WTF!!!!!! - Virginia Tech

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: JSSheridan
To the best of my understanding (from first-hand accounts) this all started with an ex-boyfriend finding his girlfriend in bed with another guy. He then shot them, killing the guy immediately and the girl died at RMH.

Crime of passion and insanity.

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: timosyy
Memento mori.

Many of my friends attend Virginia Tech. All I've been able to contact are alive, thankfully.

Requiem in pace.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: Andy22

Originally posted by: sm8000
Apparently Fred Phelps is going to picket the funerals.

Where did you hear that?

bring it:

As of April 2006, at least 17 states have banned protests near funeral sites immediately before and after ceremonies, or are considering it. These are: Illinois,[49][50] Indiana,[51] Iowa,[52] Kansas,[53] Kentucky,[54] Louisiana,[55] Maryland,[56]Michigan,[57] Missouri,[58] which passed the law, and Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma,[59] South Carolina,[60] South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.[61] Florida increased the penalty for disturbing military funerals, amending a previous ban on the disruption of lawful assembly.[62]

 

[skywhr]

Originally posted by: roguerower
Within the past two weeks my college has had two (2) bomb threats and classes in those and surrounding buildings were all cancelled. I just found out that there was a shooting in one of the dorms just a couple of minutes ago.

One complete side of campus is locked down with cops, I just had a cop with a loaded shotgun walk into my class and tell us to stay put.

GOD, this is awesome.

:Q

 

[Emission]

I assume he yawned at the number of people killed in Iraq.

"10,000 and counting? LAME!"

Seriously, it's not funny.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
I hope this nutcase wasn't a CS or online game player, they are going to blame this on gaming

Jack Thompson has already crawled out of slimey hole and is doing TV interviews for just that.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
I hope this nutcase wasn't a CS or online game player, they are going to blame this on gaming

What the guy was is what he was. The blame game will be played later. Right now I cannot understand how so many people are saying "I hope he wasn't X or did X" because they are afraid if the shooter did it will somehow mess with their lives. Over 32 people are dead. I don't really think anyone gives a fvck if you can play your online games or not right now.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Are you serious? We have sirens for emergencies. They test every first Wed. of the month here. Then again we live in earthquake county, but I'm sure these emergency notification systems can be used for shootings, and I would CERTAINLY activate them in such an event.

But yea, that said I think there's a lot of things you won't think of doing that quickly, especially when it's just 1 shooter. If it was 3 terrorists trying to mess things up big time, I think you'd get a pretty quick closure.

No offense but that's a terrible idea. People hear sirens they've been told means one thing and they're going to react to that. Would it make sense to set off fire alarms for someone shooting up the school?

It would be good to have an alarm/warning system that specifically took situations like this into consideration, but I don't know of hardly anywhere that does, and I can guarantee most schools don't.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
I hope this nutcase wasn't a CS or online game player, they are going to blame this on gaming

What the guy was is what he was. The blame game will be played later. Right now I cannot understand how so many people are saying "I hope he wasn't X or did X" because they are afraid if the shooter did it will somehow mess with their lives. Over 32 people are dead. I don't really think anyone gives a fvck if you can play your online games or not right now.

Some people tend to immediately think of the long-term consequences immediately. Don't accuse others because you are short sighted.

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
I hope this nutcase wasn't a CS or online game player, they are going to blame this on gaming

What the guy was is what he was. The blame game will be played later. Right now I cannot understand how so many people are saying "I hope he wasn't X or did X" because they are afraid if the shooter did it will somehow mess with their lives. Over 32 people are dead. I don't really think anyone gives a fvck if you can play your online games or not right now.

:thumbsup:

 

[drum]

what a horribly frightening situation for the students and faculty

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: Andy22

Originally posted by: sm8000
Apparently Fred Phelps is going to picket the funerals.

Where did you hear that?

http://www.godhatesamerica.com/

 

[NatePo717]

Originally posted by: sm8000

Originally posted by: Andy22

Originally posted by: sm8000
Apparently Fred Phelps is going to picket the funerals.

Where did you hear that?

http://www.godhatesamerica.com/

Scum of the earth. The Phelps aren't even worthy of even being rectal warts.

 

[Queasy]

From a comment here

A mother on Fox, says she received a call from her daughter, who told her she was ok, that the police said that someone had been killed, but the school wasn?t on lockdown. The mother told her to lock the door.

The mother said the kids were allowed to walk around campus. The mother is a former FBI agent, who called and told the campus officials to lockdown the campus, with a shooter on campus.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
I hope this nutcase wasn't a CS or online game player, they are going to blame this on gaming

What the guy was is what he was. The blame game will be played later. Right now I cannot understand how so many people are saying "I hope he wasn't X or did X" because they are afraid if the shooter did it will somehow mess with their lives. Over 32 people are dead. I don't really think anyone gives a fvck if you can play your online games or not right now.

Some people tend to immediately think of the long-term consequences immediately. Don't accuse others because you are short sighted.

I'm not shortsighted you dillweed. I'm more interested in what MATTERS, and that isn't video games. It is lives.

