Yeah I don't theink they have a PA system, it is a campus college in Virginia out in the boonies.

Last edited by Sevelle (04-16-2007 07:44:59 PM)

This is why I resent the human race as a species. People I love and cherish individually. As a species, I pray to whichever God or Goddess of Malefic Intent happens to be listening that we annihilate ourselves in a fashion that hopefully doesn't destroy the rest of Old Terra. This is most likely my anger speaking. How can we DO such things, anyhow?!

Well, I don't know if I can resent the whole human species for things like this. Animals species kill too. It seems to be everyone's nature to want conflict, I guess, but I still don't understand it.. \:

I heard about this earlier, and things like this continue to sadden me, even if I am not directly affected by it. It's horrible. I was talking to my friend earlier about it, and at first I was surprised and confused about why a person would do something like that. But then he pointed out that people who tend to be picked on too much or raised in families with aggressive behavior might be triggered to do something like that. Which, I forgot about. I study psychology and I knew all of that beforehand, but the event itself shocked me so much that I just could not understand why someone would do that.

But, meh. Things like that put me in a gloomy mood. I can't think of anything good to say about the situation, other than I'm glad the killer was put to a stop. I do wonder about his motives, though.

tohubohu wrote:

It's crap like this that makes me paranoid at work.  This morning, I walked into the office and thought, "Now, if a psycho walked in shooting, what would I do?"  And I stared around and realized that if I didn't have time to go out the window, I would probably be dead.

Fortunately, I work in a company that's almost all women, so the people that get fired are mostly women, and therefore far less likely to show up with a gun.

Never assume that. My sister'd come in with a butcher knife, at the very least, if you just ruin her scented candle.
I heard about the Virginia tech shooting just yesterday. Didn't something similar happen before in Colorado like 8-9 years ago?

It really is sad, I know our admin. was on edge about the whole thing for fear of a 'copycat', but :sigh: sometimes humanity is depressing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_ … ignettes_2


They released the victim's names, and a bit of info about some of them.

It's just sad all together.

OK- Sevelle has to say his peace that has been eating him up inside since yesterday (so you all must deal):

There are four people, probably more, that I know who go to the school. One of them is my extremely close friend, who I love till the ends of the earth. When I found out what had happened I called her and she did not call back, and I freaked for two hours. She finally texted me, and I thanked: God, Allah, Buddha, and any other holy being I could think of. But there are still others that I went to school with, seeing everyday for four years, which I do not know if they are even alive.

The whole issue sickens me to no end. I mean, when people say they could have prevented it by listing off these insane details . . . You just cannot fathom being in that situation, or even think that it could happen.

I live in Virginia and I’ve never been to the school, but I know what it is and what it represents. I know where it is . . . It is one of the best schools to go to in the country (this coming from one whose family is deeply rooted in UVA ((IE: Harvard vs. Yale.)))

I guess what I am trying to say is that; no one could have imagined that this could happen. And though the event affects everyone, and everyone has their grips about it . . . yeah I don’t know what I am trying to say. But I’m really sad, sad for the people who died, sad for the guy who did it, but we all must move one as the school will rise again.

End thingy.

The news reported that the teacher of the German classroom was a Holocaust survivor and he stood in front of the shooting area to protect the others. That's heroic! Gave his life for his students. It's inspirational. What a great man.

Razara wrote:

There was another bomb threat at my school today.

I remember getting out of school for bomb threats, when I was young which was like a full decade ago...and, we the kids, always laughed and enjoyed our day off from school. Actually, day off of school-work... as we didn't actually leave the school, but would be lined up outside, to be counted, and I guess WAIT there for whoever to determine if it were a real threat, or a fake. It was always a prank!

But today, I think that bomb threats must actually scare the students... it's not like "tra-la-la, a day off!" It's more...serious, nerve wracking that it could possibly be true. That is very sad.

Giovanna wrote:

an English major at...Virginia Tech?

Yeah, I thought the tech signaled all majors revolving around technology too - it's like being a Sociology major at the Rhode Island School of Design! Strange. I wonder if they reported accurately?

Yeah, thanks tohubohu. Liviu Librescu, nice to know a real hero's name. How terrible not to know. Sure, the other guy had no chance - shot in the head, you can't react.

Razara wrote:

There was another bomb threat at my school today. Everyone knew it as soon as the Vice Principle came over the speaker saying, "I have a very, very important announcement to make. All teachers, please check your E-mail." The same thing happened the last time there was a bomb threat a few months ago. The rumor is that someone threatened to use a bomb at noon today, so every building at our school was evicted. They tried to say that it was just a fire drill, but they never evict the entire school for that (just individual buildings) and they would never do it during a lunch period.

I don't understand why people do things like this. Shooting people and threatening to bomb buildings is horrible, and it's even worse that these things go on at schools.

By chance your school is in Minesota? If that is the chance it just appeared on the mexican newspapers.

Last edited by Romanticide (04-18-2007 04:06:43 PM)

One thing that bothers me about this massacre is... I'm neither shocked or outraged. It's the bloodiest shooting by a single gunman in US history, and I'm not surprised by it. What the fuck is the world coming to?

Hm, perhaps you're right. I'd certainly like to think that you are.