Tragedy On Campus
Filed under: R.I.P.
A gunman opened fire at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, killing five people before taking his own life.
This shit makes us so angry!!!!
Why does it seem that kind of stuff happens so much in America but not other parts of the world????
That kind of violence just makes no sense.
Our thoughts with everyone affected by this tragedy.
Posted: February 15, 2008 at 7:24 am
"Why does it seem that kind of stuff happens so much in America but not other parts of the world????"
Yes school shootings are horrible, but there are worse things in the world that DON'T affect the US - genicide, civil war, coups.. Life isn't that bad for you guys.
Yea good point. Nothing bad like suicide bombings happen in other countries…
America may suck, but at least we don't have war on our soil. Unless you consider these dumbfuck kids with guns in school war-like..
People are fuckin' stupid. Colleges are institutions that don't give a shit about their students only their wallets and people die because of it.
We shouldn't question "why us?" We should be saying "why anyone?"
sad. the same happened in finland a few months ago. i'm surprised none of you know. still now wonder, americans often doesn't know too much about the things outside their country…
Perez, you are a closed-minded douchebag. America is the only place this happens?!?!?!?!? Hello, nation-centric thinking. The only reason it's notable is because it's NOT the norm here. Try other countries where there are mass genocides going on, or where suicide bombers run free, etc. You should think before you type.
Re: Pissed off –
Your argument would make sense IF the people that shoot up schools were criminals beforehand! Typically though they aren't, which is why it is so damn easy for them to get guns.
Enjoy your 'freedom' moron - you gotta be prepared to fight off those red coats with yur right to bare arms y'all!
Can you say gun control. Make it more difficult for people to buy guns!!! What are Clinton, Obama or McCain saying about the NRA.
I absolutely agree guns should not be available that easily, but: They are not the reason! In my country, Switzerland, military is mandatory for all men, and after they all take the guns home and store them under the bed or wherever, so the number of firearms is much higher in my country than in the U.S., but did anything like that ever happen? NO!
It`s not the guns, it`s the culture (or lack of)
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i live very close to the niu campus and a lot of neighborhood kids go there. my family's thoughts and prayers are with northern illinois university.
Why do we have more immigration (legal and illegal, not just from Mexico) than any other country? People are dying to come here, but talk shit about it because they CAN'T. It's kind of linked to why so many FAT UGLY girls make mean comments about their physical betters, like me. Because they will NEVER be thin and beautiful… and when I'm old, I'll STILL have all my money bitches!
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Besides, I need my gun to shoot Africans who come over here and think it's okay to rape hot women. And BLAX TOO! HAH!
i will never understand what gives some one the right to take other peoples lives and why they have to go out and murder innocent people … what does that do for them? and then the killer offs himself? COWARD BASTARD
Why does it seem that kind of stuff happens so much in America but not other parts of the world????
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maybe it happens here because everywhere else is a lrge 3rd world shit stain especially canada with a small can
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Re: fenni – They are filled with UGLY PEOPLE who are better off shot dead. I pray that one of the dead was an extremely ugly person. The world is now rid of her! Hah
Re: mmm – Excuse, but NO not Anyone can go and buy a gun in America. You have to pass a background check in order to purchase a gun, and people charged with prior felonies are FORBIDDEN to own or even have a gun on their property, and that includes rifles and shotguns. I should know, my father, who has been a lifelong hunter, has been in prison for 8 YEARS SO FAR for having his wife's hunting rifles in their home, which he never even used because it's illegal for him to purchase hunting permits. His prior felony conviction occurred over 20 years ago! If he's lucky, he'll be out in a little over a year. (To clarify, he was a lifelong hunter until his felony conviction. He did not hunt after it became illegal for him to do so.) We do have gun control laws in effect in America, so the rest of the world can get off it's high horse! I'm proud to be an American and feel a hell of alot safer (and freer) here than I would in 99% of the other countries on this planet.
I live miles from the school. Lots of people I know go there. I have heard that a kid I went to school with was shot in the room. I don't know if thats true. Keep us in your prayers! I NEVER expected this to happen so close to home. Hearing the dead are from cities I live near or have been to is surreal.