 

[eleison]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: JSSheridan
To the best of my understanding (from first-hand accounts) this all started with an ex-boyfriend finding his girlfriend in bed with another guy. He then shot them, killing the guy immediately and the girl died at RMH.

Crime of passion and insanity.

Doesn't make sense... it would mean he had his gun with him when he went to visit his gf on campus. Also, the way he went about it... it seemed like he planned everything out -- the various clips, the vest... etc

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra

STOP WITH THE GUN ARGUEMENT CRAP FOR EOTHER SIDE!!!! THIS IS A NEWS THREAD YOU ARE GETTING IN THE WAY

FFS PEOPLE STOP.

If it's strictly a news thread, this is the wrong forum for that.

 

[Eli]

Whoa, what is going on?! :Q

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
I hope this nutcase wasn't a CS or online game player, they are going to blame this on gaming

What the guy was is what he was. The blame game will be played later. Right now I cannot understand how so many people are saying "I hope he wasn't X or did X" because they are afraid if the shooter did it will somehow mess with their lives. Over 32 people are dead. I don't really think anyone gives a fvck if you can play your online games or not right now.

Some people tend to immediately think of the long-term consequences immediately. Don't accuse others because you are short sighted.

I'm not shortsighted you dillweed. I'm more interested in what MATTERS, and that isn't video games. It is lives.

Lives certainly matter, but you should not be just thinking of the moment. Are your future liberties not important?

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: Eli
Whoa, what is going on?! :Q

Horrible things. 🙁

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: eleison

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: JSSheridan
To the best of my understanding (from first-hand accounts) this all started with an ex-boyfriend finding his girlfriend in bed with another guy. He then shot them, killing the guy immediately and the girl died at RMH.

Crime of passion and insanity.

Doesn't make sense... it would mean he had his gun with him when he went to visit his gf on campus. Also, the way he went about it... it seemed like he planned everything out -- the various clips, the vest... etc

Probably had the gun in his room and went back to get it? Or maybe it was planned; since he had already broken up with his GF, maybe he knew about the new guy?

Regarding the "various clips, the vest," there was a few hours between the first shooting (of the supposed GF and her new BF) and the rampage. He probably killed them both, felt like he had nothing to live for, grabbed his clips and vest, and went crazy.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: eleison

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: JSSheridan
To the best of my understanding (from first-hand accounts) this all started with an ex-boyfriend finding his girlfriend in bed with another guy. He then shot them, killing the guy immediately and the girl died at RMH.

Crime of passion and insanity.

Doesn't make sense... it would mean he had his gun with him when he went to visit his gf on campus. Also, the way he went about it... it seemed like he planned everything out -- the various clips, the vest... etc

Yep. I don't think he'd be casually carrying around two 9mms on campus. Plus, crimes of passion don't usually turn into a mass killing.

NPR

?What happened today this was ridiculous,? student Jason Piatt told CNN. He said the first warning from the university of a shooting on campus came in an e-mail about two hours after the first deadly burst of gunfire. ?While they?re sending out that e-mail, 22 more people got killed,? Piatt said.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
I hope this nutcase wasn't a CS or online game player, they are going to blame this on gaming

What the guy was is what he was. The blame game will be played later. Right now I cannot understand how so many people are saying "I hope he wasn't X or did X" because they are afraid if the shooter did it will somehow mess with their lives. Over 32 people are dead. I don't really think anyone gives a fvck if you can play your online games or not right now.

Some people tend to immediately think of the long-term consequences immediately. Don't accuse others because you are short sighted.

I'm not shortsighted you dillweed. I'm more interested in what MATTERS, and that isn't video games. It is lives.

Lives certainly matter, but you should not be just thinking of the moment. Are your future liberties not important?

My ability to play a video game on 04/16/2007 is not as important as this overall situation, no. Don't confuse your selfishness with being forward-thinking.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
I hope this nutcase wasn't a CS or online game player, they are going to blame this on gaming

What the guy was is what he was. The blame game will be played later. Right now I cannot understand how so many people are saying "I hope he wasn't X or did X" because they are afraid if the shooter did it will somehow mess with their lives. Over 32 people are dead. I don't really think anyone gives a fvck if you can play your online games or not right now.

Some people tend to immediately think of the long-term consequences immediately. Don't accuse others because you are short sighted.

I'm not shortsighted you dillweed. I'm more interested in what MATTERS, and that isn't video games. It is lives.

Lives certainly matter, but you should not be just thinking of the moment. Are your future liberties not important?

Of course future liberties are important, but let the news get finalized before you start speculating about what could happen to *your* personal rights and liberties. People died. Think of them for a bit.

It's just too soon.

 

[Mill]

I wonder if Colleges will start having those rapid notification systems? They have them at the High Schools here so they can notify parents of closures, accidents, bad weather, or emgergencies. Some of the districts here have 20K+ students, so I can imagine that's a lot of people to contact. They claim these systems can send over 20k text messages and make 20k phone calls in like 5 minutes

That would have saved a lot of lives.