20 Apr 07
Originally posted by cmsMasterThe logo is an incentive; an invitation; a provocation. The killer was victim; whose hand is holding the gun to his head? Is it yours?
Anonymous: "You know, i can't actually say i'm comfortable with this logo. It feels like a bit of a mockery. A lot of innocent people got *messed* up by this *guy*. I don't want to be associated with this *guy*!"
20 Apr 07
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Originally posted by B MoneyEDITS: No need for my message anymore, the pic is gone now!
I was just looking through the list of clans on this site, and came across a clan called 'The Suicide Kings':
http://www.chessatwork.com/clan/home.php?cid=24300
Their homepage has a picture of that Korean guy who went on a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech yesterday - or at least it looks like him - aiming a gun at his head... Am I the only one who thinks that's not cool??? What do others think? Pretty bad taste, IMO
20 Apr 07
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Originally posted by hopscotchBecause I find it bad taste.
Why is it in bad taste?
It's real(!) not a movie / tv /video game.
I know that you guys like to shock and poke things up a little.
But what if there are a few, or just one for that matter, students of the VT that are a user of this site?
They could have lost some one thanks to that fellow and could be in shock or in deep morning.
That's why I wrote "bad taste at the wrong moment".
20 Apr 07
Originally posted by Loose Screw1) Personally, I don't give a damn if people are shocked by the image. We didn't put it up to shock people. It's our clan logo. It's not gratuitous or offensive in any way.
Because I find it bad taste.
It's real(!) not a movie / tv /video game.
I know that you guys like to shock and poke things up a little.
But what if there are a few, or just one for that matter, students of the VT that are a user of this site?
They could have lost some one thanks to that fellow and could be in shock or in deep morning.
That's why I wrote "bad taste at the wrong moment".
2) The image has been all over newspapers and television. If students of VT are in shock or in mourning then they should stay off the internet altogether if something like this is going to offend them. They should isolate themselves in a room with no phone and no television. Maybe Korean people should be made to wear bags over their heads until the VT students are feeling a little more chipper!
What's shameful is how everyone is posturing with their holier than thou sympathy over this. Ok, relax, I get it, you have feelings and you're a good guy and all. Now you're going to fight the moral fight on behalf of students you've never met because you imagine that they'd be upset by an image of Cho Seung-Hui. Who are you to argue?
Don't look at this: http://tinyurl.com/3ddz2r
It's something that people shouldn't see because you say so.
20 Apr 07
Originally posted by hopscotchNoop wrong again, but you guys could pospone it for 1 or 2 weeks.
It's something that people shouldn't see because you say so.
You know put it up when all the media-attention has gone.
That would be a better timing in my opinion, as I'm already starting to get used to certain peoples bad taste on this site.