Hero's are born in crisis. Possibly as a young man he was saved by just such a hero but who knows, but what we do know is when death loomed over his class he tried to shield them and in the process gave his everything.
I remember a saying from a military video I watched in the army,
No, likely he was moved by simple compassion. The moment is short, and it is most often that our native character guides us, when we are forced into action within it.
i think he should have a medal of honor with him in the grave.
but the thing that led up to the shooting was extreme bullying.
some people just laugh at name calling and some get more offended but after a while get over it. but in this case he could not handle it at all anymore and instead of going directly at the attackers,he went all out and just shot everyone he came across.
i am not advocating what he did but
i understand why,although his means of retaliation was in my opinion wrong.
I believe a teachers sacrifice to save others should be glorified to the fullest!
I understand school shootings in a way alot don't. I dont advocate violence against anyone for any reason, but people take bullying and social TERRORISM too lightly! People let the things that lead up to thing kind of action go on and dismissing the people it happens to until someone does something horrible about it!
The media SHOULD have spent more time on this professor.
The holocaust experience may have had something to do with this (and I DON'T mean to sound bad by saying this). In order to fully appreciate heaven, you have to go through a little bit of hell, and with that appreciation of life, he gave up his so that his students can live theirs fully. There are not enough people like Liviu in this world. He really was one in a million
RIP Liviu Librescu. May he rest in heaven, where he belongs.
What Librescu did was so completely selfless. I'm sure he knew it was likely the shooter would show him no mercy, but he saved many lives, ultimately sacrificing his own. He didn't harbour a selfish agenda in doing so. There was no way of him knowing for certain whether or not he'd survive. Heroism, pure and simple.
To answer your question, I agree with you (gasp!) The media should have spent more time on the Professor than the shooter. Sadly, all with almost all notable incidents involving criminals, the perpetrator ALWAYS gets more attention than the victims. I mean, for example, everyone on this board probably knows who Ted Bundy is, but I doubt anyone could tell me who Lisa Levy, Margaret Bowman, or Kimberly Leach were.
Maybe we should change as a fucking society, out attitudes on how we treat each other, the individual's role in the group, ect. and then maybe kids like Cho won't come out of it anymore, and carry out actions that he did.
of course your commie spin doctors at cnn won't talk about this coz it humiliates the left. 51 year old ACLU pervert Charles Russ Tierney, an attorney and former head of the ACLU in Virginia was arrested and charged in federal court with possessing child pornography. Agents found videos in his home of little girls being violently raped by adults. CBS news, CNN and most of the big city liberal newspapers also failed to cover the Russ Tierney arrest.
Up until I saw this video I hadn't even heard Liviu Librescu. What he did was amazing. We keep hearing about the tragedy of the people that died, and how horrible, and psycho the killer was, but why hasn't their been coverage on this man. Even if he WASN'T a holocaust survivor, even if he DIDN'T die, he should get much more coverage then that.
that guy's a hero! Dennis Miller is cool and God bless Israel and the jews forever! This is one Christian that thinks the good-will of the Jewish people is deserving of some appreciation.
I personally believe in focusing on Positives. Liviu Librescu is an honest to God, TRUE HERO. He gave give life so others could live. This man should live in our hearts and minds, not the murdering SOB. I don't give a RAT'S ASS about the name of the Murderer, his name should never be mentioned ever again.
Then maybe we could actually LOOK AT WHAT caused him to snap (which the media has hardly done at all) and then maybe, just maybe, change as a society, one by one, so incidents like this don't happen again.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS INCIDENT AND CHO!
Let me guess: Either your middle aged (like LV), or you don't know SHIT about not be able to drink from the drinking fountain?
Maybe We should STOP blaming other things and BLAME THE FUCKER who committed the CRIME. Obviously, you Urza216 are a young Young Elitest Asshole who thinks he knows all "The Answers". 21 years old and you are an Expert (Bullshit). Wake up and pull your Self obsessed head out of your Ass.
It's time you woke up and realized there IS NO "answer". It's all subjective. If you want to get philosophical now, that's where I stand, and not at all were you do. Otherwise you wouldn't look at one single event and one single person as something entirely separate from everything else in this world.
Nothing just "happens". Every action is connected to another action, a previous action, experiences with others. What comes in, goes out. And if a society singles out certain people and excludes them, ever so often one is going to snap. And it would be kinda nice if that didn't happen again.
I worded that lost post terribly.. BUT so you really just beleive this is an "evil fucker' and there is NO EXPLANATION for his behavior other than whatever, just randomness, and NOTHING we can work as a society... maybe to change?
Or maybe we can go back to "good guys" and "bad guys", "heros" and "villains"... what a joke. For all we know this "hero" of yours was also having sex with his students, beat the shit out of his wife, or whatever. You don't now, do you?
Dear Urza216, Er, so by your logic only the perfect & pure should act if at all? It IS the ACTION despite human flaws that makes a hero. Endless complicated theorising is the path top Hell. Perfect inaction is neither heroic nor of any use whatsoever. Firemen, Doctors, policemen & millions of ordinary flawed people have the clarity of mind 2 know the difference btwn good & evil & don't see avoiding being discriminating as a moral imperative. U R in error. Have kids & learn judgement.
I didnt say he was a Saint. I said he was a Hero. There is a Difference that even YOU should be able to recognize. Giving your life to save someone else, like the rescuers in Utah, is Heroic. Heroism is NOT defined by past actions. Look at Schindler in Germany WW2. He was a Drunken Philanderer, but he saved the lives of hundreds of people. Saint - NO. Hero - EMPHATICALLY YES!
Urza and everybody. We all have bad thoughts. I would like to do nasty things to people who give me crap - But I'm not evil, I'm normal - I control myself. I obey the Law for the Good of all. An Evil person is someone who ACTS on their Bad thoughts and even glories in them as this ASSHOLE Did, when he sent a posing Video to the TV station. (DAMN THEM for validating him!) I hope he meets a nasty fate in any after life. May he burn in Hell.
Dear Urza, every mature adult knows theres a time for personal responsibility instead of excuses &blame. The essence of being a complete human being. All failure is a lack of concentraton & a focus on reality. 4 every failure of behaviour U can find someone with a much worse experience who triumphed. U & I know this 2 be so. Sometimes it's just a bore 2 not improve yourself. We can & do, but not by looking 2 others & focusing only on complaining.
Dear Urza16, Rubbish, Everything is not merely subjective. Facts do not cease 2 exist due 2 your ignorance.U should study 'Logical Fallacies'. Er, so the speed of light, earth revolving round the sun, the combustion engine & a punch 2 the head R only opinions? Drivel. The single goal of having no discrimination 2 avoid responsibility, reality, maturity & clarity of thinking skills is the common & fashionable mental disorder of the age.
Dear Urza16, You just said everything is subjective, so whether you exist, have anything 2 say or are of any value is merely your opinion. Nonsense, of course. Look up nihilism, solipsism and juvenile masturbation trends etc. U R NOT saying, doing or 'thinking' anything outside or new to your particular age. U R NOT a rebel but R conforming 2 the human condition. It was ever thus, Junior.
Dear Urza16, society does not need to change for any individual, it's always changing, but not exclusively 4 U. Only the immature & irresponsible make the absurd claim that 'the world', the WHOLE world! Needs to change 2 them, or else! U R the one that must & WILL change 2 the world. This is the test of a real human being. The opposite is the Dictator & the misfit. Study martial arts & philosophy. Don't B a mass twerp 4 2 much longer.
