Comments on: 20 dead at US university shooting https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:58:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27140 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:58:41 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27140 Oh no. Make that 33 dead, 15 wounded: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18134671/

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27139 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:54:12 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27139 By the way, the same article also now puts the death toll at 32.

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27138 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:52:57 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27138 According to this article, there were fifteen dead at Columbine, including the perpetrators.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18137152/

But of course, your point is valid.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27100 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:56:19 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27100 For comparative purposes, Harris and Klebold killed only 12 people in the Columbine shootings.

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27099 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:42:06 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27099 This is such a horrible tragedy. :(

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27096 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:32:58 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27096 OK.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27095 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:31:19 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27095 I wasn’t being skeptical. I was using the quote to show that if it can happen in Blacksburg, it can happen in Lethbridge.

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27094 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:28:55 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27094 I wasn’t rebuking you, I was speaking to the audience in general, and joining you in your skepticism of the quoted person’s statement about Blacksburg.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27093 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:22:18 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27093 Don’t tell me. Tell that to the person the report quoted.

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-27092 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:19:49 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/04/16/20-dead-at-us-university-shooting/#comment-27092 Virginia Tech has mroe than 26,000 students, so let’s not overstate the area’s quaint, small-town qualities.

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