nathan chow:

About the Virginia Tech shooting:

It’s so easy to blame a killer.
It’s so easy to say 32 died and not 33.
It’s so easy to say he has no soul.
It’s so easy to say he deserved to kill himself.
It’s so easy to hope he’ll rot in hell.

But what’s easy isn’t always what’s right.

By no means was he justified in what he did, but he still had reasons. And as awful as the event was, if all we do is skip the understanding and call the killer names, then not only will we never correct the problem, but we will also fuel the problem.

Instead, time can be better spent reaching out to those in current need: perhaps helping a troubled friend, perhaps listening, or perhaps just smiling at a lonely stranger.

I’m not defending a killer. I’m only defending the future.

- Nathan

A lighthouse can see for miles, but the only way to get to the next coast is with boat and flashlight.

- Nathan