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Virginia Tech Thoughts, part 1

Apr 18, 2007 10:41

The shooting at Virginia Tech was a reprehensible event. It doesn't make sense for someone to go in and kill as many strangers as possible, so our view of the world is throw into confusion. If people died there for no reason what is to say that won't happen here today or next week or a year from now? Introducing that sort of uncertainty into our ( Read more... )

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fiddle_dragon April 18 2007, 14:56:46 UTC

I went to USC during the Rodney King riots, and my ex-boyfriend at the time decided that it was in his best interest to jury rig bombs to help defend the dorm - he was going to sit up on the roof and watch for snipers.

Uhh...did I feel safe? Not a chance in hell. Do I think I would have felt more safe had he had a gun...Gods no.

fiddle_dragon April 18 2007, 14:57:22 UTC

and he *did* have access to a gun now and again...he was in ROTC...he just didn't have regular access to it during an average day on campus.

greyyguy April 18 2007, 15:14:52 UTC

Wow. Yeah- I would definitely be more worried about jury-rigged bombs that I knew were there then a mob that might come over.

team_jessie April 18 2007, 15:27:39 UTC

Holy moly!
Talk about aiming high! My thought process sort of starts with throwing rocks, then moves up to baseball bats and then to malotov cocktails. Bombs are a little too - um - ambitions for personal defence. :)

Still, if we ever experience zombie apocalypse, I want that guy on my team! LOL!

greyyguy April 18 2007, 15:32:08 UTC

It goes without saying that in the case of a zombie apocalypse all bets are off, and a gun in every hand is a good thing.

fiddle_dragon April 18 2007, 16:21:52 UTC

Yeah - he jury rigged them because he didn't have a gun.

*shudder*

I have no idea if they worked, but I don't doubt his intelligence, nor his ability to put something like that together. He was in the honors dorms, he was an army brat, lived for building stuff, liked monkeying around with stuff, and knew about explosives. It wouldn't have surprised me if they were quite dangerous...

*shakes head*

It's really weird, though, because when I had been dating him, he just didn't really seem that ... well...unhinged...and during the riots, the things he told me were very much...unhinged.

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