It was 6 people plus himself
Re: Dissident – Dissident, I think you are speaking on an intelligence / education level that is too high for most of the people on this board. I do agree with you, though. Off the cliff the lemmings go!
Um… I'll tell you why this shit happens in the US… Because of your antiquated gun laws. DUH! All I can say is thank god I live in Canada. The US is tanking globally, you re-elected a moron into office and your government is more concerned over banning gay marriage than providing health care to those who need it the most…
i go to school at northern illinois, and i think it is sad and pathetic that you all are making this into an argument about gun control and how stupid americans are. this is a huge tragedy, and i think you need to show more respect to the university and everyone that this affected
partially because we have more freedoms and a less structured society. where there is chaos there is freedom. partially because worldwide there is a move toward a looser family structure and people feel more isolated. while i don't oppose gun control, most households in america have had guns for centuries, but these kind of things did not happen until our societal structure became looser and more fragmented with a lack of community and parenting.
similar things are happening in other countries, but given the size of our country the ratio is bound to be more. i hold an EU passport and have lived overseas (not as wonderful as american's fantasize) and understand we are the size for 4 europes.
Oh and to Megan saying the US is "the best country out there"… That is even funnier than Heidi Montag's new video… Oh and ps by the way, the rest of the world isn't envious of the US, they're LAUGHING at the US…
Proud Canadian…
BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY IS PROMOTING NON VIOLENCE ECT. NO ONE IS CONCEARNED ABOUT ANYONE BUT THERIRSELVES WEIRDOS USUALLY HAVE ALOT OF WARNING SIGNS BEFOR THEY GO NUTS AND NOBODY CARES.IF THESE FRUSTRATED KIDS GOT IN A COUPLE OF SCHOOLFIGHTS,GOT IN A BOXING RING AND LET THAT ANGER OUT THIS WOULD'NT HAPPEN.IF WE WOULD TEACH OUR KIDS TO BE HEROS AND TAKE THIS GUY OUT BY JUMPING ON HIS BACK OR SOMTHING LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED.REMEMBER WHEN OUR CULTURE HAD HEROS THAT STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE NOW EVERYONE WANTS TO STEP DOWN AND COWER.PEACE AND NON VIOLENCE WE ARE PREACHING DOES'NT ALWAYS APPLY
I'm sure this stuff does happen in places other than America, but American news is so preoccupied with itself and with ratings that it doesn't bother to talk about other incidents like this in the world. Or maybe it's because America preaches about this supposed "American Dream" this is not nearly as easy to acheive as its media claims and portrays, and it makes people crazy and bitter to the point that they go on a rampage. Or maybe it's because America allows people to have weapons for "self defense". Hasn't the government seen enough proof that weapons are barely ever used for self defense? Or maybe it's all of the above, and America is just not as safe, free, prosperous or true as it likes to think it is. America lives in a bubble and will readily blame these kinds of things on individual issues without even considering for a second that maybe it's the corrupt institutions that make people lash out like this. I'm not at all saying he was right to do this, but I really think that the country needs to see major changes before things like this will stop.
Re: johnsezz – LEARN HOW TO SPELL, PUT A SENTENCE TOGETHER, AND SPEAK ENGLISH. IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.
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.HOPE YOU GET YOUR VERY DUMB BRAINS SPLATTERED WHEN YOU'RE LEAST EXPECTING IT. HAVE A NICE DAY:)
It does happen in other parts of the world …. worse happens every day all over the world, when you watch american news, you get american news … thats why it seems like its no where else …
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This happens in America so much because Americans promote violence, war and evil. They may not think that, but they do. America needs an attitude makeover. Hopefull with a new president in office, their points of view wil be altered and the brain wash will wear off.
Re: expat – Lives are so devalued by kids these days because their parents are more preoccupied with work and making money than raising mentally healthy and happy children. Parents sit them down in front of tv and video games and computers rather than spending quality time and instilling proper values and morals, such as how it's wrong to go on a shooting rampage, or stab someone for looking at you wrong. They feel and unloved and so they transfer this hate for themselves onto others.
