|
|
|
10-02-2006, 12:26 PM
|
#1 |
|
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
|
Another school shooting
__________________
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby |
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 12:34 PM
|
#2 |
|
The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
|
A tragedy, but how many millions of schools are there? and billions of people?
I hardly think this isolated incident indicates the "World" has lost it's mind. That said, I'm sure there are thousands of wackos out there capable of the same thing. 
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. |
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 12:44 PM
|
#3 |
|
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
|
Sept 14th: man kills one and wounds at least 20 (some severely) in shooting in a college in Montreal
Sept 29th: student kills principal in Cazenovia WI Sept 21st: 3 students charged with conspiracy to commit homicide for allegedly planning to attack their school with guns and bombs in Green Bay, WI Sept 27: man kills 16 year old girl after holding six girls hostage and sexually assaulting them in a school in Bailey, CO Today: at least six killed in a shooting in an Amish school in Lancaster PA I realize this is hardly a dent in the millions of schools and billions of people, but I don't remember a trend quite like this one. Are you saying it's just getting more press?
__________________
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby |
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 12:52 PM
|
#4 | |
|
in the Hour of Scampering
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
Posts: 4,060
|
Quote:
__________________
"Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..." |
|
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 12:36 PM
|
#5 |
|
Insert witty comment here
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 2,182
|
I saw that! I mean, it's amish country for goodness sake! they don't bother anyone!
|
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 12:57 PM
|
#6 |
|
Makes some feel uncomfortable
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 10,346
|
Funny - none stabbed or beaten to death, poisoned or starved. The second ammendment rules!
 If every student, teacher and administrator had beened armed, these things would never have happened. 
__________________
 "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce
|
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 01:08 PM
|
#7 | |
|
in the Hour of Scampering
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
Posts: 4,060
|
Quote:
But teachers and administrators who have students under their care and protection in loco parentis (and who are legally able themselves; convicted felons and ex-mental patients with teaching licences need not apply) should certainly consider it; they have a duty to their charges to protect them. Of course the painfully liberal NEA wouldn't hear of that... And what makes you say no students were stabbed or beaten to death? I think it's certain that quite a few were during the interval in question...but they seem to get different treatement in the press somehow. The same way that an aircraft crash with two fatalities gets vastly more coverage than an automobile crash with the same mortality, I suppose, which is much more charitable than inferring a political motivation from a liberal press.
__________________
"Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..." Last edited by MaggieL; 10-02-2006 at 01:12 PM. |
|
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 01:26 PM
|
#8 |
|
Makes some feel uncomfortable
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 10,346
|
A mass school stabbing would get just as much press
__________________
"I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce
|
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 01:29 PM
|
#9 |
|
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
|
I think it would be harder to kill a large number of people if you were armed with only knives, sticks, and rocks.
__________________
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby |
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 02:33 PM
|
#10 | |
|
in the Hour of Scampering
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
Posts: 4,060
|
Quote:
Since schools and universities are garanteed to be victim disarmament zones, they attract perps who are comitting suicide-by-cop but want to take a significant number of victims with them. This also applies to post offices and many factories.
__________________
"Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..." Last edited by MaggieL; 10-02-2006 at 02:39 PM. |
|
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 09:05 PM
|
#11 | |
|
When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Raytown, Missouri
Posts: 12,719
|
Quote:
__________________
"To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog |
|
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 01:32 PM
|
#12 |
|
Bioengineer and aspiring lawer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 872
|
Gun prohibition would be no different than alcohol prohibition anyway. If you make it illegal you'll just drive it underground and create cartels.
Besides, it's in the constitution, rewrite it if you have a problem.
__________________
The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity. |
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 01:36 PM
|
#13 |
|
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
|
9th, are you off your meds again?
"Rewrite it if you have a problem"? Testy much? 
__________________
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby |
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 01:59 PM
|
#14 |
|
Bioengineer and aspiring lawer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 872
|
Testy? Absolutly. I've been working 13 hour days for the past two weeks including weekends. September/October is hell for students anyway and taking 20 credits doesn't help matters. Temper tends to go short on 5 hours of sleep.
__________________
The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity. |
|
|
|
|
10-02-2006, 06:08 PM
|
#15 | |
|
Cardigan-wearing man
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Much Binding In The Marsh
Posts: 1,082
|
Quote:
hey, chill out man..... grab a gun, go shoot some kids....
__________________
I *like* wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons. |
|
|
|
|
 |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
