lukeiamyourdad Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6560685.stm My condolences to the families of the victims. I got nothing else to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Varen Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 How sad. I feel sorry for all their families and what they must be going through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Skywalker Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Unfortunately, it just happens. My condolences to the families of the victims. It's not been that much time since we've heard of a college shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I heard about this earlier today. Its very sad indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Skywalker15 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 This is sad, indeed. My heart and prayers go out to the families of the victim, and I can only hope hope God forgives the person behind this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I'm listening to NPR special coverage right now. It's sad to hear all these people talking about friends/associates that have been wounded or killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderWiggin Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I was just about to post this. How terrible. Makes me think of this in Texas.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman#Tower_shootings And it does seem to happen often. _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Skywalker15 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 And it does seem to happen often. It doesn't happen as often as we are lead to believe...It's big news, and used to increase the news. It's sad, however, when it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aash Li Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 It doesnt happen *that* often... its just that when it happens the media harps about it for several days, as does all the talk radio shows. ie its big news because it doesnt really happen that often. So when it does, it sticks out there. And Im referring to massacres like this, not homicides and other less-sensational acts of inhumanity. All I can say is Im thankful that the gunman is dead... or one of them anyway. I think there was two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerhs Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 man, this really brings back too many memories of Columbine. may God be with them and comfort them, and may he help us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I send my condolences to those who were in this unfortunate incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I heard about it on the radio earlier today... very sad. {snip} This isn't the thread for this. -RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimmerman Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I heard about this during one of my classes. My condolences to the families involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 From my post in the Swamp: As a former Hokie, holy crap. It's pretty disturbing that I would still be in Blacksburg if I hadn't changed my major. According to NYTimes, there was a 911 about a shooting in a dorm (Ambler Johnson Hall) and then hours later, the gunman ends up dead in Norris Hall. Those two buildings are t completely opposite ends of the campus, and it's a good walk to get between the two. I can't believe one guy with a gun caused such a mass panic. The VT website is getting hit hard. And my local newspaper just called not 10 seconds after I clicked submit. The guy was calling people in my area who went to VT. The latest I heard was 33 fatalities (including the gunman), and the incidents (Ambler and Norris) may have not been related. They recovered two 9mm handguns, so the guy didn't go in with illegal assault weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 http://kotaku.com/gaming/virginia-tech/breaking-idiot-thompson-blames-va-shooting-on-games-252702.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Figures, moron will probably write some book now and have Oprah or somebody plug it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 Ok, this wasn't supposed to be about gun control or any of that crap, want to debate that, Kavar's corner exists. Can a moderator clean up this mess please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davinq Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Heard about this earlier... just makes me sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Mess? Just a discussion about the events, and possible motives, preventions, etc. Well, the Gun Control issue is the referred to "mess". Please start a thread in one of the serious discussion forums for that. Thanks. -RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char Ell Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 While on the way to work this morning I heard on the radio that two people at Virginia Tech had been shot and thought, "Please no, not another school shooting." Then on the way home I heard the number of people killed had increased to 32. I was completely and utterly stunned. So far I don't understand the VT students who wonder why more wasn't done to warn them. Maybe they are justified in this thought but I'm withholding my personal assessment of law enforcement's and the university's response until I get more details. I just don't see how or why VT would hold any classes for the rest of this week though. As for myself I'm looking for some sort of reason, insane though it may be, for such calculated blood letting from the dead gunman or gunmen, whatever the case might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Ok, this wasn't supposed to be about gun control or any of that crap, want to debate that, Kavar's corner exists. Can a moderator clean up this mess please? I agree... That isn't what this topic is about. Back on topic people or I go post pruning and warning issueing... issuing... or whatever that word is. Edit: On second thought... pruning time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 Redhawke- Thank you So far I don't understand the VT students who wonder why more wasn't done to warn them. Maybe they are justified in this thought but I'm withholding my personal assessment of law enforcement's and the university's response until I get more details. I just don't see how or why VT would hold any classes for the rest of this week though. As for myself I'm looking for some sort of reason, insane though it may be, for such calculated blood letting from the dead gunman or gunmen, whatever the case might be. Well, from what we know, two shootings took place, one at about 7:00 am, the other at 9:00 am, both in different buildings. Some of the shootings apparently also took place in classes, so it's weird why the university would still be open after the first shooting. It's still very confusing at the moment, so I don't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimmerman Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Well, as for the lack of appropriate notification and action in between the shootings, here's my thoughts. University administrations are bureaucracies like any other. The report of the shootings has to travel up the chain of command until it gets to Uni President and Board of Regents, who then need to call a committe meeting to talk about proper responses. This means the Regents need to get up out of their plush, comfortable chairs and walk twenty feet to the conference rooms, stopping for coffee on the way. This step will take ten times longer than it needs to, as bureaucrats hate doing anything that isn't denying petitions and filling out paperwork. Once the committe is assembled, it needs to spend a few minutes(half hour?) in disbelief that something like this could happen at their school, and then more time deciding what to do about it. A decision is reached to send an email to all school email accounts, by which time a few hours have passed. Maybe I'm a little cynical, or spiteful, but seriously, they dropped the ball on this one. Just because there were two shootings on opposite sides of campus does not mean they were two isolated incidents; I can walk from one end of campus here in Boulder to the other in around fifteen minutes if I hustle, and our campus is pretty large. As for why they were still open, see the above rant on incompetence. A lot of us here at CU are more than a little nervous, and frankly in shock, as University shootings are rare. The fact that it the majority of the casualties were in classes in the engineering center does not help the mood, as most of my friends, and myself, are engineering students. This whole thing is really f****d up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 All I can say is Im thankful that the gunman is dead... Not me. I wish he was alive to answer for his crimes. The coward took the easy way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevanA4 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Not me. I wish he was alive to answer for his crimes. The coward took the easy way out. except for chances are he would have been deamed unfit to stand trial. so it is some what good thing that he is dead. but I agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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