Re: Just Some Guy – good idea! let's just arm everyone. retard. Do you think if the guy barged in with a knife that 33 people would have been killed? No, the guy would have been tackled and pummeled to death. Let's say that the audience had been packing heat…how many would have been killed then by the barrage of bullets flying everywhere. the "gun-free" zones, or whatever you are talking about, are a non-issue. I'm exhausted by your ignorance.
I don't think gun control is the issue here. When does stuff like this happen in states that allow guns like crazy like Texas? Almost never. You can't just blame one sole thing on this. The guns aren't the problems. It's the people who have the guns. It's a total tragedy and this was something that I could actually see happening in my geology class happening. The whole way it was set up it sounds exactly like the auditorium I was in for Natural Disasters. What happened is horrible. All my thoughts go out to the NIU students!!
KSU Wildcats for Huskies
well it does not only look like that it IS definitely so!
look, we in europe just don't own guns and don't watch every violent video on the market.. and we keep our kids away from violence!
so throw all your weapons and ego shooter pc games in the big pond and start building up friendships!
greetings from austria, schwarzenegger's home country… Jules
#621 You are mentally disturbed to say ugly people are better off dead.
It is not physical aspect you moron that makes people good or bad, but their heart.
Never wish death on anybody, what goes around comes around!
I wonder if this kook was a moslim? This type of violence would be expected of a person of slamic background. it certainly isnt unique to the us as so many here seem to believe. marc lepine killed a bunch in montreal not so long ago and he wasnt even slamic. somebody should check out how much health care this crazy bastard couldnt afford to get before he lost his mind.
maybe americans should be more interested in the things that happen in other parts of the world. there have been many shootings at schools lately. mostly in the us though but in finland also.
Re: Jil – you really believe suicide bombings don't happen in other countries? that's so sad that american kids are so uneducated and deluded about the rest of the world, they think america is a mess. there have been numerous suicide bombings and terrorists attacks in the uk, spain, netherlands, france, isreal, africa, argentina, bosnia, georgia, etc. there are also other kinds of terrorism in other countries that would be more impossible here such as the exile and extermination of entire races or groups of people by muslim extremists or sympathetic terrorist cells. jews have been exiled from france (little jewish children have ben knifed or beaten in public view by muslims), kurds have been exterminated by hussein and russia, the communist chinese have massacred the tibetans, isreali school children have been bombed EVERY SINGLE DAY since giving gaza to the palestinians, and need i tell you whats happening in the sudan and darfur.
americans think the rest of the world is like their disneyland vision of it because they like to pout about how bad their country is. america has got it good, but because youhaven't paid attention to how bad the rest of the world is you won't have it good very soon. compared to the rest of the world america is relatively peaceful and most americans simply take that for granted.
Re: TAKE THE GUNS AWAY YOU RETARDS – Yes. You're right. I'll eventually die. so what?
Re: All you haters wish you LIVED HERE in the US – Uhh , you don't have more immigration than anywhere else in the world. Canada has the highest immigration percentage at 2% a year, the States only allows in 1% a year. And besides, people immigrate because they are told lies about what they are to expect, such as wealth, health and success, when in reality they will just end up adding more to the poverty-level population (that goes for both Canada and the States).
Hii! This doesn't only happen in America, just a couple months ago it happened in Norway. And it happened in Germany, Finland etc. People these days are just really fucked up
Because that crazy fuck could go and LEGALLY buy guns & bullets for no damn reason…I think people should have to go through extensive interviewing or at the very least have a damn good reason to buy a gun…This guy even looked like a freak and he just walked in and bought the guns no problem. …When you think about it- there's really nothing to be done anyway cuz there are so many guns already out there…I like the idea of somehow putting a restriction on bullets…some comedian used to joke about that…give them the gun but charge $20,000 for the bullets…you could still look like a badass but no one gets hurt…
because everyone can carry a gun?!!!!!! im pretty sure if they stopped that being legal then the shootings would become much less frequent!!!
this is a tragedy,but everyday thousands of people are murdered in their homes and on their farms in South Africa and other countries and nobody seems to give a damn. but as soon as it happens in the US it's frontpage news…
right to bare arms or right to die of old age? i'm staying in CANADA!!!!!
