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Another school shooting

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tommihq
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Earlier today there was a school shooting in Kauhajoki, Finland. Its been confirmed that this guy killed 9 people and probably himself too. The guy walked in to the school around 11 am in the middle of an exam and started shooting people.

He also had some videos on Youtube and such but they were deleted. I dont have a link in english but you'll probably found out about it yourself later on.

And sorry that the text is a bit inconsistent (dont know if its the right word)

Sep 23 2008 8:23AM
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urbanjib
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damn...wtf is goin on...get some limks people
Sep 23 2008 8:24AM
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Malcolm
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fuck school shootings its the most pointless thing ever
Sep 23 2008 8:28AM
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j-d-s
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It seems as though the gun man was a student himself and did shoot himself. At least nine dead with several still suffering serious injuries

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/nine-dead-in-finland-school-shooting-13980683.html
Sep 23 2008 8:36AM
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tommihq
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Yes but its still unclear if he'll be the tenth person dead. And i think the police is searching for a bomb in one of the school buildings or something.
Sep 23 2008 8:40AM
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beer.
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god damnit.  I might not hate these people so much if they actually had serious problems besides not fitting in in high school.  like if they were molested, had parents who beat them, or something that seriously fucked with their heads.

but no, they just weren't popular in high school.  its 4 fucking years get over it.  if I had hated high school I would have had the common sense to know it doesn't last forever.
Sep 23 2008 9:37AM
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theres_ghosts
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^^^^^word

ususally there a problem with them even if they just say its not fitting in at high school.  there has to be something wrong with them to drive them to be able to do stuff like that.   ITs usually just the not fitting in that makes them snap.
Sep 23 2008 9:42AM
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tommihq
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Actually he wasnt in high school, even though thats not relevant. He was in a polytechnic school
Sep 23 2008 9:48AM
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pmills
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/23/finland.school.shooting/index.html

not hard to find a link guys.





that's super shitty. i had Scandinavia painted as a magical happy place with the occasional troll, though completely devoid of school shootings.
Sep 23 2008 9:56AM
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kepler.
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Isn't Scandinavia the location of the highest concentration of members of the church of Satan? I thought I saw that on some Rock Documentary.
Sep 23 2008 10:33AM
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ilikeplants
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My old school was in a school shooting a few years back. (Platte Canyon High School)
It doesn't make sense why people do stuff like this. I guess I'm just not smart enough to figure it out but +vibes to that school in Finland.

The thing that I think really gets everyone upset is the media. They need to report it but sometimes they go overboard with it.
Sep 23 2008 11:10AM
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Aasert
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http://spacecat90.antville.org/stories/1838251/

lots of videos of him.
Sep 23 2008 11:17AM
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king.tubby
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me too, unfortunately. i think it was like a year or so ago, the shooting at northern illinois university. i still have a bunch of friends that live there, so it was pretty scary until i heard everyone i know was ok.
but seriusly. fuck school shootings. its like suicide bombers. random pointless shitty violence. fuck that.
Sep 23 2008 11:23AM
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pmills
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i'd doubt it, but who knows.

on quality of living though, most if not all the countries are within the top 10
Sep 23 2008 2:47PM
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neon1peace
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yeah, i did a whole unit on this in criminology last year. They looked closely at the lives of past shooters and saw that there was usually much more wrong with them than not fitting in, like abusive parents or some kind of dirty secret thing. Eventually being bullied just adds to the stress and they snap. Its a sad story every time
Sep 23 2008 3:54PM
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