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Zoop!
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by Zoop! » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:47 pm
That's a screwed up kid. I found a
link while surfing earlier to an archived message board thread which was kinda scary.
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by dissent » Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:25 am
Obviously it just gets too cold up north in the winter and you folks just get stir crazy. So let's pump some more GHG into the atmospere and warm this ball up a bit.
Actually, this kid is starting to sound like a tragedy waiting to happen. I don't think this is particular to Minnesota.
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by roid » Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:26 am
it will be interesting what motives come out from the media. everyone's seen bowling for columbine, i hope it's changed how this will pan out.
that's a VERY small highschool, only 300. i would have thought that smaller schools would be more tightknit, less prone to kids getting lost in the system and then snapping.
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by Ferno » Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:13 am
I'm thinkin it was a kid who was bullied to the breaking point. and no one gave a crap about him til it was too late.
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by woodchip » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:04 am
The kid had all the signs of busting a nut. The real tradgedy is no one did anything about. We all know things like that never happen here.
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by Tetrad » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:20 am
I for one am glad that videogames were not mentioned once in the article.
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by roid » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:42 am
THE ARTICLE wrote: Relatives told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that Weise was a loner who was often teased by others.
the TV news report i just saw said that he often teased OTHER kids.
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by Skyalmian » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:08 am
No video games this time.
They're going after firearms.
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by woodchip » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:33 am
Skyalmian wrote: No video games this time.
They're going after firearms.
Too bad the teachers weren't armed.
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by Testiculese » Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:58 pm
Why can't this stuff happen in New Jersey...
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by Will Robinson » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:03 pm
Testiculese wrote: Why can't this stuff happen in New Jersey...
Because all the kids have guns and one of them would drop his ass before he did enough damage to get famous?
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by woodchip » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:03 pm
At my league pistol shot, I find everyone to be very polite.
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by Skyalmian » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:54 pm
woodchip wrote: At my league pistol shot, I find everyone to be very polite.
Yup; it's a fact that an armed society (where virtually everyone is) is a polite one.
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by Gooberman » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:24 pm
My states trying to get a law passed where you can have concealed weapons in bars. Yup....
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by Flabby Chick » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:01 pm
Skyalmian wrote: Yup; it's a fact that an armed society (where virtually everyone is) is a polite one.
Ha! Oh no it's not.
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by roid » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:52 am
Gooberman wrote: My states trying to get a law passed where you can have concealed weapons in bars. Yup....
we can all play out the Han Solo vs Greedo scene
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by Skyalmian » Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:32 am
The kid sure had
issues .
Ha! Oh no it's not.
Ooh, if you're referring to the middle of a terrorist haven that has a few civilians in it, then you win there. But I wasn't, so
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by woodchip » Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:26 am
Gooberman wrote: My states trying to get a law passed where you can have concealed weapons in bars. Yup....
Here in Michigan we can go into bars as long as 50% or more of their revenue is derived from the sale of food.
So ummm...ya wanna make my day?
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by Flabby Chick » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:41 am
No Sky. I was refering to my society where almost everyone is armed and where almost everyone is impolite, hot headed and arrogant. Still, guns don't come out in anger.
The terrorist fing is just a side issue.
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by TheCops » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:11 pm
so now there's this flash movie the shooter composed. not that i can explain a child losing it to that degree... the bullying thing seems weird, i read he was 250 pounds. why not just punch them if you are that big?
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by woodchip » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:34 am
FC, here in Detroit that sort of thing happens a couple of times a day.