<<I think it is very reveiling on you that you think that this guy is a military type.
<<He seem smore lke the sort of guy that can't take orders at all.>>
I don't think I said he was a military type and if I did, it certainly was not what I meant to say. All I meant was that he and the military worship at the same shrine and drink from the same well. Your country is in love with violence - - not only as the solution to all problems, but as an end in itself. You not only revel in the awesome destructive powers of the military, but even fantasize about how much more destructive it could be.
That's why some people can argue that gun control probably wouldn't make much difference in general, although it's obvious that it probably would have made a big difference in this one case. There are too many sick minds fed on violent fantasies and deprived of any real power in the real world - - and those sickos will get guns legally or illegally. The real problem is the glorification of the military even in such civilian areas as talk shows, by civilians, let alone the fawning coverage they receive on TV and in the movies. Cho was just acting out his sick fantasies. He had plenty of models on which to base himself. The same society that can afford the Iraq War and the Vietnam War before that, can't afford one-on-one counselling, mental health clinics, and research that would resolve problems like this.
Incidentally, I recall some ways back in this group a really good exposition of memes and I was kind of hoping that someone here more familiar than I am with the meme concept would analyze Cho in terms of American memes. I unfortunately am not very familiar with the concept but it struck me that Cho's pose with the black, turned-around baseball cap, the black gloves, the guns and the ammo vest, was a meme. A very well-known meme. Am I wrong on that? Is meme the right term to use? I could have said "iconic" but "meme" seems to imply more. (I think.)