I find it a little ironic when I rememeber reading these comment responses. It was the night before the funeral of my best friend who had been stabbed to death. He was stabbed to death in a drug deal, him being the dealer. And they were repeatly calling his killer a "criminal". You know, for murdering a drug dealer.
The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew. Liviu Librescu is a victim of his own people's Zionist agenda. Jewish activists insist that we all embrace multiculturalism and diversity. Except, of course, in Israel where a systematic cast system of Apartheid is rigorously enforced. It is sad this man is no longer with us. But, I don't feel sorry for him, or his people.
No, and No. This gallent individual took the only defensive action that was available to him, but our society's approach to mental illness should be the focus of this story. To place that focus on "Evil" is to put a metaphysical face on madness. It comes as no surprise to me that Mr. Miller would champion that approach on the neo-con network.
It's more useful to try and examine why some guy goes nuts and shoots a bunch of people so that, inasmuch as it is possible through discourse, it may be prevented in the future. It's absurd then to say that there is a glorification of Wacko P. McNuttjob. If you want to memorialize this other guy for his heroism then you should do that.
There are plenty of crazy nuts who will blow something up, or shoot up a school all over the world no ammount of analysis will keep it from happening, at least not at this level. The heroics of this guy should at least be memorialized if nothing else. Showing Cho on the news doesn't help us examine why he was nuts, let the professionals do the psychology.
First off I would say that I didn't even know about this guy, and I think you for saying it. This man should be on the front of every newspaper, because he was a true hero. As for the questions:
1. Possibly.
2. As said before...this man is a true hero and it is a damn shame that this man is not being honored for his amazing courage.
I honestly think it's good for heroes to go unnoticed. The media exposure when good people do good things can sometimes warp a person or simply leave them fragile afterwards. All that soul searching, discussion and adoration heaped upon one person can break weaker people. Sometimes people just do things instinctually.
Well, I was always told that the news makes its money on the bad things not the good things that happen. Heroes are interesting at first, but people get bored. They are more likely to want to know the bad news around the world then the good news. As they say, if the news are good, everything is as it should be. The world is full of idiots, but luckily a few wise people are here as well.
I am so glad that you are bringing this issue up. I keep seeing pictures of Cho everywhere. This is exactly what he wanted, even in his sick way. It's still 15 seconds of fame for him, even if he was only trying to end his life and others. We should be spending more time on the heroes and those who are no longer with us, rather than give this psycho what he wanted.
I agree; the media should stress the efforts of everyone who was doing anything possible to protect themselves and/or others from harm during the shooting, more than stressing that Cho had sent a package to NBC with videos, writing, and pictures. But the sad part is that viewers, as sadden they might be by the tragedy, they want to know more about the shooter than the heroes. Not everyone remembers the victims' names or the heroes (such as Columbine) but they still remember the shooters' names.
Well LV, I commend you on giving cred where it is due. I pretty much avoided the coverage of this story but I have heard about Liviu. (depends on who you listen to I guess) no comment on msm. Librescu's life experience definately contrib'd to his actions. But that makes him no less a HERO. Cho, coward.
It is sick but humans have a fasination with the horrors of the world. they like to look at evil from every angle, as long as they dont have to look it in the eye. It is really is sad about that man, until watching this i hadnt heard of his actions at all. very sad.
The killer's vids (Etc.) was just another way to advance the media's agenda (gun control) and use tabloid "journalism" for ratings. Apparently O'Reilly was the only one who didn't show the video. Interesting to note that the poster is seemingly liberal, but on this issue, actually made a good point. Too bad most liberals don't make more good points, although I guess then they wouldn't be liberals....
wow i hadnt even heard of that man before... i agree totaly. i also think that hand guns should be mandatory at the age of 21 and the government should issu eguns and train the users of proper usage of the firearm.
Its because most if not ALL Americans are very interested by tragedy or selfish acts. If the media would do as much back stories and reporting on a citizen or company doing a good deed in this country as a mass murder killing people, they could change it and the USA could be a safer place. But since we live in a very cut throat capitalistic society, do you really think the media executives care more about stories they decide show based moral standards or whats gonna make them more money?
I'm going to have to disagree with this video (though usually I don't). I've seen airtime for this brave man's story the day after the attack. However, I haven't seen any airtime for the Muslim Egyptian student who also saved the life of another girl by distracting the shooter... that was left relatively unreported.
Q1. No, but not ALTRUISM either. But I don't think it was his experience from Holocaust that made him react - most of the time, Holocaust experiences cause something like Gulf War Syndrome, NOT the other way around.
Q2. The Romans were much more prone to view violence and gore as a spectacle, and I think our society is the same, and that is why the media focuses more on Cho rather than Librescu.
We do see your comments, it just takes a few minutes.
I totally agree with your comments and they are very well put as well. I'm afraid media will not change until society changes like you said; tragic but for now we'll just have to resort to other sources of media, which are mainly available only on the internet.
If you could see Dr. Liviiescu's eyes at the moment he charged the door, perhaps you could tell whether it was his long-past introduction with evil that spurred him on, whether it was a paternal instinct to protect "his" children, whether it was an outrage of "this will not happen here!", or whether it was a simple transaction of "will we all die, or can I limit it to myself". It could have been any of those, all of them, or something else entirely. The important thing is not "Why?"
I think we always must ask the questions "Why" and "How". By asking these two questions, one could learn alot about serial killers and the signs of an upcoming one.
The biggest questions on my mind are "How does someone get bullied to the point of the VT killers reaction?"m and "Why do young people these days feel like killing is the solution?"
I think he was just a good person and did what he needed to . We human beings do that. I wish Dennis Miller was one of the victims, I hate his guts. I hate neocons that suck of the glory from the dead.
cho seung hu and NASA shootings were linked & co-ordinated. search for it on youtube alex jones' video: "Seung-Hui Cho Was a Mind Controlled Assassin" it will smack you in the face. must watch, this is deep. dont belive the media lies.
Dr. Librescu is the real American hero here. He enriched America with his courage and compassion. He quietly went through life as a shinning example of what we all should be or attempt to be. He showed us how real men and women act. He acted with honor and courage and compassion all the days of his long life. I'm sure the Angels in Paradise sing his praise at this very moment.
Your voice sounds like the voice of a weenie. Like a lot of liberals...amoral, godless, loose-lipped, hippie, tree-hugging, birkenstock-wearing, whining, bitching liberal weenies - the lot of them. Lesbians, physicists, people who think that their reactions are the only reality. Worshippers of their egos. Weenies.
You are moron. Godless and physicist do not belong in the same sentence. Ever hear of Bohr, Heisenberg, Plank, etc... until you have actually tried to learn physics and the history of its most profound contributors stop talking as if you know something. Oh yes and by the way, the computer you used (or the electricity you are so fond of, or the car you like to drive, or the gas heating your house, or TV you love to watch) wouldnt exist without the godless physics weenies.
Uh...no...physicists only DISCOVER that which GOD MADE! And most of them are atheists...and ALL of them are weenies. We will be laughing at today's scientific discoveries in 5000 years the same way we laugh today at people who thought the world was flat. And today's physicists think they have ALL the answers...THEY'RE WEENIES!!!!
Seriously, do you really think that GOD made Computers, TV's, toasters, Microwave emmitors, particle accelerators, your washer and dryer? How many physicists do you really know? Any? Have you ever meet one that you did not immediately call a weenie and get the chance to ask them about their religious beliefs?
