The murders at Virginia Tech were part of a calculated plan by one crazed gunman wanting to send a message to the people he felt had wronged him and others. His motives became very clear from contents of the package he mailed to NBC’s New York headquarters in the middle of his killing spree. He says he will “die like Jesus Christ” and refers to “martyrs like Eric and Dylan,” thought to be the Columbine killers.

A troubling aspect of this latest massacre, labeled “the deadliest one-man shooting rampage in modern U.S. history,” is that it sets a new, higher mark for anyone else seeking to bring notoriety to themselves. It is the new “record to beat.” 

In Cho’s package to NBC he says “I die like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and the defenseless people.” Inspire them to kill? Very troubling are postings on blogs and sites including YouTube and MySpace calling Cho a hero and saying that his actions were justified. How many more massacres will Cho’s inspire? How many more innocent victims will die?