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Another school massacre - in Finland

mike65 · 2008-09-23 09:26:23

Early reports sound grim - possibly dozens dead and the school on fire. Mike.

23-09-2008 9:26am

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Early reports sound grim - possibly dozens dead and the school on fire.

Mike.

Tagged:

emo

head shot

i blame marilyn manson

another attempt to

break the record

blame the americans

finnish rifle association

i blame your face

i blame sarah palin

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#2 23-09-2008 9:33am

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A gunman has opened fire at a college in western Finland, the country's national broadcaster reports.

YLE quotes police as saying the incident, at a vocational school in the town of Kauhajoki, is ongoing.

Police told YLE and another Finnish news agency they feared several people may have been injured, possibly killed.

Last November a student shot dead eight people at a school in Tuusula. The level of gun ownership in Finland is among the highest in the world.

A BBC correspondent in Finland said a gunman dressed in black was seen at the school, apparently carrying an automatic weapon.

Police ordered an evacuation and called for reinforcements. There were reports of a fire at the site and of at least one injured girl seen leaving the school, our correspondent says.

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#3 23-09-2008 9:33am

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http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhqlidqlojsn/
http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/breaking/13781808?view=Eircomnet&cat=Breaking News

Looks all pretty vague atm..

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#4 23-09-2008 9:43am

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The country was unaccustomed to deadly shootings

I'm pretty sure the Americans are the only ones accustomed to regular shootings...

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#5 23-09-2008 9:51am

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mike65 wrote: »

Early reports sound grim - possibly dozens dead and the school on fire.

Mike.

One girl covered in blood and running = "Dozens of dead"? What news sorcue are you reading..?

BBc - no confirmed fatalities yet.

Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.

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#6 23-09-2008 9:58am

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"Many may be dead"

Hopefully it's not as bad as it appears.

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#7 23-09-2008 10:00am

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Jeez these are getting so very frequent it's horrible.

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#8 23-09-2008 10:00am

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Yeah hopefully everthing isnt as bad as it seems. The world is crazy and sh'itty place at times.

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#9 23-09-2008 10:06am

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5..., 4..., 3..., 2...,
Count-Down to it been blamed on the kid been a Goth's, listening to Metal Music and playing violent Video Game....

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#10 23-09-2008 10:08am

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BOFH_139 wrote: »

5..., 4..., 3..., 2...,
Count-Down to it been blamed on the kid been a Goth's, listening to Metal Music and playing violent Video Game....

Apparently he posted videos on You Tube.
Cue idiot parents "Ban You Tube, it caused our son to kill people"

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#11 23-09-2008 10:10am

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Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Apparently he posted videos on You Tube.
Cue idiot parents "Ban You Tube, it caused our son to kill people"

Has anyone tried to play his YouTube videos backwards? 0_o

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#12 23-09-2008 10:11am

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#13 23-09-2008 10:12am

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I know, I know - these damn liberals and their guns....

Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.

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#14 23-09-2008 10:12am

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Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Apparently he posted videos on You Tube.
Cue idiot parents "Ban You Tube, it caused our son to kill people"

well,youtube comments make me fairly growly... Hope everything is being blown out of proportion,these school shootings are awful.

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#15 23-09-2008 10:15am

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BOFH_139 wrote: »

5..., 4..., 3..., 2...,
Count-Down to it been blamed on the kid been a Goth's, listening to Metal Music and playing violent Video Game....

They've gotta blame something and metal music, video games etc are easy targets and a hell of a lot easier than examining the warped values of society in general.

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#16 23-09-2008 10:16am

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Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I'm pretty sure the Americans are the only ones accustomed to regular shootings...

Not according to Herr Dr Google.

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#17 23-09-2008 10:21am

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I blame Marilyn Manson Lordi and Doom GTA for this.

Goths and video games will destroy us all!

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#18 23-09-2008 10:22am

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Ah, It's already started:

BBC News wrote:

A BBC correspondent in Finland said a gunman dressed in black was seen at the
school, apparently carrying an automatic weapon.

Hmmm, and ~6 paragraphs down:

BBC News wrote:

A man with a ski mask was seen entering the building with a large bag, YLE reported. Soon after, the worker heard shots fired.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7630969.stm

I think it's time be ban all skiing in real life and virtual.... WII SPORTS is to BLAME?!?!?! I know it was EVIL..... If he had just played GTA or Postal the world would be a better place.....

anti-venom wrote: »

They've gotta blame something and metal music, video games etc are easy targets and a hell of a lot easier than examining the warped values of society in general.

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#19 23-09-2008 10:44am

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I blame this

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#20 23-09-2008 10:54am

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Pat Kennys show talking to someone in Finland right now, "more dead than wounded" as lots of head shots apparently.

Mike.

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#21 23-09-2008 11:05am

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I blame all the cold weather and long nitghts they get over there. Depresses people it does

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#22 23-09-2008 11:12am

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accordingly to Finnish media three people are dead, the person who did all this is live but has a bullet wound in the head.

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#23 23-09-2008 11:21am

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#24 23-09-2008 11:27am

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itarumaa wrote: »

accordingly to Finnish media three people are dead, the person who did all this is live but has a bullet wound in the head.

If he did it himself he's not goign to be pleased when he wakes up in hospital

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#25 23-09-2008 11:29am

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7630969.stm

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#26 23-09-2008 11:29am

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mike65 wrote: »

Pat Kennys show talking to someone in Finland right now, "more dead than wounded" as lots of head shots apparently.

Mike.

I blame Counter Strike.

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#27 23-09-2008 11:31am

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Daithi McGee wrote: »

I blame Counter Strike.

I blame FPS Doug!