Yes. Computers weren't created by man, they were discovered by man by putting the right circuits together. Man cannot create a flower, a blade of grass - anything. Man can only discover that which has been created - and coerce the forces of nature to "sub-creations" like computers.
And by the way, we laugh at thinking the world is flat because it is wrong. We don't laugh at Newton, Pascal, or Gaelio. However, they were persecuted by the Church for not believing the sun revolved around the earth or that it was the hand of God pressing down on us that made Gravity. So if you want to believe that all physicists are weenies and their discoveries worthless why not jump off a cliff and see if the hand of GOD saves you.
What if Gaelio, Newton...everyone is actually wrong and we don't know it yet? What if this and all the other universes are actually existing INSIDE of each of us? What if reality is way more wiggly than even quantam mechanics supposes it to be? The main discovery with Quantam Physics isn't the discoveries themselves...it is the fact that at there is now un-disputed proof that circumstances exist which human awareness cannot possibly comprehend. That is the REAL lesson of Quantam Physics.
I argee whole hearty with the statement that news need to cover a fair balanced approach of the victims and shooter. By playing his manifesto and other rants, it is only adding to the fear that he instilled into the world.
I think glorifying Cho's words and pictures only empowers other people like him... like "look what this guy did, and look at how famous he got... I wanna be famous!".. Cho was inspired by the Columbine shooters, he called them "martyrs".. by giving this guy so much coverage you're empowering some other nutjob to call Cho a martyr.
I think the media is going to have to come up with an unofficial agreement not to show such tapes and things from shooters in future. Leave that to the sleazy websites.
Librescu's actions should be getting attention, heroism should be glorified, but at the end of the day, it's the actions of Cho that we really want to understand. The more we understand about loonie's like Cho, the more we can do to stop them. This is important, don't ruin it.
Lets not glorify anything!! We gonna talk about it, lets do that. But I'm not glorifying anything.
As far as this CHO guy being on , and all over the place as if he is some kind of hero. Well thats debatable. But you do have a point. I think CHO's face shouldnt be shown alone as tho to amortilize. I think it should be attached on that screen with those 32 victims. Only in America!
Not enough is being said about the victims in this tragedy, Lubrescu did a couragous thing and saved a few lives for sure. I'm sure that other victims tried to stop this kid though and they should not be forgotten either.
they should spend more time on VTech heroes but they won't not right now when people are still so sad & angry at cho, and want andswers to this tragedy
your first question is a worthy inquiry. the second is a no-brainer, but the minute that news divisions at the networks decided that they had to generate a profit instead of perform the civic function of disseminating news that informs instead of titillates, well, let's just say your second question is naive, sadly, at best.
Yes, this man should be remembered, the shooter claimed he "suffered", that killer NEVER felt the suffering of this brave Holocaust survivor, Liviu Librescu, and I would like to add, he has never felt the suffering of the loss of a loved one like so many Virginia tech parents and students are suffering right now. At least Mr. Librescu died trying to prevent more suffering. He deserve's more gratitude.
I dont think they milked it at all. NBC had the right to show it. There's a lot of guns in America you know. The kid was sick, he should have been committed.
You don't have fact one, but you're sure damn quick to trivialize his selfless act. Maybe you're viewing his actions through the viewport of your own self-cenered life. What the hell are you hiding ?
The indisputable fact is HE DID block the door. I suspect you'd trample ppl on your way out the window.
I haven't seen glorifying, I've seen run of the mill media exploitation. They milk whatever they can for money, we all know that. But there's nothing wrong with showing the material that the killer sent, as a majority of people is obviously interested in seeing it. They should release it all instead of choosing which parts of the material we get to interpret first.
I was watching fox news earlier and they actually had his son on and they were in Israel for his funeral. I haven't been watching other major news channels so I don't know about them.
Which media are you talking about? The NEWS media should not be glorifying ANYBODY. The news media should be presenting news. Too bad your society is so badly in need of entertainment that you have such few places available to turn to for NEWS.
WOAH!!! Who are you to judge what a person did or didn't do when you don't even know him? What this man did is one of the bravest acts to come out of this tragedy. We should be thankful such a man lived.
Oookk... well, no giving up your life doesn't usually absolve anyone from the bad things they did unless the same person who was harmed is the beneficiary of the professor giving his life up. But this is such a silly question, as far as we know the professor has done nothing wrong. He's a holocaust victim for goodness' sake. Why would you think that he did not have a honorable past?
"absolves you from the bad things you did"? what's that suppose to mean? if you were in thgat situation you'd want him to do the same exact thing. you'd thank him to death for saving your life. end of discussion.
ur rite, i don't know know anything about him, it was just my opinion. but i asked a very serious question, and i prefer people not dodge it. my question basically boils down to:
should you be forgiven for say killing somebody in the past for you giving up your life to save someone in the present? the question is very simple
OK, I see what you mean. As just a general question, yes, I do believe someone should be forgiven for murder, regardless of what they do afterward. I do believe someone should be forgiven if they do heroic acts afterward, especially if he dies in the process.
Actually, it was quite insightful to watch the afterspeech of Cho. We never could really take a look into his sick twisted mind and to find his motives. Although I have to admit I somewhat feel sad for Librescu. He survived the holocaust only to be shot by some punk ass kid with psychosis. Very sad, he should be remembered.
Regardless of what this man's religion is(To the guy below that referred to him as a zionist) the man is more of a man than ANY of us will ever be, most likely. He died so that others could live. Think of the impact on the future. Liviu Librescu is a name we must all remember.
The second question: Yes they should, but focusing on the shooter spreads more fear. That's one of MSMs goals. Keep the populace frightened and isolated. Sheeple are so much easier to control that way.
I agree with you on Miller and Fox but isn't that beside the point? Librescu did an honorable thing. Notwithstanding politics if I'm ever in the same situation I hope I'll have the balls to do the same for others.
I suppose a past trauma does give a person a different outlook on life. If you face fear like that you're more desesitised to it and better prepared to deal with it.
It's very possible, though I don't think anyone can say for certain it's true, that his past horrific experienced caused him to act how and as selflessly as he did.
I've asked a bunch of people the name of the professor that gave his life saving kids without a single correct answer, yet everyone knows the shooter's name. The modern media is far from what it should be... :/
People just want to know what was going through this sick persons head. I know it doesn't make any sense, but what does in this world today? I'm gonna watch the "Free Hugs" video again.
I think media feeding frenzies are sick, no matter whom they glorify or "infamize." Miller's smarmily gushing praise of Prof. Librescu's violent death is only slightly more civilized than the rest of the glorification going on.
Make no mistake, the only glory the media feels is from ad revenues.
When Prof. Livescu's productive life gets more headlines than his gruesome death, I'll praise the media. Not until then.
Have to disagree with you I'm afraid. His life was productive and worthwhile and should've be honoured by those that knew his life without the media's help. But what he chose to do in his final moments was worthy of note by a FAR larger audience.
Courage and unselfish service to the community. He saved the lives of his students but he set and example to the world.
Good questions LV. Don't know how to answer question #1...I only wish Librescu was still alive for us to ask. Regarding the second question, yes, and I think the media will soon turn around, but I think part of the media glut of Cho is because no one in their right mind can understand why someone would kill over 30 innocent people. Part of the replay ad nauseam is the struggle to comprehend.
