We are all mourning for those lives innocently lost to the shooting at Virginia Tech. But what about the gunman? What do we think about him? The natural response is probably one of anger and hatred. But that is not what I found in an exerpt from this one article:
Mourners gathered on Saturday for the funerals of many of the 32 victims killed at Virginia Tech as some students extended a note of forgiveness to the gunman responsible for the massacre.
A small tribute to Seung-Hui Cho, who shot his victims then himself on Monday, has been added to a growing memorial of stones in the centre of the sprawling university in southwest Virginia where knots of weeping students continue to gather.
"I just wanted you to know that I am not mad at you. I don't hate you," read a note among flowers at a stone marker labelled for Cho. "I am so sorry that you could find no help or comfort."
The note, one of three expressing sorrow and sympathy for the gunman, a deeply disturbed English major, was signed: "With all my love, Laura." A purple candle burned and a small American flag stood in the ground nearby.
People are mourning for the murderer, someone who had a lot of sorrow and troubles. It takes a lot of heart to love someone who has done wrong, and I greatly admire these people.
By the way, The Orange County VT Alumni Chapter will be holding a service on Friday at 7:30pm at Mariner's Church Worship Center located in Irvine. Please visit www.ochokies.com for more info.
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