Virginia Tech Shooting

I see too many links to 2's rants. Damn furries.

As for the story: I was shocked because I hadn't heard anything until my boyfriend got home. It's scary shit, it really is.

"The gunman has been identified as Cho Seung-Hui, 23-years-old. He was a
senior and an English major. A 9 mm gun and 22 caliber gun were found and
connected to Seung-Hui. One of the weapons has been identified as one of the
weapons used in the shootings."

Fuckin Mongorians!!!!

No matter what the event, some people will try and use it for their own good. Rather sickening, really.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/virginia-te...mes-252702.php

Jack Thompson is blaming the shootings on video games.

Terrible, this is why man needs help. Cant deal with life.

Execute the Thompson guy in place of the shooter?

I just realized that columbine happened on 420. I saw on some news thing while flipping through the channels with kaneda last night one of the girls that was in the classroom and stayed alive by "playing dead" and she seemed so normal for just seeing 30 people die. And I guess they're looking into why they didn't go on lock-down...lawsuit..............

I thought the 30 people were in several different classrooms?

yea, i just realized it was in different rooms. I don't really watch news a lot...but one of the guys I work with is watching youtube videos of it.

Bleugh, yesterday I overheard a very loud conversation going on between some students about whether the shooter was white or not.

"I heard he was Asian!"

"NO!! There is no way an Asian guy would be a mass-murderer! It HAS TO be a white guy!!"

There was screaming, and throwing, and ... oh dear, the stupidity.

ugh, disgusting. :/

A lot of asians were mass murderers during WW2 ...along with whites etc =P.

I'd heard what happened was that the guy basically walked into a Dorm, executed his Ex-G/F and another guy (presumably her new B/F). He then shot up the classroom 2 hours later. The Dorm and classroom were halfway across the campus (very large place), the reason the campus was not on lockdown was because it had been classified as a 'Domestic Dispute', they had no idea the guy would go shoot up a classroom randomly.

Granted, shooting is a bit more than a typical 'domestic dispute', the lockdown would have reacted entirely too slowly to capture the guy, nor would logic dictate an entire campus lockdown with the information they had at hand.

I'd heard what happened was that the guy basically walked into a Dorm, executed his Ex-G/F and another guy (presumably her new B/F).

Excatly what happened.

Excatly what happened.

Well, Abby was the one telling me, so I left it somewhat vague as it's hearsay evidence, technically.

I'm thinking this is the school that had less than 1,000 students. It couldn't have been THAT huge.

I'm thinking this is the school that had less than 1,000 students. It couldn't have been THAT huge.

VA Tech is massive. It's a full-fledged, highly respected university, the largest in western Virginia.

http://www.vt.edu/about/

25,000+ students with a 16:1 Student to Faculty ratio. That's a huge school.

Let me quote that page for the lazy:

Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Virginia Tech is now a comprehensive, innovative research university with the largest full-time student population in Virginia. Through a combination of its three missions of learning, discovery, and engagement, Virginia Tech continually strives to accomplish the charge of its motto: Ut Prosim (That I May Serve). At a glance ... Located in Blacksburg, Virginia Eight colleges and graduate school 60 bachelor's degree programs 140 master's and doctoral degree programs 25,000+ full-time students 16:1 student-faculty ratio Main campus includes more than 100 buildings, 2,600 acres, and an airport Computing and communications complex for worldwide information access Ranked 56th in university research in the United States Has adjacent corporate research center

Excatly what happened.

That's what is presumably being reported, but we can't be sure. I also heard yesterday that he was lining up people along the wall, asking where his girlfriend was, then shooting them execution style. Obviously, if what is being reported today is true, then that doesn't make sense.

Point being, it's all speculation for now, and could change tomorrow. We need more witness stories and accounts being told before we know the full truth.

I bet his WoW account got stolen .

VA Tech is massive. It's a full-fledged, highly respected university, the largest in western Virginia. http://www.vt.edu/about/ 25,000+ students with a 16:1 Student to Faculty ratio. That's a huge school. Let me quote that page for the lazy:

Ah k, someone told me it had 980 students or so. I'm going to a school about that size here soon.