Yeah, I think the word "glorify" is all wrong here. Making someone infamous, and glorifying someone, are not the same thing. This lack of clarity totally clouds the question being asked.
nice video. i think people are naturally more curious about the shooter than the victims, because what made them victims was the fact that they were normal people, like you or me. the shooter did something impossible for most people to imagine, and it will only make people wiser to get a glimpse of who this killer really was. by knowing we can be aware of warning signs, and perhaps we can prevent this from happening yet again.
On the first one, I'd say... Possibly. I sure that could have made a difference, but it's possible he would have anyway based on the way he was raised.
On the second one, I wouldn't say the shooter is being glorified so much as infamized (word?). They're not saying: "Oh, look at his greatness." More like: "Oh, look at his sick twisted mind." And I would say the shooter needs more air time than Librescu since the shooter did more.
Excellent vid, LV. Thank you for remembering a true hero rather than a deranged student. FoxNews is still talking about Cho. What is wrong with them???
i am happy to say i don't own a TV and am not subjected to the constant drone about this. i see it as a great case to erode our civil liberties and justify the loss of our right to bear arms.
NBC is profiting off the deaths of innocent people! E-mail your local NBC station to voice your opinion. Send your message to the CRTC or public regulators as well as their ads.
It comes down to a person who has love a good life and if he can give life to a person starting out then he does that. Yes you are right to make this video for youtube. that YOU I will save it to favorites.
Definitely, the media needs to pay more attention to the VT HEROES. And, LV, I think the professor realized that THAT MOMENT was what he had been spared for, all those years ago. (omg...I can't believe I agreed with Dennis Miller)
Why is it that I can only bring myself to respect neocons whose last name is Miller and whose first names are either Dennis or Frank?
JonasPlanck 7 months ago
the guy was missing spindle neurons
"knowing me, knowing you'
scientific american mind 2011
autisticpsychepath 1 year ago
Hero's are born in crisis. Possibly as a young man he was saved by just such a hero but who knows, but what we do know is when death loomed over his class he tried to shield them and in the process gave his everything.
I remember a saying from a military video I watched in the army,
"all gave some but some gave all".
Shargrailar 1 year ago
No, likely he was moved by simple compassion. The moment is short, and it is most often that our native character guides us, when we are forced into action within it.
pumkinpi2 1 year ago
He was 76, what the hell was he doing still teaching at Virginia tech? He should have been retired and relaxing on a beach somewhere.
Zain844 1 year ago
i think he should have a medal of honor with him in the grave.
but the thing that led up to the shooting was extreme bullying.
some people just laugh at name calling and some get more offended but after a while get over it. but in this case he could not handle it at all anymore and instead of going directly at the attackers,he went all out and just shot everyone he came across.
i am not advocating what he did but
i understand why,although his means of retaliation was in my opinion wrong.
geometrololi 2 years ago
Americans Citizens without access to a fortune 100 companies treasury have been raped by the supreme court
davisfleetwood 2 years ago
I believe a teachers sacrifice to save others should be glorified to the fullest!
I understand school shootings in a way alot don't. I dont advocate violence against anyone for any reason, but people take bullying and social TERRORISM too lightly! People let the things that lead up to thing kind of action go on and dismissing the people it happens to until someone does something horrible about it!
twiztidsidfreak13 2 years ago
I agree, that professor is a hero.
Xirbtt 2 years ago
CHO WAS AN ASSHOLE VIRGIN LOSER
HammerSmashedLifer 3 years ago
simple answer. yes.
" the only thing neccassary for evil to prevail...is for good men to do nothing."
Foxxhtr 3 years ago 11
The media SHOULD have spent more time on this professor.
The holocaust experience may have had something to do with this (and I DON'T mean to sound bad by saying this). In order to fully appreciate heaven, you have to go through a little bit of hell, and with that appreciation of life, he gave up his so that his students can live theirs fully. There are not enough people like Liviu in this world. He really was one in a million
RIP Liviu Librescu. May he rest in heaven, where he belongs.
etoileangelique324 3 years ago 2
Makes me wonder where that so called American optimism is everyone keeps talking about.
I would have thought they would make Lebrescu a big deal.
Rahhelthethird 3 years ago 2
Miller was glorifying Librescu "He walked towards it to stop it."
aspie101 3 years ago
yes but miller doesnt represent msm
zeUbermensch 3 years ago
True, and I was directing that comment to arglistone.
aspie101 3 years ago
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when is youtube gonna shut this liberal veiwer guy down?
i mean... look at the name ...
he's a propagandist.... really we can't have propagandist in this country .... one's enough.. you know who.
notNEWW 3 years ago
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Miller is an asshole, capitalizing on this tragedy to put forth his own Neocon Agenda.
arglistone 4 years ago
Re arglistone
explain how miller is exploiting librescue
he paints him as a hero
how does this serve the neo con agenda?
zeUbermensch 3 years ago 3
you sound like a complete tool.
deadhorseman 3 years ago
What Librescu did was so completely selfless. I'm sure he knew it was likely the shooter would show him no mercy, but he saved many lives, ultimately sacrificing his own. He didn't harbour a selfish agenda in doing so. There was no way of him knowing for certain whether or not he'd survive. Heroism, pure and simple.
Azzaelea 4 years ago 11
You're a lawyer? Huh, that explains a bit.. :)
DKaidian 4 years ago
To answer your question, I agree with you (gasp!) The media should have spent more time on the Professor than the shooter. Sadly, all with almost all notable incidents involving criminals, the perpetrator ALWAYS gets more attention than the victims. I mean, for example, everyone on this board probably knows who Ted Bundy is, but I doubt anyone could tell me who Lisa Levy, Margaret Bowman, or Kimberly Leach were.
DKaidian 4 years ago
This is the first time I've heard of this mans noble, brave and courageous acts.... and that really sucks.
IQ132 4 years ago
might i say the BBC in britain have spoke about this man quite alot, i certainly reckonise him.
drewabel 4 years ago
#1: Kinda silly.
#2: The media has not glorified cho, they've given him "fame", yes. But fame as a villian, evil, bla bla bla...
God, you (LiberalViewer) missed the point. Just like George W. Bush and most of America missed the point of 9/11.
MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE AS A SOCIETY RATHER THAN STUPID ASS EXPLANATIONS LIKE "pttt... they're just 'evil'..."
Urza216 4 years ago
"The face of evil"? Wtf?
He was a troubled kid, not "evil".
Maybe we should change as a fucking society, out attitudes on how we treat each other, the individual's role in the group, ect. and then maybe kids like Cho won't come out of it anymore, and carry out actions that he did.
No? That's too hard for you?
Okay fine. I guess he WAS a "face of evil".
Urza216 4 years ago
of course your commie spin doctors at cnn won't talk about this coz it humiliates the left. 51 year old ACLU pervert Charles Russ Tierney, an attorney and former head of the ACLU in Virginia was arrested and charged in federal court with possessing child pornography. Agents found videos in his home of little girls being violently raped by adults. CBS news, CNN and most of the big city liberal newspapers also failed to cover the Russ Tierney arrest.
eyesoncnn 4 years ago
Up until I saw this video I hadn't even heard Liviu Librescu. What he did was amazing. We keep hearing about the tragedy of the people that died, and how horrible, and psycho the killer was, but why hasn't their been coverage on this man. Even if he WASN'T a holocaust survivor, even if he DIDN'T die, he should get much more coverage then that.
KyoxXxlove 4 years ago
America wants blood and guts....not the rest of the world.
kegs666 4 years ago
that guy's a hero! Dennis Miller is cool and God bless Israel and the jews forever! This is one Christian that thinks the good-will of the Jewish people is deserving of some appreciation.