I checked out his goodbye vids on youtube. Just some gimp firing a gun and waving. The other vid was him firing at a camera on the ground and saying you're next. Sinister looking gimp.

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#28 23-09-2008 11:35am

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Norwegian news says 9 dead and the shooter either killed himself or was shot by police.

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Gummy Panda wrote: »

I blame FPS Doug!

I checked out his goodbye vids on youtube. Just some gimp firing a gun and waving. The other vid was him firing at a camera on the ground and saying you're next. Sinister looking gimp.

Any Of him saying "Boooooooooooooooom Head Shot you noob!!"

Cos then it was defo a Counter Strike related incident. They can get quite sensitive playing that game.

/Wall Hack FTW!

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#30 23-09-2008 11:42am

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When I was at school, I often prayed that some of my teachers would get shot, but there was more respect then, so they only used to get hit on the head with a lead pipe.

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#31 23-09-2008 11:45am

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Overflow wrote: »

Norwegian news says 9 dead and the shooter either killed himself or was shot by police.

isn't he arrested and in hospital?

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#32 23-09-2008 11:50am

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Link to a link of her Profile and Videos.

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mike65 wrote: »

Pat Kennys show talking to someone in Finland right now, "more dead than wounded" as lots of head shots apparently.

Mike.

All that training in silent scope3 must have really paid off.

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#35 23-09-2008 12:13pm

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BOFH_139 wrote: »

Link to a link of her Profile and Videos.

Dammit, now I'm just gonna spend the entire day photoshopping all of those pictures of him and putting captions on them...

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#36 23-09-2008 12:15pm

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don't tell there goin to blame video games on this thing its so stupid video games don't make you psycho you are either born psychotic or develop a psychotic personality over time not from playing video games the shooter was probably some emo kid who got so depressed he said feck it i'll shoot and set fire to a school and then kill myself lol

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OMEGA-KNO3 wrote: »

don't tell there goin to blame video games on this thing its so stupid video games don't make you psycho you are either born psychotic or develop a psychotic personality over time not from playing video games the shooter was probably some emo kid who got so depressed he said feck it i'll shoot and set fire to a school and then kill myself lol

a little punctuation would be nice or do you always type like that see its pretty annoying isnt it imagine having to read everything like this all the time maybe the kid was just a lunatic like so many people are lol

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#38 23-09-2008 12:28pm

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I was hoping there'd be some explanation in the rapidsh*t vids but it's a couple of clips of him shooting his pistol presumably at an (unseen) target. They're outside.

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#39 23-09-2008 12:30pm

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Don't blame it on the moonlight,
Don't blame it on the good times,
Blame it on the boogie!

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#40 23-09-2008 12:34pm

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/finland/3066526/Finnish-school-shooting-Police-investigate-YouTube-link.html

has short video as well as article

the guy is/was about 22 no? Did he shoot up a college then or what?

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#41 23-09-2008 12:41pm

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pwd wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/finland/3066526/Finnish-school-shooting-Police-investigate-YouTube-link.html

has short video as well as article

the guy is/was about 22 no? Did he shoot up a college then or what?

He certainly looks to be in his 20's anway.

The picture of the school in his uploaded file, I'm assuming it's the same one.

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#42 23-09-2008 12:52pm

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Anyone else finding that they're inured to the idea of teenagers going on rampages against their peers in foreign countries, but that the idea of an adult killing children still provokes outrage?

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#43 23-09-2008 12:56pm

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Has anyone made a film about an idiot emo kid shooting up his school?
If not then get me a pen a paper....

Any suggestions as who to cast as the kid? I'm thinking Gary Busey.

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#44 23-09-2008 1:07pm

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You should use an unknown lead and hold addition in Central-Bank.
Get them at act out the scene where they shoot themselves in the head... Just remember to leave a box of live ammo beside the gun.....

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Has anyone made a film about an idiot emo kid shooting up his school?
If not then get me a pen a paper....

Any suggestions as who to cast as the kid? I'm thinking Gary Busey.

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#45 23-09-2008 1:12pm

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Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Has anyone made a film about an idiot emo kid shooting up his school?
If not then get me a pen a paper....

Any suggestions as who to cast as the kid? I'm thinking Gary Busey.

No, but there was a song about it in 1979.

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bob_geldof/i_dont_like_mondays.html

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#46 23-09-2008 1:23pm

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Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

No, but there was a song about it in 1979.

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bob_geldof/i_dont_like_mondays.html

Typical Run_to_da_hills. You just can't help switching the topic to silicon chips inside people's heads! :D:pac:

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#47 23-09-2008 1:24pm

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shouldn't this be moved to a more appropriate forum

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=466

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#48 23-09-2008 1:37pm

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javaboy wrote: »

Typical Run_to_da_hills. You just can't help switching the topic to silicon chips inside people's heads! :D:pac:

Maybe should have added this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don't_Like_Mondays

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#49 23-09-2008 1:37pm

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In his youtube profile his interests are computers, sex, beer and guns.
Oh and his musical interests are such metal bands as rammstein and metallica. Whats the bets metallica's new album 'death magnetic' will get some extra publicity??? :cool::rolleyes:

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#50 23-09-2008 1:40pm

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d-gal wrote: »

In his youtube profile his interests are computers, sex, beer and guns.
Oh and his musical interests are such metal bands as rammstein and metallica. Whats the bets metallica's new album 'death magnetic' will get some extra publicity??? :cool::rolleyes:

Anything after 1991 by Metallica is rubbish (except for Garage INC). :rolleyes:

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#51 23-09-2008 1:45pm

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Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Maybe should have added this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don't_Like_Mondays

:rolleyes: Thanks but I know what the song is about.

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