Shooting at Virginia Tech

[coogrfan]

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Perhaps he was probing the security as was mentioned earlier?

Last week, sure. But yesterday? Issuing a threat that could result in the evacuation of the building he intended to target just seems counterproductive.

EDIT: apparently a bomb threat note was found near several of the victims at Norris Hall, but I've been unable to find any references to any phoned-in threat.

[LBzrule]

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Ohhh Great, here comes the backlash per yahoo.


Threats rattle 3 universities, 2 schools

AUSTIN, Texas - Campus threats forced lock-downs and evacuations at universities in Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee and two public schools in Louisiana on Tuesday, a day after a Virginia Tech student's shooting rampage killed 33 people.
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In Louisiana, parents picked up hundreds of students from Bogalusa's high school and middle school amid reports that a man had been arrested Tuesday morning for threatening a mass killing in a note that alluded to the murders at Virginia Tech.

Schools Superintendent Jerry Payne said both schools were locked down and police arrested a 53-year-old man who allegedly made the threat in a note he gave to a student headed to the private Bowling Green School in Franklinton. Both towns are in southeastern Louisiana.

"The note referred to what happened at Virginia Tech," Payne said. "It said something like, 'If you think that was bad, then you haven't seen anything yet."

In Austin, authorities evacuated buildings at St. Edward's University after a threatening note was found, a school official said.

Police secured the campus perimeter and were searching the buildings, St. Edward's University spokeswoman Mischelle Amador said. She declined to say where the note was found and said its contents were "nonspecific."

The two other scares were determined to be unfounded.

At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, officials ordered three campus administration buildings evacuated for almost two hours Tuesday morning in response to a telephone bomb threat. The city's bomb squad searched the buildings but found nothing, campus spokesman Chuck Cantrell said.

Cantrell said there was no reason to believe the bogus threat was related to the shootings at Virginia Tech, but "we just chose to err on the side of caution today."

The other, at the University of Oklahoma, had started with a report of a man spotted on campus carrying a suspicious object, officials said.

The man was carrying an umbrella, not a weapon, and he later identified himself to authorities, University of Oklahoma President David Boren said in a statement. Boren initially had said the person was believed to carrying a yoga mat.

"We now consider the matter closed," Boren said. "We always want to err on the side of caution in a situation like this."

At St. Edward's in Austin, students who live on campus were being allowed to return to their dormitories as police finished searching each building, Amador said. Faculty, staff and all other students were asked to stay away from the campus, and morning and afternoon classes were canceled. About 5,200 students are enrolled at the Catholic university south of downtown Austin.

Amador said the university's reaction was not influenced by Monday's attack at Virginia Tech.

"No matter what day or when this would have happened, we will always take the necessary precautions to protect our students, our faculty, our staff, the entire university community," she said.

I guess video games are to blame Although nothing detrimental happened at these respective schools you just had the feeling that someone would try to play off of this. 53 year old ought to be a damn shamed.

[elicoleman]

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Not shocked about the other threats at all.

I'd assume there will be more over the next 3 days.

[Altimus]

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Yeah, I'm sorry....but this stuff pretty much deserves to be laughed at.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...l?link=rssfeed

That story shows the author has a lot of problems...

[Heelfan71]

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That doesn't really make sense. If he had indeed planned this (and the chains for the doors would seem to indicate he did), why would he call in a bomb threat after the initial shootings? Wouldn't that just serve to make it more difficult to get at his intended victims?

Imo it doesn't add up.

no, by calling in a bomb threat (if he did), everyone would be leaving the classrooms and out in the open. They would be sitting ducks.

[coogrfan]

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no, by calling in a bomb threat (if he did), everyone would be leaving the classrooms and out in the open. They would be sitting ducks.

If he wanted them outside, why bring chains for the doors?

Ok, I'm getting way too involved in the logistics of this. Suffice it to say that I have a very hard time believing that Cho phoned a bomb threat in yesterday.

[Heelfan71]

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If he wanted them outside, why bring chains for the doors?

Ok, I'm getting way too involved in the logistics of this. Suffice it to say that I have a very hard time believing that Cho phoned a bomb threat in yesterday.

I don't know if he did or not. But, if you call a bomb threat in and everyone leaves, but they get to the doors and they are chained. Could be pretty bad. I don't think he called on in either. Maybe he had plans to but that changed.

[Dipstick]

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http://gamepolitics.com/2007/04/17/d...tech-massacre/

Dr. Phil jumps on the "blame video games" bandwagon.

Yeah,because I'm sure Cain knocked off able after a rousing game of Manhunt.

[Dipstick]

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This kind of event has never occurred ever in the history of the US. You cannot prepare for an event like this.


October 16,1991. Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen Texas. An idiot named George Hennard drove his truck through the front window of the resturant and proceeded to kill 23 people,and up until yesterday it was the worst mass shooting in U.S.History. One of my mothers closest friends was a victim that day. So this whole thing hits a little too close to home with me,especially after realizing my mother would have been in there that day had I not called home and asked her to bring my Texas History book to me,because it had my book report on Cabeza de Vaca in it.

[VTPack919]

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This was such an unforeseen event....

I hate this blame game being played.

[Scottdau]

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Yeah,because I'm sure Cain knocked off able after a rousing game of Manhunt.

There is some truth about today's video games. If you can't see that, than I don't know what to say. If you continue to full your mind with killings like video games do, then I see why some would have a problems with this killing games!

[jim416]

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This was such an unforeseen event....

I hate this blame game being played.

Yes, we just aren't prepared for things like this. Already hearing about metal detectors (better put them on the windows too), etc., etc. This could have happened anywhere.

This guy was a psycho "murderer" (not gunman as the press calls him). We are going to get the non-stop, 24/7 news on this.

[Scottdau]

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Yeah,because I'm sure Cain knocked off able after a rousing game of Manhunt.

Cain was Jealous of Able, so we still see that today!

[Scottdau]

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Yes, we just aren't prepared for things like this. Already hearing about metal detectors (better put them on the windows too), etc., etc. This could have happened anywhere.

This guy was a psycho "murderer" (not gunman as the press calls him). We are going to get the non-stop, 24/7 news on this.

I will go one step further! We as a Country are not used to this, but in the World this happens daily. We have been shelter. It is just when it hit this close to home it is scary!

[Beantown]

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There is some truth about today's video games. If you can't see that, than I don't know what to say. If you continue to full your mind with killings like video games do, then I see why some would have a problems with this killing games!

Alright...answer me this.

What has a more profound impact on a person?

1) Watching a graphic get killed in a video game.

Or...

2) Watching real, live people get shot and "killed" in a violent movie?