Chikko23 4 years ago
Dennis Miller is the man!
rachdingue 4 years ago
I personally believe in focusing on Positives. Liviu Librescu is an honest to God, TRUE HERO. He gave give life so others could live. This man should live in our hearts and minds, not the murdering SOB. I don't give a RAT'S ASS about the name of the Murderer, his name should never be mentioned ever again.
red5llaw 4 years ago
@red5llaw: OF course we fucking should.
Then maybe we could actually LOOK AT WHAT caused him to snap (which the media has hardly done at all) and then maybe, just maybe, change as a society, one by one, so incidents like this don't happen again.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS INCIDENT AND CHO!
Let me guess: Either your middle aged (like LV), or you don't know SHIT about not be able to drink from the drinking fountain?
Urza216 4 years ago
Maybe We should STOP blaming other things and BLAME THE FUCKER who committed the CRIME. Obviously, you Urza216 are a young Young Elitest Asshole who thinks he knows all "The Answers". 21 years old and you are an Expert (Bullshit). Wake up and pull your Self obsessed head out of your Ass.
red5llaw 4 years ago
"Elitist"? Excuse me? Now that's a weird accusation to respond for ME in THIS discussion.
Nope, of course I don't know all "the answers". Again: that's your problem asshole.
Urza216 4 years ago
It's time you woke up and realized there IS NO "answer". It's all subjective. If you want to get philosophical now, that's where I stand, and not at all were you do. Otherwise you wouldn't look at one single event and one single person as something entirely separate from everything else in this world.
Urza216 4 years ago
Nothing just "happens". Every action is connected to another action, a previous action, experiences with others. What comes in, goes out. And if a society singles out certain people and excludes them, ever so often one is going to snap. And it would be kinda nice if that didn't happen again.
Urza216 4 years ago
I worded that lost post terribly.. BUT so you really just beleive this is an "evil fucker' and there is NO EXPLANATION for his behavior other than whatever, just randomness, and NOTHING we can work as a society... maybe to change?
Or maybe we can go back to "good guys" and "bad guys", "heros" and "villains"... what a joke. For all we know this "hero" of yours was also having sex with his students, beat the shit out of his wife, or whatever. You don't now, do you?
Urza216 4 years ago
Dear Urza216, Er, so by your logic only the perfect & pure should act if at all? It IS the ACTION despite human flaws that makes a hero. Endless complicated theorising is the path top Hell. Perfect inaction is neither heroic nor of any use whatsoever. Firemen, Doctors, policemen & millions of ordinary flawed people have the clarity of mind 2 know the difference btwn good & evil & don't see avoiding being discriminating as a moral imperative. U R in error. Have kids & learn judgement.
gmakepiece 4 years ago 2
I didnt say he was a Saint. I said he was a Hero. There is a Difference that even YOU should be able to recognize. Giving your life to save someone else, like the rescuers in Utah, is Heroic. Heroism is NOT defined by past actions. Look at Schindler in Germany WW2. He was a Drunken Philanderer, but he saved the lives of hundreds of people. Saint - NO. Hero - EMPHATICALLY YES!
red5llaw 4 years ago
Urza and everybody. We all have bad thoughts. I would like to do nasty things to people who give me crap - But I'm not evil, I'm normal - I control myself. I obey the Law for the Good of all. An Evil person is someone who ACTS on their Bad thoughts and even glories in them as this ASSHOLE Did, when he sent a posing Video to the TV station. (DAMN THEM for validating him!) I hope he meets a nasty fate in any after life. May he burn in Hell.
red5llaw 4 years ago
Dear Urza, every mature adult knows theres a time for personal responsibility instead of excuses &blame. The essence of being a complete human being. All failure is a lack of concentraton & a focus on reality. 4 every failure of behaviour U can find someone with a much worse experience who triumphed. U & I know this 2 be so. Sometimes it's just a bore 2 not improve yourself. We can & do, but not by looking 2 others & focusing only on complaining.
gmakepiece 4 years ago
Dear Urza16, Rubbish, Everything is not merely subjective. Facts do not cease 2 exist due 2 your ignorance.U should study 'Logical Fallacies'. Er, so the speed of light, earth revolving round the sun, the combustion engine & a punch 2 the head R only opinions? Drivel. The single goal of having no discrimination 2 avoid responsibility, reality, maturity & clarity of thinking skills is the common & fashionable mental disorder of the age.
gmakepiece 4 years ago
Dear Urza16, You just said everything is subjective, so whether you exist, have anything 2 say or are of any value is merely your opinion. Nonsense, of course. Look up nihilism, solipsism and juvenile masturbation trends etc. U R NOT saying, doing or 'thinking' anything outside or new to your particular age. U R NOT a rebel but R conforming 2 the human condition. It was ever thus, Junior.
gmakepiece 4 years ago
Dear Urza16, society does not need to change for any individual, it's always changing, but not exclusively 4 U. Only the immature & irresponsible make the absurd claim that 'the world', the WHOLE world! Needs to change 2 them, or else! U R the one that must & WILL change 2 the world. This is the test of a real human being. The opposite is the Dictator & the misfit. Study martial arts & philosophy. Don't B a mass twerp 4 2 much longer.
gmakepiece 4 years ago
I find it a little ironic when I rememeber reading these comment responses. It was the night before the funeral of my best friend who had been stabbed to death. He was stabbed to death in a drug deal, him being the dealer. And they were repeatly calling his killer a "criminal". You know, for murdering a drug dealer.
Urza216 2 years ago
The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew. Liviu Librescu is a victim of his own people's Zionist agenda. Jewish activists insist that we all embrace multiculturalism and diversity. Except, of course, in Israel where a systematic cast system of Apartheid is rigorously enforced. It is sad this man is no longer with us. But, I don't feel sorry for him, or his people.
dorkwad06 4 years ago
I don't like Israel much myself, but your stuff is just flat wacko dorkwad.
Secularprophet 4 years ago
Stop - please, just... just stop.
21ontherocks21 4 years ago
Though I generally don't agree with your opinions of Fox News being biased, I applaud you as this was a good analysis.
Lwnzer 4 years ago
No, and No. This gallent individual took the only defensive action that was available to him, but our society's approach to mental illness should be the focus of this story. To place that focus on "Evil" is to put a metaphysical face on madness. It comes as no surprise to me that Mr. Miller would champion that approach on the neo-con network.
Secularprophet 4 years ago
I do greatly dislike the ideas of evil and good, there are only varying states of mind
jab49 4 years ago
They are indeed dangerous concepts. They make it easy to delude people into thinking that others are not worthy of consideration as human beings.
Secularprophet 4 years ago
Yes to all of the above.
yellowdog11 4 years ago
Prof. Librescu's heroics were big news the day after the tragedy in the UK - good on you for championing Prof. Librescu
welshguy28 4 years ago
It's more useful to try and examine why some guy goes nuts and shoots a bunch of people so that, inasmuch as it is possible through discourse, it may be prevented in the future. It's absurd then to say that there is a glorification of Wacko P. McNuttjob. If you want to memorialize this other guy for his heroism then you should do that.
granulorhoek 4 years ago
There are plenty of crazy nuts who will blow something up, or shoot up a school all over the world no ammount of analysis will keep it from happening, at least not at this level. The heroics of this guy should at least be memorialized if nothing else. Showing Cho on the news doesn't help us examine why he was nuts, let the professionals do the psychology.
jab49 4 years ago
First off I would say that I didn't even know about this guy, and I think you for saying it. This man should be on the front of every newspaper, because he was a true hero. As for the questions:
1. Possibly.
2. As said before...this man is a true hero and it is a damn shame that this man is not being honored for his amazing courage.
pashrak 4 years ago
I honestly think it's good for heroes to go unnoticed. The media exposure when good people do good things can sometimes warp a person or simply leave them fragile afterwards. All that soul searching, discussion and adoration heaped upon one person can break weaker people. Sometimes people just do things instinctually.