Perez, please tell me you're not insinuating that senselss violence doesn't occur elsewhere in the world…
That having been said, more government focus on domestic issues may help put a stop to mass violence on otherwise safe-havens
WE ARE BECOMING A NATION OF WUSSES,WE CANT FIGHT IN SCHOOL EVERYTHING IS NON VIOLENCE AND PEACE THAT DOES'NT ALWAYS APPLY.IF THIS KID GOT IN A COUPLE OF SCHOOL FIGHTS WENT AND COUPLE HITS WITH SOME BOXING GLOVES ON HE WOULD HAVE LET SOME FRUSTRATION OUT THESE KIDS ARE HOLDING IT IN,BUT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE SUED.IF WE TEACH OUR KIDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND BE HEROS AND TRY TO TAKE ACTION THESE PEOPLE WOULD'NT HAVE DIED, NO ONE IS CONCEARNED ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING BUT THEM SELVES WE ARE TEACHING OUR KIDS TO BE UNCONFRONTATIONAL.WHEN IS THE LAST TIME WE HAD REAL HEROS TO EMULATE!!!!
Thank you for posting this Perez. As an alumna of NIU, I'm in complete disbelief that something like this could happen to a place I called home for 4 years. My thoughts and prayers go out to the students, families and faculty at Northern Illinois University.
How many tragedies like this or everyday shootings will have to happen to make the assholes in washington get their heads out of their asses and realize that we do have a gun control problem in this country.
I am completely digusted to think that things like this and many worse things happen in the world everyday.
[re=1529424]Re: All you haters wish you LIVED HERE in the USWhy do we have more immigration (legal and illegal, not just from Mexico) than any other country? People are dying to come here, but talk shit about it because they CAN'T. It's kind of linked to why so many FAT UGLY girls make mean comments about their physical betters, like me. Because they will NEVER be thin and beautiful… and when I'm old, I'll STILL have all my money bitches!
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-BITCH YOU'RE SO RIGHT! EAT THAT UGLY FAT GIRLS AND MOSLIMS WEARING FUCKING BLANKETS TO HIDE YOUR LOPSIDED TITTIES AND FAT BULDGES AND BOMBS
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It happens because Americans have guns!!
No guns, no more shootings
now thats something american people dont seem to get.
Re: TAKE THE GUNS AWAY YOU RETARDS – YOUR HEART SUCKS AND YOU SHOULD DIE THEN
why??? because you people can get guns at the friggin bank and wal mart for gods sakes!! not every tom, dick and harry should be allowed acess to a gun. Whats going on over there??
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HOW CAN YOU COMPARE IRAK WITH AMERICA? PEOPLE GET KILLED IN IRAK BECAUSE YOU FUCKING IDIOTS OF AMERICANS INVADE THIS COUNTRY SO THE DEFEND THEM SELVES ITS A FUCKING WAR !!!!!!!
i live in france and students killing other students NEVER HAPPEN
AMERICA IS RETARDED AMERICANS THINK THEY CAN RULE THE WORLD AND NOW ALL YOUR SOLDIERS ARE GETTING KILLED FOR A NONSENSE WAR NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF
WHY NOBODY SHUTS DOWN THESE SCHOOLS WHERE THE SHOOTINGS HAPPEN?
ITS NOT ABOUT GUNS!!!!! IF ALL US GOOD PEOPLE WOULD TURN GUNS IN THE BAD PEOPLE WILL HIDE THEM AND USE THEM AGAINST US.I SURE WOULD WANT TO BLOW SOMEBODY AWAY THE NEXT TIME MY HOUSE WAS ROBBED.GOOD THING THEY WERE'NT TRYING TO KILL ME MY KNIFE I COULD THROW ONLY SO FAR!!
