from the sprawling Virginia Tech campus. Nearly every congregation and on-campus ministry was hit in some way. "Cru"—as Campus Crusade for Christ is known at Virginia Tech—had four student fatalities. Baptist Collegiate Ministries lost one student. New Life Christian Fellowship, a student-oriented startup church, had two fatalities and ten student attenders injured. One graduate student affiliated with Korean Baptist took bullets in his hand and arm. <b>One of Their Own—Lost in America</b> The day after the slaughter, Korean American leaders realized the tragedy had gone beyond the unimaginable. The shooter was Korean. Seung-Hui Cho was a 23-year-old South Korean immigrant with permanent resident status in the United States and a Virginia Tech senior English major. Inside Cho&#39;s dorm suite, police found a long-winded rant in which the mentally unstable student railed against rich kids, women, and religion. During Cho&#39;s nine-minute shooting rampage, he was supposed to be in a "Bible as Literature" class. For the Korean American community, Cho was not a faceless perpetrator. He was one of their own who had lost himself. Working the phones, Lee and Chung talked to Korean Christians around the nation and in South Korea to ensure that Christian leaders received an accurate account of what had happened. "Everybody is in shock," Chung said, concerning his own congregation. Later, South Korea&#39;s president issued a personal apology. Lee Tae Sik, South Korea&#39;s ambassador to the United States and a Christian, called on his fellow citizens to fast for 32 days to honor each of Cho&#39;s victims. Condolences and flowers poured into campus buildings from across the nation and the world. Among them were 32 identical bouquets flanking the center aisle of Virginia Tech&#39;s War Memorial Chapel. Tags revealed that the sender was the Korean Church Association of Austin, Texas. For many Americans, the empathy of the global Korean community for all 33 who died was a struggle to comprehend. For Soo-Chan Steven Kang, a Korean American associate professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, it was perfectly understandable. Korean culture instills a sense of group identity and strong feelings and fears about shame. Also, many Koreans believe they are lumped together in public perception for good or for ill. In America, Koreans are Christian or attend church at nearly three times the rate found in their mother country. Some 25 percent of Koreans in South Korea identify themselves as Christian. But about 70 percent of Koreans in the United States are affiliated with a church, if not for spiritual guidance, then at least for cultural connection. Within the U.S. population of 300 million, there are only about 1 million Koreans, and they are concentrated in gateway cities such as Los Angeles. Only 10 percent of the 10.2 million Asians in the U.S. are Korean. As a result, immigrant Koreans often stick together. Kang said this "stick-togetherness" helps them whether they are first generation (having arrived in the United States after age 16 or so) or "1.5 generation" (having immigrated as children, sometimes old enough to remember their lives in Korea). <b>Fear and Wonder</b> In the days after the shooting, classes were canceled. Most Korean American students went home to their parents. One reason was fear of ethnic reprisals. In the 1992 Los Angeles riots, Koreans suffered violence and property damage after a Korean American shot an African American. Some Korean Americans across the country feared a similar reaction. But Chung said that most Korean students who remained in Blacksburg were not worried about a backlash. Instead, they were asking deep questions: • What do we need to learn from this tragedy? • What is God telling us? • What should my life&#39;s priority be? By Thursday, Korean American pastors from throughout the East Coast and Korean seminary students from Liberty planned to come pray on campus. But amid attempts to cope with the crisis, the entire campus involuntarily had become a reality TV show. Satellite trucks ringed Virginia Tech&#39;s Drillfield. One Christian leader called the media crush a "second trauma" for students. The situation became abusive and manipulative. One KCCC leader told CT, "They were just leading us to say what they want[ed] us to say, trying to ask a lot of nosy questions that seemed irrelevant and could hurt a lot of people." Church leaders were anxious. "We were worried about our pure motive for our prayer meeting being distorted," Chung said. He canceled the event. Chung had been asking himself and others: "What role should we play in light of this rampage?" "I&#39;m still asking God&#39;s wisdom," he said. "I believe there will be a message from God. God is saying something—isn&#39;t he?—when he allows a tragedy of this size to happen in Blacksburg," Chung said. "This is happening in our front yard." Concerning Cho, Chung told CT, "We need to pray for his parents and his sister [enduring] the worst nightmare of nightmares. To find strength to live, joy of living ... will be almost impossible without Christ." Korean Baptist Church, a first-generation immigrant church established in the early 1980s, is a congregation of 250. Blacksburg&#39;s other Korean church, Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, is a 1.5- and second-generation church that favors English-language worship. Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, the Baptist church&#39;s de facto student outreach arm, arrived at Virginia Tech about 10 years ago. Perhaps a quarter of the 90 students involved with KCCC are "seekers"—young people interested in knowing more about a relationship with Christ. The dynamic within the Korean American community is not unlike that of many American communities. University students leave their families, which range in faith from unchurched and uninterested to devoutly Christian. Like other students, they are dealing with identity issues and deciding where God and the church fit into their lives. Korean American Christian leaders focus on relational dynamics. They fellowship over familiar Korean foods, share their faith, and strengthen each other&#39;s walk with Christ. Each fall, Virginia Tech&#39;s KCCC "servants" (as leaders are called) dig through freshman rosters, looking for Korean names. Going two by two, they visit dorm rooms and leave fliers with contact information and invitations to a cookout, fellowships, and Bible studies. They help newcomers by taking them shopping and helping them move into their dorms. All hear the gospel eventually. According to Gordon-Conwell&#39;s Kang, that kind of gospel-centered support is vital to overcoming a strong sense of isolation. Because Korean parents come to the United States eager to provide materially for their children in ways they believed they could not in Korea, mothers and fathers often work 60 hours a week or more. "The younger generation is left alone to grow up by themselves [and] figure out their life by themselves, whether at home or at the church," Kang said. Because many 1.5-generation and second-generation children adopt American culture and English as their preferred language, he said, parents and children find communication increasingly difficult as the years go by. Cho himself was a 1.5-generation child. At Virginia Tech, a system is in place to make such students feel welcomed into a community. "We ask, &#39;Do you need anything? Is there anything we can do for you?&#39;" said Eun Sook Ji, a Virginia Tech sophomore and KCCC member. Student reaction is typically appreciative, though sometimes KCCC students hear, "Thanks, but no thanks." Like many Christians at Virginia Tech, Ji wonders how Cho never connected with the Korean Christian community. There has been no shortage of introspection on that issue. Kang said that since 70 percent of Korean Americans say they attend church regularly, he knew "from the get-go" that Cho was probably part of the church, at least growing up. But Korean American churches sometimes find it hard to reach out to troubled members. Smaller churches, such as the northern Virginia Presbyterian church that Cho&#39;s family occasionally attended, usually have only one full-time pastor. In addition, Peter Cha, an associate professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, told CT that shame often deters Asian families from seeking outside professional help. In the meantime, Korean Americans continue to grapple with the massacre. Korean Baptist&#39;s Chung quotes Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who wrote, "The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being." Kang said the fundamental issue is the problem of evil. "We ask, &#39;Why does God allow these things to happen?&#39;" he said, "rather than seeing this as the natural consequences of sinful society that Christ came to redeem. "Western Christians struggle to make meaning of what happens in America because we&#39;re insulated. It&#39;s a dying and degenerate world. We&#39;re [experiencing] the consequences of sin." Asked whether Cho had slipped through the cracks, Jim Pace, a pastor of Virginia Tech&#39;s New Life Christian Fellowship, answered, "Ultimately, yeah." Even so, he said, "You can&#39;t assume responsibility for someone&#39;s free will." Six days after the bloodbath, on a cool but sunny Sunday afternoon, Chung preached at Korean Baptist using Psalm 13 as his text. His congregation was half its normal size. Many regulars had gone home, and only a few new faces appeared in the congregation. "We have to pray that we are ready to be used by God," he told them. "We need to pray that we can be used as God&#39;s tool to share his loving-kindness to the community of Blacksburg." Chung told CT that David&#39;s lament in Psalm 13 perfectly fit their situation. "Satan is working," he said. "We are devastated. God doesn&#39;t seem to be around. Like David, we have to seek his loving-kindness." <i>Deann Alford is a senior writer for Christianity Today.</i> Copyright © 2007 Christianity Today. -- Used by permission, Christianity Today 2007 Original Source: <a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/june/16.52.html">http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/june/16.52.html</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Becky Custer, Editorial Coordinator (bcuster@christianitytoday.com) Title A name given to the resource &#39;Nightmare of Nightmares&#39; baptist christian christianity korean korean american korean christian Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Salinger (a.k.a. Al Valdes) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-30 Description An account of the resource Creado por: Salinger (a.k.a. Al Valdes) Posteado por Äl a las 2:37 AM Tarde, pero no quiero que las fatales e inocentes victimas de Virginia Tech caigan en el olvido de este mi humilde blog. Por ende, quiero escribir unas palabras en su recuerdo. Ya se que no tiene remedio, pero todos esperamos que descanseis en paz. Sabemos que no lo mereciais, ni vosotros ni las familias, ni la ciudad, ni siquiera el mundo entero. No empañaré vuestra memoria mencionando al instigador de semejante atrocidad. Total, es lo que queria, visto lo visto. Y tampoco voy a entrar en nacionalidades, razas o credos. Todos somos iguales, para bien o para mal. Alla donde esteis, &#39;Rest in Peace&#39;. -- Fuente Original: Acuse de Recibo Retazos Sutiles en forma soñica, España. <a href="http://parajeremoto.blogspot.com/2007/04/rest-in-peace.html">http://parajeremoto.blogspot.com/2007/04/rest-in-peace.html</a> Licencia de uso: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/es/"> Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 2.5 España Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 2.5 España Title A name given to the resource &#39;Rest in Peace&#39; descanseis en paz palabras en recuerdo de las victimas