Namons128 4 years ago
Well, I was always told that the news makes its money on the bad things not the good things that happen. Heroes are interesting at first, but people get bored. They are more likely to want to know the bad news around the world then the good news. As they say, if the news are good, everything is as it should be. The world is full of idiots, but luckily a few wise people are here as well.
ThaBraveSirRobin 4 years ago
I am so glad that you are bringing this issue up. I keep seeing pictures of Cho everywhere. This is exactly what he wanted, even in his sick way. It's still 15 seconds of fame for him, even if he was only trying to end his life and others. We should be spending more time on the heroes and those who are no longer with us, rather than give this psycho what he wanted.
salamiqueen 4 years ago
I find it laughable that people are saying Cho is getting all the attention. Everywhere, I turn I see news bits about the victims, their familes.
As for the Prof. I think it was less about his past and more about how he was doing the right thing.
jlgosnell 4 years ago
I agree; the media should stress the efforts of everyone who was doing anything possible to protect themselves and/or others from harm during the shooting, more than stressing that Cho had sent a package to NBC with videos, writing, and pictures. But the sad part is that viewers, as sadden they might be by the tragedy, they want to know more about the shooter than the heroes. Not everyone remembers the victims' names or the heroes (such as Columbine) but they still remember the shooters' names.
mydaysgreen 4 years ago
Well LV, I commend you on giving cred where it is due. I pretty much avoided the coverage of this story but I have heard about Liviu. (depends on who you listen to I guess) no comment on msm. Librescu's life experience definately contrib'd to his actions. But that makes him no less a HERO. Cho, coward.
mousepotato64 4 years ago
1) I'm not sure, perhaps it did play a role. Perhaps not. It was a heroic act nonetheless.
2) Yes. It is much better to focus on folks like Librescu.
BocaJuniors2005 4 years ago
1) Yes
2) Definitely
AstralaKhadgar 4 years ago
It is sick but humans have a fasination with the horrors of the world. they like to look at evil from every angle, as long as they dont have to look it in the eye. It is really is sad about that man, until watching this i hadnt heard of his actions at all. very sad.
SwollenEyeAgent 4 years ago
The killer's vids (Etc.) was just another way to advance the media's agenda (gun control) and use tabloid "journalism" for ratings. Apparently O'Reilly was the only one who didn't show the video. Interesting to note that the poster is seemingly liberal, but on this issue, actually made a good point. Too bad most liberals don't make more good points, although I guess then they wouldn't be liberals....
weepopstar 4 years ago
wow i hadnt even heard of that man before... i agree totaly. i also think that hand guns should be mandatory at the age of 21 and the government should issu eguns and train the users of proper usage of the firearm.
lostorfound19 4 years ago
I Agree!!
ces105 4 years ago
conversation and media is the playground of thought where actions are the battlegrounds for ideals.
reivilo 4 years ago
and, so, why do YOU think they dont? i wanna know what you think, because i have no clue.... i love your opinions too!
WoWBrandyWineWoW 4 years ago
Its because most if not ALL Americans are very interested by tragedy or selfish acts. If the media would do as much back stories and reporting on a citizen or company doing a good deed in this country as a mass murder killing people, they could change it and the USA could be a safer place. But since we live in a very cut throat capitalistic society, do you really think the media executives care more about stories they decide show based moral standards or whats gonna make them more money?
Sct34 4 years ago
I'm going to have to disagree with this video (though usually I don't). I've seen airtime for this brave man's story the day after the attack. However, I haven't seen any airtime for the Muslim Egyptian student who also saved the life of another girl by distracting the shooter... that was left relatively unreported.
farihah3 4 years ago
Q1. No, but not ALTRUISM either. But I don't think it was his experience from Holocaust that made him react - most of the time, Holocaust experiences cause something like Gulf War Syndrome, NOT the other way around.
MEDNUB 4 years ago
Why do my replies not show up?
Q2. The Romans were much more prone to view violence and gore as a spectacle, and I think our society is the same, and that is why the media focuses more on Cho rather than Librescu.
MEDNUB 4 years ago
We do see your comments, it just takes a few minutes.
I totally agree with your comments and they are very well put as well. I'm afraid media will not change until society changes like you said; tragic but for now we'll just have to resort to other sources of media, which are mainly available only on the internet.
Cheers,
Sam
Coolsam2000 4 years ago
If you could see Dr. Liviiescu's eyes at the moment he charged the door, perhaps you could tell whether it was his long-past introduction with evil that spurred him on, whether it was a paternal instinct to protect "his" children, whether it was an outrage of "this will not happen here!", or whether it was a simple transaction of "will we all die, or can I limit it to myself". It could have been any of those, all of them, or something else entirely. The important thing is not "Why?"
kencomer 4 years ago
Question-A Yes the professor, reacted to evil and responded because of experiences and the will to protect his students.
Question B- yes the media should spend way time on his heroic act to save others, what a great person.
pixiehorse 4 years ago
I think we always must ask the questions "Why" and "How". By asking these two questions, one could learn alot about serial killers and the signs of an upcoming one.
The biggest questions on my mind are "How does someone get bullied to the point of the VT killers reaction?"m and "Why do young people these days feel like killing is the solution?"
hollyhoodjoe123 4 years ago
Yes, I totally agree. I think this may be the first time that I do.
katnahat7 4 years ago
I think he was just a good person and did what he needed to . We human beings do that. I wish Dennis Miller was one of the victims, I hate his guts. I hate neocons that suck of the glory from the dead.
Superorchestra 4 years ago
Amen, brother.
adamv63 4 years ago
I agree entirely, Librescu is the one we should be following
davisville17 4 years ago
cho seung hu and NASA shootings were linked & co-ordinated. search for it on youtube alex jones' video: "Seung-Hui Cho Was a Mind Controlled Assassin" it will smack you in the face. must watch, this is deep. dont belive the media lies.
