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North Illinois University Shooting
scopedin:
hello all. i'm a huge fan of OC. now that that is out of the way, to my story.
i was in the room where is happened. i'm ok, but there are a lot of people who got hurt as you all know. please keep everyone in your prayers and thoughts, even if you arent religious.
i'm not going to read through the entire thread right now, but thanks to everyone who offers their prayers and everything. it means a lot to the people at NIU.
est:
I feel it's at least partially about fame/infamy. The people that do this nowdays aren't just trying to kill a bunch of people, they are trying to get a message out. What that message is depends on the person. Some feel wronged and feel that they are making a statement against a society that hurt them. Others just want to get famous/infamous.
In my opinion we'll only see more and more people doing stupid shit like this and other, less-violent "self-marketing" methods as time goes on. Media coverage is global and it's getting harder and harder for people to "make a difference" or make their mark on the world. The public attention-span is getting shorter and shorter and there will always be attention-whores doing more and more outlandish things to get their 15 mins of fame.
Edit: Hi Scopedin. I'm glad to hear that you are ok. Hope everyone who's been hurt can recover.
Gemmwah:
--- Quote from: Chrasstor on 14 Feb 2008, 16:25 ---
--- Quote ---Notre Dame Elementary shooting Portsmouth, Ohio, United States February 7, 2008
Louisiana Technical College shooting Baton Rouge, LA, United States February 8, 2008
Mitchell High School shooting Memphis, TN, United States February 11, 2008
E.O. Green Junior High School shooting Oxnard, CA, United States February 12, 2008
McNair High School shooting Atlanta, GA, United States February 12, 2008
Northern Illinois University shooting DeKalb, Illinois, United States February 14, 2008
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Looking over that shit I posted... Notice anything a bit strange? That's almost a shoot-out every other day this month. I'm wondering if this is really true.
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I don't think this is bullshit, i was watching CNN and the newscasters repeatedly said about there being several shootings this week alone.
BobJoeJim:
--- Quote from: scopedin on 14 Feb 2008, 21:18 ---hello all. i'm a huge fan of OC. now that that is out of the way, to my story.
i was in the room where is happened. i'm ok, but there are a lot of people who got hurt as you all know. please keep everyone in your prayers and thoughts, even if you arent religious.
i'm not going to read through the entire thread right now, but thanks to everyone who offers their prayers and everything. it means a lot to the people at NIU.
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Wow... for the first time in my life I actually have no desire at all to be a sarcastic jackass. I genuinely do wish you and everyone else who had the misfortune to be involved in this tragedy the absolute best. I'm glad you're okay, please know my thoughts are with you.
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 14 Feb 2008, 21:06 ---[tangent]Does anyone else feel like this forum has gotten a lot more argumentative in the last week or so?[/tangent]
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How dare we have civil, on-topic discussions about relevant and important subjects! Why, anybody would think this was a discussion forum, the way we act.
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