Conduct Unbecoming...China takes stock of American violence

The international response to the Virginia Tech shooting has been overwhelming and critical of the culture of violence that exists in the U.S.  In this article from Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po news agency, the sort of "as many victims as I can take," actions we see in the United States are very difficult for the Chinese to comprehend.  Other nations have voiced their concerns as well with Americans in turn insulting the sincere concern other countries actually have for American citizens. Here are some sample reactions from Americans who read the editorial from a New Zealand news service concerning America's gun violence:
----------------------------------------Alexis:
You
New Zealanders are very sick, disgusting people.I hope a tragedy like
this happens in your crappy country 10 times as worse. "Big deal", "who
cares", "stupid americans" Those of you saying this should be lined up
and shot for such callous disregard for peoples lives. Half of you have
the nerve to mention Iraq like its relevant to this. In case many of
you idiots are unaware its the Arabs killing each other over there. So
stop acting like Americans are in Iraq shooting up a storm for fun. You
guys are just as pathetic and ignorant as Europe. And yur America
bashing rhetoric along with Europe is soo old, find something new to
complain about. Barely anyone can find your damn country on a map
because thats how unimportant all you are. Really all of you go to
hell, you dont know anything about America than what you read in you
ignorant America bashing papers.And if you hate us and our culture so
damn much, stop buying our music, watching our movies and TV shows.
Stop paying attention to our politics and everything America does. You
are the same with Europe, irrelevant. Now really shut up and stop
worrying about our gun-control laws because in case you didnt know,
doesnt affect you.

Andrew in Chicago:
It's
good to know who your friends are in the world. After reading one
bitter anti-American post after another here, I am shocked that the
theme here seems to be that these innocent people deserved this act of
evil. When the next tragedy strikes New Zealand, will Americans come
and post that NZ deserved it? I doubt it. To Peter Mathys and his like
- I hope for your sake, there is no such thing as Karma.


J.S. in the U.S.
I
am sick to death of you people in other Western societies pointing the
finger at us when you have even worse problems with assimilation. I am
an American citizen whose ancestors came over from Ireland in the 1850s
and did everything in their power to join American culture, even
slicing the "Mc" off their names. Yes, we read about the gang rapes of
Aussie women by Muslim men. We read about how English school curriculum
has been edited so as not to offend any ethnic group. The shooter is to
blame for this, of course, but so are all of us because we are not
raising up and making it plain and clear: You accept our culture or go
back where you came from. And I'm a lib. We are doomed. ---------------------------- While no small collection of ugly American commentary should be representative of an entire nation, the bull-headed "take no prisoners" American reaction to critiques from our global neighbours is not helping the situation.  Nor is the lack of political and moral leadership in this country after such a crisis.  Why shoud we expect any more than we have seen given that more than 3300 American military personnel and more than one million Iraqis and Afghans have lost their lives without much in the way of respect, or lesson learning from the powers that be and those whom give them their authority.   Shameful conduct unbecoming a major world power.  - The Angryindian  -----------------------------------------From Intelligentaindigena:

By
Associate Professor Zhang Zhi-xin [張智新] 

Capital
University of Economics and Business  - Translated
By How Xian Neng [侯显能]  Is there a limit to how much Americans will defend their right to bear
arms? According to this op-ed article from Hong Kong's Communist-Party
affiliated Wen Wei Po, 'Even countless numbers of lost American lives
aren't enough to change the position of the gun lobby. This is America
… an America that many Chinese find hard to understand.'  America is the country with the most guns in civilian hands. According
to the to Federal Bureau of Investigation, at present there are about
250 million private guns, and every year about 5 million more are
purchased. What's more, the issue of the massive number of private
weapons has brought a slew of social issues along with it.
 Of the many gun-related crimes that regularly occur, gun-shootings on
college campuses have seen a steady increase. On August 1, 1966,
Charles Whitman climbed the clock tower at the University of Texas at
Austin and opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 31, having first killed
his mother and wife the day before . But since President Bush took
office in 2001, a case of armed assault on a college campus has
occurred almost every year. But the Virginia Tech massacre that has
just occurred even surpassed the record set in 1966, becoming the
deadliest armed assault in American history.