Originally posted by shavixmirBecause of what happened in Texas many moons ago. The sniper in the bell tower?
I just read this on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6560685.stm
(posted it in the discussion forum as well):
"It is the deadliest shooting at a US educational facility."
What a strange sentence.
Originally posted by shavixmirIt was the deadliest shooting rampage in American history, in or out of a school or anywhere else. The death toll is now 31.
I just read this on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6560685.stm
(posted it in the discussion forum as well):
"It is the deadliest shooting at a US educational facility."
What a strange sentence.
You know, as much as this lends support to a firearm ban, my instant reaction is that I'm sick to death of spree killers and serial killers: whoever this is, he has no grandeur or worth, he's just a dull, whiny narcissist - the most boring, weak, limp-wristed reaction to adversity in life is to go out and hurt other people using a projectile weapon. If it were left to me I'd strike his name from all the reports and chronicles, disinfect his house and pour his ashes into a sewer.
Originally posted by mlpriorQuite right. The following page details acts of violence (mainly shhotings) in schools around the world. Of the 63 cases mentioned, 55 are in the USA!!
The U.S. does not have exclusive rights to this kind of event.
I'm sure it happens in other countries also.
Is this just a coincidence or do you think there might be an underlying problem?
http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/crime/school_violence/school_shootings.html
Maybe Paul was right when he wrote:
But understand this, that in the last days will come perilous times of great stress and trouble…hard to deal with and hard to bear. People will be lovers of self and utterly self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by a greedy desire for wealth, proud, arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane. They will be without natural human affection, callous and inhuman, relentless, and cannot be appeased; they will be slanderers, false accusers, troublemakers, intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good. They will be treacherous, rash, and inflated with self-conceit. They will be lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God.
Originally posted by masscatHow is that any different than describing Rome, or any other period of time in history. People always fall back on that.
Maybe Paul was right when he wrote:
But understand this, that in the last days will come perilous times of great stress and trouble…hard to deal with and hard to bear. People will be lovers of self and utterly self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by a greedy desire for wealth, proud, arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive, disobedie ...[text shortened]... will be lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God.
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