Looks like I picked the wrong year to go to Virginia Tech.

if the guy wore an "Imus Forever" tee ... we would have a real story distracting us from Iraq
 
Oh yeah, and my condolences to all of the friends and family of the victims in this horrible travesty.
 
Do schools / colleges have "shooting drills" like they do "fire drills"? I would have thought this be mandatory across the nation in this day and age.

It took one day for airlines to realize they need armed officers on airplanes, and that the cockpit-cabin door needs better locking and thicker armor plating. The entire airport security was turned on its head.

Just surprised that with schools, this shit happens year in year out and it's always the same ol' clusterfuck response.

And here's an idea -- not that it might be related today -- but when teachers see kids get bullied, maybe they should actually do something about it? Just sayin'.
 
The bureaucracies surrounding each industry are so radically different that it's not really surprising. Universities don't really give too much of a shit about preventing school shootings, because that would require money. University politics is really, really fucked up.
 
Earmarking university politics as being any more assinine or convoluted than any other political institution is kind of silly. It's not as though governmental bodies or economic institutions have somehow stood out as being more efficient, more realistic, or more effective.

The basic assumption, however false, is that an institution of higher learning will be less likely to be a setting for such an event. And statistically speaking, it's a correct assumption. High schools are more likely, but they are also less selective in terms of the populace. Consider the notion of flying being safer than driving. It's true. You are more likely to be hurt or killed in an automobile, even proportionally, than in on a flight. However, that's not exactly consolation to people who crash to the earth in a giant burning coffin.

It's not just a question of money, it's a question of what sort of atmosphere and climate a university seeks. Most academic administrations will resist increasing security measures on the basis that it will be viewed as distracting from the learning environment (at best). We can't yet ascertain the motivation of the shooter, but money says that whatever the motivation, the setting won't say as much about the reasons as other possible influences on his motivation.
 
like charging $300 extra per year per student would make a difference in the already astronomical tuition fees
 
Perhaps it's premature and in bad taste to speculate on the motivation of the shooter, but anyone got any thoughts at this point? I mean, if ever there was a religious motivation, it seems a possible location. But there could be any number I suppose, more personal or political, or both.
 
Necromunchkin said:
Earmarking university politics as being any more assinine or convoluted than any other political institution is kind of silly. It's not as though governmental bodies or economic institutions have somehow stood out as being more efficient, more realistic, or more effective.
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While it's not the worst out there, it's far from the cleanest or efficient, either, especially considering the separate politics for every different university making any type of continuity or unity in general policy essentially impossible. I wasn't implying that university politics is the worst of the worst, but it certainly moves slower than most unless there's a direct incentive, or so I've observed, and is vastly more fragmented than most.
 
REASON #2: mommy didn't love him enough.

False assumption made in (possible) bad taste aside, I simply cannot fucking stand people who take out innocents in the process of their vengeance upon themselves. Fuck all that.

The dude should've jerked off more often, christ.
 
Necromunchkin said:
Perhaps it's premature and in bad taste to speculate on the motivation of the shooter, but anyone got any thoughts at this point? I mean, if ever there was a religious motivation, it seems a possible location. But there could be any number I suppose, more personal or political, or both.
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Speaking of bad taste, I remember when the Columbine massacre was actually in progress and the kids were being evacuated. Of course, all of this was televised live via helicopter news crews. During the Howard Stern show, while he was watching the news, Howard kept talking about how hot some of those chicks were and questioning why the Columbine shooters didn't bother raping them before shooting them.
 
I miss Stern ... betcha he is angry he does not get much press anymore.

this shooting has to be something more than getting dumped by a chick ...
 
Two chicks?

Reign in Acai should be here by now. He might not have the right answer, but I can god damn guarantee it'll be good.
 
You and RIA need a thread where you duke it out with words ... and the rest of us just watch from the sidelines.

Then Zod creates a poll ...
 
If he was Asian, then I say he was motivated by his small wang. And it's possible that he struck a deal with Satan, where, if he took out a certain amount of people, then he gets a bigger one in his next life.
 
NADatar said:
The dude should've jerked off more often, christ.
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More masturbation = world peace

that said, i've been a hunter all my life, and I can't imagine shooting people is as easy as some people think. The movement patterns of people is so bloody unpredictable and spastic compared to that of birds, and imagine the adrenaline rush you're experiencing! But locked in a class room, I dunno..
 
so i learned today the reason you can kill flies with swatters but not books ... seems they sens the "block" of air when something solid comes at them.

since swatters have holes ... well

just thought of it after reading CV's post
 
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