I am so sick of these kids taking out their Mommy and Daddy issues on others who are just trying to get an education. School is supposed a safe place, where kids can go and LEARN! Not for students to constantly be worried about getting shot!
Maybe we should start instituting a psychological test along with the SAT's.
So who's going to jump on the gun control bandwagon first: Hillary or Obama?
im from illinois. a bunch of my friends go to niu.
and i go to eiu.
it's just a little too close to home this time.
scares me.
Re: Aussie Girl – I don't think it is the ease in which it takes to get guns in America, most states have instituted stricter gun control laws, I think the issue at hand is why are all these kids so filled with hatred that they want to shoot others in the first place?
Re: blondie – Shut up stupid. Don't act like you know what you're talking about. It's trendy to hate what you can't have, but want desperately. Like US citizenship, and hips that fit into your own pants. It's good that you posted some reference for your stats. Oh wait, you didn't.
Perez, it does happen in other places. We have it in Canada too, not on the same scale. But as a witness of the Dawson School shooting, where we lost one life that day, I think it is more of a global problem than just a U.S. problem. There is more to this than just gun control, this is an epidemic and the root of the problem lies with the gunmen themselves. Our society is failing these individuals and I don't know what needs to be done.
#655 It is unfortunatelly that people like you make US today.
You can find a gun anywhere in the world, it doesn't matter if they are legal or not in your country. I live in Argentina and if I wanted to find a gun I could easily, but we don't have problems such as school shooting here at all. I think this is a very interesting subject to analyze and am happy that you have pointed it out Perez so that people can think about this a bit. It's hard to find a clear reason as to why this happens in the States and not in other countries, but it's smart that people are starting to reflect upon the issue and work on improving the society and cultures morals and priorities.
it wouldnt be ok if it happened elsewhere as well. it seems as if you advocate it happening somewhere else as long as it doesnt happen in the US. Really.. come on now.
Re: winter – but - if we take away the guns, then n1gg3rs won't be able to "die accidentally." Silly you!
I just dont think gun control is the reason. it's true what people say, guns dont kill people, people kill people.
something is wrong with our youth in this country. we need to ask why is this happening and how can we prevent it. without or without stiffer gun laws, if you have the drive and will to commit an act like this, you will find a way. we need to prevent people from getting to this point. something is wrong with americans as a whole, not our gun laws.
Re: ll – are you retarded? how many kurds were murdered by hussein to facilitate french and russian oil deals before america showed up? can you say genocide?? your lack of compassion for the kurds who were murdered in iraq to facilitate european oil is disgusting. blame america, but europe turned their head once again while ANOTHER GENOCIDE was happening. just as europe is doing with darfur. GO AMERICA! maybe we interfere, but we can't turn away when we see injustice like RACIST europe can.
dumb yanks + easliy available guns…duh
I think next, America should bomb the shit out of Canada. Sounds like they're a threat, being north of us and all, they don't like us, and they think we're a power hungry nation of imbeciles running naked through the streets waving guns around, begging for medical care. I'm sick to death of Canada. Yep, I'm gonna get together a band of my Southern, right wing, NASCAR watching, red-neck hick brothers, go to D.C. and grab Prez. Bush, march into Canada, and lay waste to their homeland. Fuck off Canadians, I'm officially sick of your stupid tirades about how shitty America is. No one cares about Canada anyhow.
Re: ll – Hahahahah, frenchies are always pissed off!
It's 'bear arms'. Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
I agree that America does provide very easy access to guns, and that these campus tragedies are horrible, but let's not trivialize or forget to recognize the lives of the millions of people that are dying all over the world as a result of senseless violence. From the genocide in Darfur, civil strife in Sierra Leone, Somalia, Laos, and Kenya, the war in Iraq, immigration riots in Western Europe, and countless other senseless murders around the world, we can not say that this is only happening in America. The only difference is that here, in the US, the media covers these incidents on our own soil endlessly, while they do not provide adequate media coverage to the millions of other countless human rights violations that occur everyday in other parts of the world. You can say this happens in America, but you can't say that senseless violence doesn't happen in every country for some idiotic reason or another, even Canada.