MuhsinTheMomin 4 years ago
funny how he is not a courages hero who gave his life to protect that of others but rather a jewish holocaust surviving hero :/
miomonfar 4 years ago
why would i answer this, its just more homework
tobad4ya 4 years ago
Top notch as always!!
agbar713 4 years ago
Dr. Librescu is the real American hero here. He enriched America with his courage and compassion. He quietly went through life as a shinning example of what we all should be or attempt to be. He showed us how real men and women act. He acted with honor and courage and compassion all the days of his long life. I'm sure the Angels in Paradise sing his praise at this very moment.
chairde 4 years ago
yes, i do think that.
tallhunter1 4 years ago
Your voice sounds like the voice of a weenie. Like a lot of liberals...amoral, godless, loose-lipped, hippie, tree-hugging, birkenstock-wearing, whining, bitching liberal weenies - the lot of them. Lesbians, physicists, people who think that their reactions are the only reality. Worshippers of their egos. Weenies.
paramchi 4 years ago
You are moron. Godless and physicist do not belong in the same sentence. Ever hear of Bohr, Heisenberg, Plank, etc... until you have actually tried to learn physics and the history of its most profound contributors stop talking as if you know something. Oh yes and by the way, the computer you used (or the electricity you are so fond of, or the car you like to drive, or the gas heating your house, or TV you love to watch) wouldnt exist without the godless physics weenies.
mbwamkaliUSA 4 years ago
Uh...no...physicists only DISCOVER that which GOD MADE! And most of them are atheists...and ALL of them are weenies. We will be laughing at today's scientific discoveries in 5000 years the same way we laugh today at people who thought the world was flat. And today's physicists think they have ALL the answers...THEY'RE WEENIES!!!!
paramchi 4 years ago
Seriously, do you really think that GOD made Computers, TV's, toasters, Microwave emmitors, particle accelerators, your washer and dryer? How many physicists do you really know? Any? Have you ever meet one that you did not immediately call a weenie and get the chance to ask them about their religious beliefs?
mbwamkaliUSA 4 years ago
Yes. Computers weren't created by man, they were discovered by man by putting the right circuits together. Man cannot create a flower, a blade of grass - anything. Man can only discover that which has been created - and coerce the forces of nature to "sub-creations" like computers.
paramchi 4 years ago
On which tree do circuits grow on?
dalethefarmer 4 years ago
Uh...
paramchi 4 years ago
And by the way, we laugh at thinking the world is flat because it is wrong. We don't laugh at Newton, Pascal, or Gaelio. However, they were persecuted by the Church for not believing the sun revolved around the earth or that it was the hand of God pressing down on us that made Gravity. So if you want to believe that all physicists are weenies and their discoveries worthless why not jump off a cliff and see if the hand of GOD saves you.
mbwamkaliUSA 4 years ago
What if Gaelio, Newton...everyone is actually wrong and we don't know it yet? What if this and all the other universes are actually existing INSIDE of each of us? What if reality is way more wiggly than even quantam mechanics supposes it to be? The main discovery with Quantam Physics isn't the discoveries themselves...it is the fact that at there is now un-disputed proof that circumstances exist which human awareness cannot possibly comprehend. That is the REAL lesson of Quantam Physics.
paramchi 4 years ago
i wanna be like liviu librescu when i grow up
coolhandlulu 4 years ago
I argee whole hearty with the statement that news need to cover a fair balanced approach of the victims and shooter. By playing his manifesto and other rants, it is only adding to the fear that he instilled into the world.
Goadhatesmyspace 4 years ago
I think glorifying Cho's words and pictures only empowers other people like him... like "look what this guy did, and look at how famous he got... I wanna be famous!".. Cho was inspired by the Columbine shooters, he called them "martyrs".. by giving this guy so much coverage you're empowering some other nutjob to call Cho a martyr.
RainaBeeford 4 years ago
I think the media is going to have to come up with an unofficial agreement not to show such tapes and things from shooters in future. Leave that to the sleazy websites.
cpnjack 4 years ago
Librescu's actions should be getting attention, heroism should be glorified, but at the end of the day, it's the actions of Cho that we really want to understand. The more we understand about loonie's like Cho, the more we can do to stop them. This is important, don't ruin it.
bsullivan2 4 years ago
Lets not glorify anything!! We gonna talk about it, lets do that. But I'm not glorifying anything.
As far as this CHO guy being on , and all over the place as if he is some kind of hero. Well thats debatable. But you do have a point. I think CHO's face shouldnt be shown alone as tho to amortilize. I think it should be attached on that screen with those 32 victims. Only in America!
-PN
Poornewman 4 years ago
media is a business.they operate on demand and profit.public responsibilty is secondary.
sprakenheit 4 years ago
Not enough is being said about the victims in this tragedy, Lubrescu did a couragous thing and saved a few lives for sure. I'm sure that other victims tried to stop this kid though and they should not be forgotten either.
junkradio 4 years ago
they should spend more time on VTech heroes but they won't not right now when people are still so sad & angry at cho, and want andswers to this tragedy
frenchcheeky 4 years ago
um, just one thing.. glorify isnt the same as to report on excessively.
paulbav 4 years ago
Yes!
KillerJoke68 4 years ago
your first question is a worthy inquiry. the second is a no-brainer, but the minute that news divisions at the networks decided that they had to generate a profit instead of perform the civic function of disseminating news that informs instead of titillates, well, let's just say your second question is naive, sadly, at best.
keep up the great work,
thesometimeswhy
TheSometimesWhy 4 years ago
Yes, this man should be remembered, the shooter claimed he "suffered", that killer NEVER felt the suffering of this brave Holocaust survivor, Liviu Librescu, and I would like to add, he has never felt the suffering of the loss of a loved one like so many Virginia tech parents and students are suffering right now. At least Mr. Librescu died trying to prevent more suffering. He deserve's more gratitude.
rf41 4 years ago
I dont think they milked it at all. NBC had the right to show it. There's a lot of guns in America you know. The kid was sick, he should have been committed.
getatmedude 4 years ago
yigit, You're a jerk.
You don't have fact one, but you're sure damn quick to trivialize his selfless act. Maybe you're viewing his actions through the viewport of your own self-cenered life. What the hell are you hiding ?
The indisputable fact is HE DID block the door. I suspect you'd trample ppl on your way out the window.
flyboy3633 4 years ago
I haven't seen glorifying, I've seen run of the mill media exploitation. They milk whatever they can for money, we all know that. But there's nothing wrong with showing the material that the killer sent, as a majority of people is obviously interested in seeing it. They should release it all instead of choosing which parts of the material we get to interpret first.
MoMcMahon 4 years ago
I was watching fox news earlier and they actually had his son on and they were in Israel for his funeral. I haven't been watching other major news channels so I don't know about them.
Spyker555 4 years ago
the media has shown their true whore colors.
Good video, let us remember the heroes instead.
dvdrink 4 years ago
No one remember the victims. only the killers...
calsonicSTi 4 years ago
Which media are you talking about? The NEWS media should not be glorifying ANYBODY. The news media should be presenting news. Too bad your society is so badly in need of entertainment that you have such few places available to turn to for NEWS.
emmigree 4 years ago
hey liberal viewer, i have a question for you
do you think giving up ur life to save someone else's life, absolves you of all the bad things you did?
what this person did was honorable, but i really doubt that he had an honorable past
yigit2681 4 years ago
WOAH!!! Who are you to judge what a person did or didn't do when you don't even know him? What this man did is one of the bravest acts to come out of this tragedy. We should be thankful such a man lived.
redsoxtarheel38 4 years ago
ur rite, i don't know know anything about him, it was just my opinion. but i asked a very serious question, and i prefer people not dodge it
yigit2681 4 years ago
Why would you say that? What did the professor do that you know about?
redbeast2 4 years ago
ur rite, i don't know know anything about him, it was just my opinion. but i asked a very serious question, and i prefer people not dodge it
yigit2681 4 years ago
Oookk... well, no giving up your life doesn't usually absolve anyone from the bad things they did unless the same person who was harmed is the beneficiary of the professor giving his life up. But this is such a silly question, as far as we know the professor has done nothing wrong. He's a holocaust victim for goodness' sake. Why would you think that he did not have a honorable past?
redbeast2 4 years ago
"absolves you from the bad things you did"? what's that suppose to mean? if you were in thgat situation you'd want him to do the same exact thing. you'd thank him to death for saving your life. end of discussion.
roscoegino 4 years ago
ur rite, i don't know know anything about him, it was just my opinion. but i asked a very serious question, and i prefer people not dodge it. my question basically boils down to:
should you be forgiven for say killing somebody in the past for you giving up your life to save someone in the present? the question is very simple
yigit2681 4 years ago
OK, I see what you mean. As just a general question, yes, I do believe someone should be forgiven for murder, regardless of what they do afterward. I do believe someone should be forgiven if they do heroic acts afterward, especially if he dies in the process.
redsoxtarheel38 4 years ago
Well done. A very sweet video.
