This could never happen to an Indian!!

Originally posted by: qwertyesque

https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-porterranch7-2008oct07,0,7721919.story

I never thought something of this magnitude could have an indian at the center . seems like we are getting there.....

Why do you think this happened?

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Whenever we think "It could not happen to us" it is our greatest mistake. When it comes to life, everyone is hit equally indiscriminately. There maybe many things going in favor of Indians, but no human will ever be completely free from depression, desperation and the dark pitfalls of human nature.

Originally posted by: SholaJoBhadkey

"This is a perfect American family behind me that has absolutely been destroyed, apparently because of a man who just got stuck in a rabbit hole, if you will, of absolute despair, somehow working his way into believing this to be an acceptable exit," said LAPD Deputy Chief Michel Moore. "It is critical to step up and recognize we are in some pretty troubled times."

That Qwerty is the answer to your question. That wasn't an Indian family!

What a sad state of affairs that drives a man to take the life of his family. Makes one wonder - what price human life!!!

Originally posted by: chal_phek_mat

If I am not mistaken the point you are trying to make here is We Indians do have escapism but we dont kill the rest of our families along with ourselves. It is not that you are questioning why the guy committed this but you are showing surprise at the fact it was an Indian. So the response is based upon that question

It has always been there with "Indians" too just perhaps you have not read/seen it

Like it happened in the days of Harshad Mehta go absconding, ditch the people you owe and let them face the music or jump off a building leaving the family to deal with the debtors

or

Like it happened in the dot com bubble burst when people parked their BMW's at the SFO airport and caught the next flight back to homeland leaving the folks over here doing it right to fight the uphill reputation battle all over again

CPM you are right. as far as my question but the above two examples dont really compare with what happened here.. if it was escapism,, two of the things could have happened - he could have killed himself or killed the guy who fired him.... see the reaction is directed in the right direction but he chose to live through this premeditation for 20*24*60*60 seconds of life.. and what happened in that part of his life really interest me...unless you call him a criminal mind who can just sleep with a gun in his pocket... i think he was disturbed and kiiling so many wasnt on his sane agenda.

Perhaps you are surprised at the fact that the guy actually got his family to take the easy route along with himself rather than doing it the usual way of leaving himself and letting his family face the music on their own. I really am not sure which one is worser, you seem to be saying one is better than the other this is not like the family decided to take this route at the dinner table... the extent of premeditation appals me.. the other thing that shocks me that he ensured everyone was shot in the head......there is some wierd under-current there - we as indians do so many reactive things.. the ones you mentioned about abandoning cars...yes and we had farmers commiting suicide in poverty etc.... but this has a different direction altogether.. of course this has the greed factor Gauri mentined above - pushing your luck too far perhaps....

Regards the question, why it happened?

One fine day you lost everything that you and your family have been used to the life and now you have to start from scratch with a bruised ego. It sounds romantic in Hindi films or TV serials it is very hard to contemplate in real life and much much harder to actually live it, you rather would not put your family through all this. IMO it happens when the only real life personal crisis you have encountered in life is cramming for the educational exams IF this had happned in matter of days I wouldnt be suprised.. but this happened over a period of 20 or so days.. which makes me ask this question..... Yeah... we have wierdos.. but this one is way off the leaque

Originally posted by: qwertyesque

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....... of course this has the greed factor Gauri mentined above - pushing your luck too far perhaps....