first of all, we don't have much people who sell under the table guns, if someone doesn't get the license to own a gun, they won't be permitted to buy one. Second as soon as they walk out that store with dissapointment, there comes a stupid cock sucker that offers a 9mm for 1000 cash..takes it and runs. FUCKING AMERICA SELLS OVER THE COUNTER BULLETS AT FUCKING WALMART, a family fucking store. There…now there is your answer, if Canadians want bullets..it's a fucking mission and a half.
why even ask the question of why it happens in america… shit happens everywhere. ok, maybe it's easier to get guns in america, but why is there more crome in europe & canada?
america has gun control laws. the problem is that we also don't have borders, so people can access and buy guns through the smuggling from mexico and canada. this is the same way illegal immigrants come here. many are told to get safe passage they must bring drugs or guns. since we have no borders "gung control" laws are meaningless except to those who abide the laws.
It does happen in other parts of the world, North America is just to ignorant to ever notice it
Think about the tragedy happening everywhere else, and reevaluate that comment
cause US is one country where u can just stroll into arms store n legally purchase firearms. with or without permit, IMO if u eliminate ownership of guns altogether it will be a much safer place. so much for freedom of speech, blah blah, whatever it is u guys practice over there.
my heart goes out to those who died and still are going to though, illinois, columbine etc - poor victims of propaganda
I have much love for my friends and family at NIU I'm glad i didnt know anyone who was hurt. This tradgedy has really struck all of use a bit too close to home. RIP
Don't blame it on gun control, blame it on poor parenting. High school is hard, for every one. Every person has gone through that phase. I did, there was always a gun in the house for protection, I've always known where it was, and I never picked it up and took it to school to blow people away with. Seriously, I think we should do mental screenings in school.
IT'S CALLED GUN LAWS! maybe the US should be more like my awesome country CANADA! you don't often see things like that happen here because we have strict gun laws!
WE SHOULD ALL KILL EACH OTHER YAAAAAAAY!!!!
WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PEREZ?!!?
It happens in every part of the world,you idiot.
Do you think you know everything?Well you don't,fat weirdo.
um..i can't believe people actually believe a michael moore comedy as though it were a factual documentary. try watching a REAL documentary about gun control people. you can't get licensed guns at a bank. that was a set up and moore has admitted to it. you CAN get plenty of guns that ARE NOT licensed from smugglers coming across our mexican and canadian borders.
Listen, just take one second and listen up
Pay attention to these little children acting tough
Taking daddies gun to school to shoot them up
One day the quiet kid has had enough
And he just writes down and lists and then
Shakes his head and decides it won’t happen again
He’s sick of being bullied, tired of being lonely
He’s got a list that goes five miles long
And he wishes he could only
Punish all of those who have wronged
This is an attention cry, he was just acting shy
So you would pass him by, and we still don’t know why
How do you know you’ll be safe tomorrow
Guns and bombs, the world has so much sorrow
And the media feeds and waits for this
Call it breaking news while filming a girls in fits
And they’re pumping it out back unto our kids
Whose little eyes should never witness this
You’re giving him what he wanted
We’re in panic and disarray
And every time you change the channel
all you hear is his name
Every one knows who he is now
Invisible no more
You’re afraid that the evil is outside your door
No matter what you do you can’t be prepared
So analyze it to death, he won we’re scared.
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We need gun control. We need better mental health services. We need to minimalize the gap in the distribution of wealth in this country. We need our media to stop focusing so much on tragedy and more on triumph. We need to stop watching E news and start watching CNN . We need better educate ourselves on world wide issues. We need to make amends and work toward fixing our tarnished name. We need to stop arguing about gay marriage and start arguing about important issues. We need to stop watching the grammys and start watching the presidential debates. We need to vote. All Americans have a voice whether they think they do or not. Even those not of voting age are allowed to volunteer for political causes. Wake up America, or we've got an even scarier road ahead of us.
