Stabbing spree at high school!

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 04-09-14, 09:05 AM

A student went on a stabbing rampage through the classrooms and halls of a high school outside Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning, authorities said. As many as 20 students were hurt, some with life-threatening injuries.
The suspect is in custody and is being questioned by police.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sch...oodbath-n75536

Jimbuna · 04-09-14, 09:06 AM

Just discussing this with Steve on Skype....more madness.

TheDarkWraith · 04-09-14, 09:24 AM

Can't wait to see how this plays out in the media

Next they will be calling for knife legislation

I mean it's only fair right? If someone did this with a firearm then the media would be all over it saying ban guns, new guns laws, etc. etc

swamprat69er · 04-09-14, 09:53 AM

What makes people do these things? These are just kids.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 04-09-14, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

What makes people do these things? These are just kids.

Any number of reasons, bullying, peer pressure, lack of attention, abuse, hazing. Chances are though it's going to be for a dumb reason. @TheDarkWraith, I knew someone was going to say that sooner or later.

TheDarkWraith · 04-09-14, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg

Any number of reasons, bullying, peer pressure, lack of attention, abuse, hazing. Chances are though it's going to be for a dumb reason.

What I'd be curious to know is if the kid came from a single parent family (single mom) or from a family whose parents both work long hours. Lack of father figures isn't helping the world today and the increase in single parent households isn't helping either. Having both parents who work also doesn't help because majority of the time they don't have 'time' for their kids and thus the kids find other ways to get attention

AVGWarhawk · 04-09-14, 10:10 AM

Schools need metal detectors. 3-5 doors for entering the school. These are manned. Let's face it, we are only kidding ourselves all is well in the psyche of budding teenager.

Armistead · 04-09-14, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg

Any number of reasons, bullying, peer pressure, lack of attention, abuse, hazing. Chances are though it's going to be for a dumb reason. @TheDarkWraith, I knew someone was going to say that sooner or later.

My generation went through all of that and we didn't have these numerous mass attacks. I think the difference is the entitled mindset. Kids today aren't taught that life is tough, they're taught they're all winners.

Add to that a climate of violence and social media. In my day you had shoot em up shows, but there was always a clear line between right and wrong, good and bad..

Schroeder · 04-09-14, 11:55 AM

Whatever the reasons are I'll never understand that some people will go after random victims. If I feel the need to pay back a bully or certain people then I would go after those people and not randomly attack everyone I come across.

TarJak · 04-10-14, 02:20 PM

None of our high schools have metal detectors, nor should any school need them. How about parents taking responsibility for teaching their children respect and proper responses to social interaction. Guns and knives and even chairs to the teeth should not be part of a child's social repertoire.

swamprat69er · 04-10-14, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

None of our high schools have metal detectors, nor should any school need them. How about parents taking responsibility for teaching their children respect and proper responses to social interaction. Guns and knives and even chairs to the teeth should not be part of a child's social repertoire.

A wall in the head works good tho.

Wolferz · 04-10-14, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

None of our high schools have metal detectors, nor should any school need them. How about parents taking responsibility for teaching their children respect and proper responses to social interaction. Guns and knives and even chairs to the teeth should not be part of a child's social repertoire.

True, but a peer who doesn't get the message to leave you be or else, gets a chair in the teeth. Telling a faculty member or a parent was usually met with disbelief and an accusation that you were the cause of the altercation when in reality it was just a bully suffering from newly acquired testosterone and an evil mind. Once blood was drawn, respect followed. Being a tattle tell only escalated the abuse. So, I took it to the court of chair only as a last resort. I taught the same philosophy to my own kids. I refused to be a constant victim to those who would try to abuse me. I got damned mad and wasn't going to take it anymore. I wouldn't expect any kid to just suck it up and take it.
This kid in Pissburgh just snapped from what has been reported so far. Even that must be taken with a grain of salt.

AVGWarhawk · 04-10-14, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

None of our high schools have metal detectors, nor should any school need them. How about parents taking responsibility for teaching their children respect and proper responses to social interaction. Guns and knives and even chairs to the teeth should not be part of a child's social repertoire.

These shouldn't be part of the repertoire but we see reality is something entirely different. There is a pattern of this behavior seen around the world. Schools, malls, etc.

Jimbuna · 04-10-14, 03:13 PM

Sad but true.

TarJak · 04-10-14, 03:52 PM

I blame the parents.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,947 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Just discussing this with Steve on Skype....more madness. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Schools need metal detectors. 3-5 doors for entering the school. These are manned. Let's face it, we are only kidding ourselves all is well in the psyche of budding teenager. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Whatever the reasons are I'll never understand that some people will go after random victims. If I feel the need to pay back a bully or certain people then I would go after those people and not randomly attack everyone I come across. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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TheDarkWraith Black Magic Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,962 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 5	Can't wait to see how this plays out in the media Next they will be calling for knife legislation I mean it's only fair right? If someone did this with a firearm then the media would be all over it saying ban guns, new guns laws, etc. etc

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	None of our high schools have metal detectors, nor should any school need them. How about parents taking responsibility for teaching their children respect and proper responses to social interaction. Guns and knives and even chairs to the teeth should not be part of a child's social repertoire.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,947 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sad but true. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I blame the parents.