Gathering of the Figments

Figment · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: Virginia Tech massacre...

Ok, so after such a terrible incident, i just feel that the souls of those people who were killed, and their families should get some Figment healing and love... its the least we can do...

So... To all those families who lost loved ones, and those who lost their lives, i am truly sorry that such a terrible thing happened to you. And i send you love and hope... I know it may not help, but there are so many people who care for you, who don't even know you. We need to give love to our fellow human beings, in memory of those beautiful souls who were lost.
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Hawkins · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:48 am Post subject:

I don't want to be a total ass (but I probably will be anyway, I always manage to) but I was talking to some people last night about it. I really ticked them off, because I said that things like this happen all the time. I'm not saying it's something we should point and laugh at, but people die all the time. I mean, in the animal kingdom, if say, a wolf killed fourteen deer, he'd never go hungry and everyone would be happy for him. The deer would know just don't go near this wolf that probably weighs four thousand pounds now.

But humans are the most dangerous creatures on the planet. They're the only animals that kill their own kind for no reason. Even people who haven't killed one another are still dangerous. Most people I don't care if they throw away aluminum cans or not, or cut up those little plastic thingys that hold together six packs.

Also, the world is experiencing massive over-population, because we don't let our sick die off, like animals do. I'm not saying what this guy did was good, but it wasn't the worst thing to ever happen in the universe. People are dying every day in Iraq.
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Lady Nakara · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject:

People are dying everyday everywhere! not just in Iraq! And they're not dying on college campuses, that's for sure. This is really starting to bother me. when something goes wrong, people say "Well, it happens everyday in Iraq" or something like that. Does it bother anybody else?

And I'm truly sorry that such a terrible thing happened in a supposedly safe atmosphere.
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Hawkins · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject:

School's not safe. You're learning. And if it was America, being brainwashed.

No, not safe. Not safe at all.
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Aurora Asha Ila · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:

i still dont understand how this guy can traipse around and kill so many people within an hour and NO_ONE fought back. Here in aus, we have lockdowns, they tell us to get under our desks and stay quiet, making us a perfect slaughterhouse for the killer, what are tables and chairs supposed to do, stop bullets? If a guy came into a class threatning to shoot it all to heck, man i would run towards him, safest place to be, behind the barrell of the gun, and bite his head or something, if situations come up where some randoms gonna kill you, kill him first. Humans also have a fight and flight response, and if you get up and piss-bolt, all of the class, what hes gonna target only ONE of you? he cant shoot you all, seeing as youd go in different directions and run like heck. Also, i have a question, how many times have american criminals used guns in the way the virginia massicerist did, i get the impression that guns are ill used in america alot.
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Hawkins · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:55 am Post subject:

Yeah. They are. I almost shot myself in the foot once to proof a point to Tyler. (That I was tough and wouldn't totally lose my ability to walk if I was shot in the foot. But this was a while ago...and I probably would have missed anyway. I'm that bad of an aim.) And we have lockdowns too. We had one once, because some loser girl at school's mother told the principal "If you see her father coming to school, there had better be a lockdown because he is NOT taking her with him. He's a killer." and then he came, and we all had to lock our doors, hide the girl in a storage closet, push desks in front of it, lock it, et cetera...and the rest of us had to just wait until the guy lost his temper and broke the windows and killed us all. In the end, he tried the door once and left. The girls mother had to disconnect her phone for a week because everyone kept calling and telling her she was a freakin' moron.

But America's got its good points. We...are the land of the free and home of the brave! PAHAHA!

Please don't assume all Americans are like me. xD
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Figment · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject:

Lol, don't worry Hawkins... we don't assume that ANYONE is like you... Razz

Aus is great except for the mossies and the flies...

If it weren't for that (oh and the drought, and other various situations) then it would be a PERFECT country.. Razz

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Shaye · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject:

"We don't let our sick die off"

Is that a bad thing?

I like having hope, I don't know about you, but I do. If people just said "Oh. My mom has cancer. She's absolutely going to die, because that's the way it's supposed to be." the world would be a cold, sad place.

The man who killed all those people was most likely a sociopath. If people here have ever studied psychology you know sociopaths don't feel emotion like we do.

