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NJCher

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8. as a college teacher, this is what made chills run down my spine
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 10:26 AM
Jun 2015
"I don't think the church was his primary target because he told us he was going for the school," Scriven said Friday. "But I think he couldn't get into the school because of the security ... so I think he just settled for the church."


Recently I attended a Board of Trustees meeting at the college where I teach. After the meeting, I commented, with disgust, to my colleagues on the executive board of our union, about how the Board rubberstamped the Dept. of Homeland Security's offer to install cameras in all the hallways. I viewed it as another intrusion into our privacy.

Was I ever wrong, as the above paragraph that I quoted shows.

To me, it is just unfathomable to go to a place like a church and kill people. Nothing is off-limits to these severely messed up individuals. Now that we have the schools covered (or are at least on our way), instead of killing children, they'll just kill church-goers.




Cher

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The picture that's forming.... Novara Jun 2015 #1
Hit it right on the head. Archae Jun 2015 #9
I know a lot of people like that. Igel Jun 2015 #10
Related to this, maybe: elleng Jun 2015 #17
Why didn't they contact the police? Chasstev365 Jun 2015 #2
If I had to guess, I'd say it was because ... surrealAmerican Jun 2015 #3
Because they did not see the picture we are seeing - of malignant, hateful racism Yo_Mama Jun 2015 #5
Hindsight is great. Igel Jun 2015 #7
At least they hid his gun. hedda_foil Jun 2015 #13
Was it a Christian college? Human101948 Jun 2015 #4
it's a public university starroute Jun 2015 #6
as a college teacher, this is what made chills run down my spine NJCher Jun 2015 #8
The cameras are still an invasion of privacy Kelvin Mace Jun 2015 #18
what about this circumstance NJCher Jun 2015 #19
Of the dozens of mass shooting since Columbine Kelvin Mace Jun 2015 #20
Unfortunately we don't all have the same capacity to LiberalElite Jun 2015 #11
"I don't think his parents liked his decisions, ronnie624 Jun 2015 #12
So. Finally we're getting the family story. Divorced parents. Sister about to be married. mnhtnbb Jun 2015 #14
+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2015 #15
and this about his parents lunasun Jun 2015 #21
Thank goodness, now Fox can talk about this lone wolf Gormy Cuss Jun 2015 #16
This certainly feeds that line, talking to a black drinking buddy about shooting up a white college Recursion Jun 2015 #22
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