Mintie 4 years ago
should? the media has never taken the moral forfront, should they? come on give me a break. go to church if you want to hear good things
ppapazia 4 years ago
Actually, it was quite insightful to watch the afterspeech of Cho. We never could really take a look into his sick twisted mind and to find his motives. Although I have to admit I somewhat feel sad for Librescu. He survived the holocaust only to be shot by some punk ass kid with psychosis. Very sad, he should be remembered.
TheDarkLegacy 4 years ago
Thanks for your measured and thoughtfull work. It is so refreashing
Roymansd 4 years ago
I think he was a lot more used to murder and death, so he wasn't as afraid of it as everyone else, as the average person, so he acted on that.
trickofdisaster2 4 years ago
Regardless of what this man's religion is(To the guy below that referred to him as a zionist) the man is more of a man than ANY of us will ever be, most likely. He died so that others could live. Think of the impact on the future. Liviu Librescu is a name we must all remember.
terfillius 4 years ago
Greater love hath no man than this: that he would lay his life down for his friends.
VioletKitty411 4 years ago
I COULD NOT AGREE with you more, buddy! Well said!
skibby 4 years ago
thank you for that. Its so true.
dantedraco 4 years ago
The second question: Yes they should, but focusing on the shooter spreads more fear. That's one of MSMs goals. Keep the populace frightened and isolated. Sheeple are so much easier to control that way.
jim7171a 4 years ago
For your first question; who could really know. For your second question; abso-frickin-loutly.
jasonlajoie 4 years ago
I'm with this guy.
DrePants44 4 years ago
Miller's a shill, Fox is a sham and Libresceu got MAJOR media coverage from his fellow zionist Mr. Blitzer from CNN and all of the Fox News staff.
qwerty4197 4 years ago
I agree with you on Miller and Fox but isn't that beside the point? Librescu did an honorable thing. Notwithstanding politics if I'm ever in the same situation I hope I'll have the balls to do the same for others.
poshzombie 4 years ago
I suppose a past trauma does give a person a different outlook on life. If you face fear like that you're more desesitised to it and better prepared to deal with it.
The man died a hero, what more is there to say.
PaulRichard2 4 years ago
It's very possible, though I don't think anyone can say for certain it's true, that his past horrific experienced caused him to act how and as selflessly as he did.
I've asked a bunch of people the name of the professor that gave his life saving kids without a single correct answer, yet everyone knows the shooter's name. The modern media is far from what it should be... :/
Truthiness231 4 years ago
R.I.P. Rest easy Liviu Librescu.
Heroes run towards the sound of gun fire.
pittsky 4 years ago
People just want to know what was going through this sick persons head. I know it doesn't make any sense, but what does in this world today? I'm gonna watch the "Free Hugs" video again.
parabolar 4 years ago
I think media feeding frenzies are sick, no matter whom they glorify or "infamize." Miller's smarmily gushing praise of Prof. Librescu's violent death is only slightly more civilized than the rest of the glorification going on.
Make no mistake, the only glory the media feels is from ad revenues.
When Prof. Livescu's productive life gets more headlines than his gruesome death, I'll praise the media. Not until then.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Have to disagree with you I'm afraid. His life was productive and worthwhile and should've be honoured by those that knew his life without the media's help. But what he chose to do in his final moments was worthy of note by a FAR larger audience.
Courage and unselfish service to the community. He saved the lives of his students but he set and example to the world.
HonitSoit 4 years ago
lol justmejk probably have a small dick and would also like to kill everybody to feel better about it
Gosuto 4 years ago
Thank you for sharing this hero with us. 5 stars!
VioletKitty411 4 years ago
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WTF!!! Hero???
He stood in front of Cho who was shooting all around him and Cho shot him!
What did he think Cho was gonna do? Put the guns down and start shouting "Go Hokies!!!"
Cho is the only Hero to come from this!
If you wanna see a video dedicated to his memory check out my vids!
RIP CHO
justmejk 4 years ago
Good questions LV. Don't know how to answer question #1...I only wish Librescu was still alive for us to ask. Regarding the second question, yes, and I think the media will soon turn around, but I think part of the media glut of Cho is because no one in their right mind can understand why someone would kill over 30 innocent people. Part of the replay ad nauseam is the struggle to comprehend.
pzottolo 4 years ago
Thanks for sharing LV....I did not know about Liviu.
gobblegobblechew 4 years ago
Yeah, I think the word "glorify" is all wrong here. Making someone infamous, and glorifying someone, are not the same thing. This lack of clarity totally clouds the question being asked.
temujoe 4 years ago
I agree.
Urza216 4 years ago
nice video. i think people are naturally more curious about the shooter than the victims, because what made them victims was the fact that they were normal people, like you or me. the shooter did something impossible for most people to imagine, and it will only make people wiser to get a glimpse of who this killer really was. by knowing we can be aware of warning signs, and perhaps we can prevent this from happening yet again.
iamthejake2000 4 years ago
The signs were there!
They ignored them! They have blood on there hands!
justmejk 4 years ago
WTF!!! Hero???
He stood in front of Cho who was shooting all around him and Cho shot him!
What did he think Cho was gonna do? Put the guns down and start shouting "Go Hokies!!!"
Cho is the only Hero to come from this!
If you wanna see a video dedicated to his memory check out my vids!
RIP CHO
justmejk 4 years ago
Cho was a sick twisted psychopath. Anyone who admires Cho should seek help.
nienna67 4 years ago
WTF??? Get help, kiddo.
marisiriella 4 years ago
WONDERFUL! Thank you so much! I fully agree that they need to focus on them not him! I love your questions and say yes on both of them!
akfhome27 4 years ago
On the first one, I'd say... Possibly. I sure that could have made a difference, but it's possible he would have anyway based on the way he was raised.
On the second one, I wouldn't say the shooter is being glorified so much as infamized (word?). They're not saying: "Oh, look at his greatness." More like: "Oh, look at his sick twisted mind." And I would say the shooter needs more air time than Librescu since the shooter did more.
MSJelin 4 years ago
Excellent vid, LV. Thank you for remembering a true hero rather than a deranged student. FoxNews is still talking about Cho. What is wrong with them???
bambi1058 4 years ago
i am happy to say i don't own a TV and am not subjected to the constant drone about this. i see it as a great case to erode our civil liberties and justify the loss of our right to bear arms.
skinnychef 4 years ago
NBC is profiting off the deaths of innocent people! E-mail your local NBC station to voice your opinion. Send your message to the CRTC or public regulators as well as their ads.
radley77 4 years ago
And Fox?
temujoe 4 years ago
It comes down to a person who has love a good life and if he can give life to a person starting out then he does that. Yes you are right to make this video for youtube. that YOU I will save it to favorites.
RoddyYoung 4 years ago
Definitely, the media needs to pay more attention to the VT HEROES. And, LV, I think the professor realized that THAT MOMENT was what he had been spared for, all those years ago. (omg...I can't believe I agreed with Dennis Miller)
DaCoach68 4 years ago