No, it's not the worst thing that's ever happened to US. To the mothers, the brothers, the fathers, the friends of all those who were killed - It was, still is. Think about the fact that every human is loved, is cherished, and is remembered. Don't think in numbers of deaths, think smaller. Numbers of breaths they'll never be able to take, the number of laughs they could have enjoyed, the number of differences they could have made in the world.

Killed:

_ Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, of Saugus, Mass., according to his mother, Lynnette Alameddine.

_ Christopher James Bishop, 35, according to Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, where he helped run an exchange program.

_ Brian Bluhm, 25, a civil engineering graduate student, according to an announcement by the Detroit Tigers and friends.

_ Ryan Clark, 22, of Martinez, Ga., biology and English major, according to Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins.

_ Austin Cloyd, an international studies major from Blacksburg, Va., according to Terry Harter, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Champaign, Ill., where Cloyd and her family lived before moving to Blacksburg.

_ Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French instructor, according to her husband, Jerzy Nowak, the head of the horticulture department at Virginia Tech.

_ Daniel Perez Cueva, 21, killed in his French class, according to his mother, Betty Cueva, of Peru.

_ Kevin Granata, age unknown, engineering science and mechanics professor, according to Ishwar K. Puri, the head of the engineering science and mechanics department.

_ Matthew G. Gwaltney, 24, of Chester, Va., a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, according to his father and stepmother, Greg and Linda Gwaltney.

_ Caitlin Hammaren, 19, of Westtown, N.Y., a sophomore majoring in international studies and French, according to Minisink Valley, N.Y., school officials who spoke with Hammaren's family.

_ Jeremy Herbstritt, 27, of Bellefonte, Pa., according to Penn State University, his alma mater and his father's employer.

_ Rachael Hill, 18, of Glen Allen, Va., according to her father, Guy Hill.

_ Emily Jane Hilscher, a 19-year-old freshman from Woodville, according to Rappahannock County Administrator John W. McCarthy, a family friend.

_ Jarrett L. Lane, 22, of Narrows, Va., according to Riffe's Funeral Service Inc. in Narrows, Va.

_ Matthew J. La Porte, 20, a freshman from Dumont, N.J., according to Dumont Police Chief Brian Venezio.

_ Liviu Librescu, 76, engineering science and mathematics lecturer, according to Puri.

_ G.V. Loganathan, 51, civil and environmental engineering professor, according to his brother G.V. Palanivel.

_ Partahi Lombantoruan, 34, of Indonesia, civil engineering doctoral student, according to Kristiarto Legowo, a spokesman for the foreign ministry.

_ Lauren McCain, 20, of Hampton, Va., international studies major, according to a statement from the family.

_ Daniel O'Neil, 22, of Rhode Island, according to close friend Steve Craveiro and according to Eric Cardenas of Connecticut College, where O'Neil's father, Bill, is director of major gifts.

_ Juan Ramon Ortiz, a 26-year-old graduate student in engineering from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, according to his wife, Liselle Vega Cortes.

_ Minal Panchal, 26, a first-year building-science student from Mumbai, India, according to foreign ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna.

_ Michael Pohle, 23, of Flemington, N.J., according to officials at his high school, Hunterdon Central High.

_ Julia Pryde, age unknown, a graduate student from Middletown, N.J., according to Virginia Tech professor Saied Mostaghimi, chairman of the biological systems and engineering department.

_ Mary Karen Read, 19, of Annandale, Va. according to her aunt, Karen Kuppinger, of Rochester, N.Y.

_ Reema J. Samaha, 18, a freshman from Centreville, Va., according to her family.

_ Leslie Sherman, a sophomore history and international studies student from Springfield, Va., according to her grandmother Gerry Adams.

_ Maxine Turner, 22, a senior majoring in chemical engineering from Vienna, Va., according to her father, Paul Turner.

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Hawkins · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject:

Someone made a video game. o_O It's called VTech Massacre or something; and it's avaliable for free download somewhere, I think...anyway, the guy who made it said he'd take it down if he got 1000U$ in donations or something...maybe you should read the wiki article, that's where I found it. *pause* I was reading the 'worst video games ever' thing.
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