The sad young man whom nobody noticed has certainly taken his revenge. The receding fellow feeling suffered inwardly by Mr. Cho at Virginia Tech can only be imagined or reconstructed from his writings at this point, but the harm done to thirty-two other families of the slain, to the wounded and their families, and to his own family, is tragically apparent.

According to yesterday’s television news reports including a touching interview with the family’s mailman, 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui came from a quiet family and a quiet neighborhood, in a quiet northern Virginia suburb, and was a quiet young man. He ...   more »