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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:07 PM Original message |
NY governor: At least 12 killed in Binghamton |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder what causes people to do things like this. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. a possible scenario |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Same as everyone else: |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. and don't forget "might equals right"-- |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Psychosis. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. yeah, and are these people off their meds or had any mental |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. One has to be psychotic, pretty much. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Not if they've been adjudicated mentally incompetent.. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. severe mental illness + financial problems + immigration issues |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. post down below says he was recenlty laid off from IBM (big local employer) :( |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
69. too late to edit - info was incorrect. nt |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. I know my comment about this will probably result in flames |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I am a male. |
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Skelly (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. I agree |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
73. You will not get flamed from me..... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Do you know that they are strangers? nt |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Good point, I do not know the relationship. n/t |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. One idea: |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. you just never know... |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. immigration services center, gee I wonder what the motive was... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. And the simple minded meme that each immigrant who has a job |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'll bet anything the shooter was a wingnut |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah, just like Lee Malvo nt |
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enuegii (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I think they're saying it's an Asian guy... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I doubt it. Much more likely that this was something personal. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Would that be an Asian wingnut? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Suspect: Jiverly Voong. Name is of Vietnamese origin. nt |
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Summermoondancer (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
76. I don´t know |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Watch this play out... it'll be an eliminationist wing nut. |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Its time to reign in hate radio - like yelling "fire!" in a theater. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I happened to catch like 20 minutes of M. Savage the other night |
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Summermoondancer (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
77. How can you stand to listen to more than 3 minutes of Savage? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Also time to rein in extreme rushes to judgment nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. It is not. It was a Vietnamese man. |
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Summermoondancer (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
78. So an Asian can´t be a right winger? |
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ShareTheWoods (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. FAIL |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
71. So there's not an eliminationist problem with the right wingers? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. jesus christ. WTF? |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. It seems like every damn day this stuff happens. |
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Flagg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. This stuff does happen every damn day... |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Gunman ID'd : Jiverly Voong, aka Linh Phat Voong |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. yes, local paper said professor came in as an interpreter: |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. CNN said there will be a press conference at 4pm. nt |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. correction - mayor at 5pm. nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. I want details on the gun(s) and who/where from they were obtained. nt |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. 2 handguns |
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vduhr (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I just read this on MSNBC homepage |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. First reports are usually wrong. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. local paper quoting the mayor as saying high-powered rifle. nt |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The mayor was the original and only source for that claim. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. yep, press conf w/ mayor starts in a few minutes. another source said multiple weapons at site.nt |
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Summermoondancer (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
79. They were registered...apparently |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. Some details from ABC |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. laid off :( for non-NYers, Johnson City is next to Binghamton. nt |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. gotta love that extra verbage |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. ABC needs to hire some actual journalists. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Journalists are stupid when it comes to guns |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
68. apparently not laid off from IBM - mixup with person with similar name: |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
75. The 9mm and the .45 are about the same in terms of power |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. Our mental health services in this country are severly lacking. |
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Summermoondancer (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
43. ´Seems it was a US citizen of Vietnamese ancestry |
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vduhr (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Interesting |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. There is nothing weird about someone being Asian and a racist - Japan is full of them |
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Summermoondancer (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. What gets me is the fact that |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. More Guns! More Guns! |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
70. Seriously – that is not the issue |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
53. According to ABC News all the carnage occured in a 3 minute time frame |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
56. Binghamton Rampage Leaves 14 Dead, Motive Unknown, Linh Phat Voong laid off from IBM |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
58. Sad things happen, Lam Luong tossed 4 children from Dauphin Island Bridge, AL |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. This remind me of Asian cultures and mental illness |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. taboo topic? I thought about that before I posted the AL tragedy and decided to let the mods decide. |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Taboo in Asian cultures |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. I understand, I spent several years in those countries. n/t |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Could you clarify? |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. It's not acceptable for someone to say they have depression etc... |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Thanks for the link |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Yes, at least in China. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
65. What was the motive? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. The killer, believed to be a Vietnamese immigrant |
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