People are bein shot up and killed quite often here in Vancouver…it's annoying. I think it's gang related. In front of restaraunts downtown, and a teenage boy was stabbed like a week and a half ago. Another guy was attacked with an axe and will never walk again. Sad stuff.
hilton says that it seems to happen only in NothAmerica…well…it's just the law of attraction, the more you worry about something, the more it happens…haven't you noticed?..the more Anti Cancer war, the more Cancer we got…the more Anti terrorist was…the more terrorism we get…this fear of something gives you thoughts of it, and thoughts are powerful, so you give enery to them…it's like feeding a demon…instead of ANTI guns, why don't we say PRO peace instead?…instead of "I'm not negative", why don't we say "I AM positive?…the law of attracion says we get the thought we create…the more paranoic americans get about "defending themselves" the more guns they get, so…more violence creates itself to justify that negative collective thinking, there's a documenary amazing I recomend, it's called The Secret
MEDIA!! funny how you hear of these things happening in the U.S and such all because of the media attention it draws. I know I am not from America, I am from Canada and I am a Native Canadian. The thing that bothers me about this is when in Red Lake, the shooting on the reservation didnt attract attention as the other schools do. Not only this the fuckin president didnt even show up to show his support on these matters HE MADE A FUCKIN PHONE CALL!…it just shows that this isnt only happening in America but in all other countries to. It just bothers the hell outta me that this thing has pleagued the youth of today to think this is the way to go about things. The Red Lake massacre was a very upsetting thing that happened to my people, to me it just seemed like because they were Native American's the people didnt care as much.
Gee, I wonder if he liked killing simulaters er, I mean computer games???
Der.
Re: Educate yourself before speaking – IF MOST THESE IDOITS HAD BRAINS THEY WOULD AGREE WITH US!!!!!BUT UNFORTUNAELY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND OUR AMENMENTS THINGS WILL ALWAYS HAPPENS NEXT TIME WITH A KNIFE OR A BASEBALL BAT SHOULD WE BAN THOSE TOO
this does happen in canada
at a cegep called dawson college
it is awful and hopefully by being aware we can prevent it
To respond to your question Perez, I think this shiz happens more in America than anywhere in else in the world because Americans have more guns that anywhere else in the world. Only ever happened once in the UK that I know of (Dunblane) and I hope to God it never happens again. So sad.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Obama just stated that gun violence must end, but that he supports the right to bear arms… You Americans crack me up…
Re: Donkey – i know that's a little bit compaired to the unfortunate events that happen in the US, but we have a population of only 65,000 people and are only 21 square miles. My point was not about how many shooting we have, but that no matter what laws are put in place it will still happen. It's sad and tragic.
The reason this happens so often in America is because anybody can walk into just about any establishment that sells guns there and buy one. It makes me sick that your government still fail to realise this simple fact and act upon it.
I AM an NIU student. I was at work in one of the dining halls yesterday when it happened. Thank you, Perez, for your concerns. I know several students, including myself, who are daily readers of your site. We appreciate that someone such as yourself cares.
For the rest of you fucktards blaming the US for its poor gun control…how about a little compassion for the families instead of focusing on what the country has done wrong.
Thanks again Perez for giving me something to take my mind off things, if only for a few minutes.
Because America is full of stupid people and stupid laws.
I bet he was on antidepressants or just got off them!
Re: ll – "Americans" didn't decide to invade IRAQ (not IRAK…learn how to spell) the Presidant of the United States did. Most Americans are opposed to the war in IRAQ.
I am an NIU student and I thank those of you for your thoughts. However, some of you who criticize America or this part of America should take a moment to think how you would feel if something like this happened to you. I was not near that building but was in a lockdown situation in another building on campus. This has been the most horrfiying experience of my life and I would not wish this on anyone. You may think that gun control will help violence in this country and it very well might. But will it wont stop bad things from happening all together? I don't think so. Something like this could happen anytime anywhere and for any reason. And when something like this does happen the last things the victims want to see are the opinions of people who were not even there.
I ask that in this time instead of criticizing and speculating to please jus keep NIU students and families in your hearts and prayers. I love my Huskies and refuse to let the acts of one person to ruin my experience or the education that I and my fellow students are still working very hard to achieve