EPTChinese man slashes 22 children at a school - Page 2
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Ottoxlol
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sCCrooked
Korea (South)1306 Posts
Basically Dec.14th, 2012 just goes down in history as one of the biggest day of children being harmed at school. | ||
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Zinnwaldite
Norway1567 Posts
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ulan-bat
China403 Posts
Is it fashion or something? [edit] or I could read the source before posting In 2010, nearly 20 children were killed and 50 wounded in a string of copycat incidents around central China. China has strict gun control laws, so knives are the weapon of choice in violent crimes. | ||
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Pseudoku
Canada1279 Posts
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AnachronisticAnarchy
United States2957 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:52 RavenLoud wrote: Do you think the death toll would be 0 if he used guns instead though? Please god bring the gun control debate to the gun control debate thread. We don't need yet another thread lost to endless gun control flamewars that no one ever wins. | ||
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jdseemoreglass
United States3773 Posts
On December 15 2012 10:03 dAPhREAk wrote: its intent, not means. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre Wow, I can't believe it occurred in 2001 and he was hanged by 2004. Our system is a joke in comparison. | ||
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birchman
Sweden393 Posts
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101toss
3232 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:48 RavenLoud wrote: I guess that's the difference between guns and knives. Hmmm... that certainly explains all the kids who got knifed to death in China in the past few years | ||
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Enzymatic
Canada1301 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:45 FeyverN wrote: China has strict gun control laws, so knives are the weapon of choice in violent crimes. Learn by example, usa. User was warned for this post | ||
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FeyverN
United States104 Posts
Oh shit... You've done it now. | ||
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sva
United States749 Posts
Seriously though this is disgusting. I can't believe people do such awful shit. I understand how painful life can be, but I would never do something so wicked. I had a rough upbringing, and I don't understand these things at all. It's so ridiculous and awful. I hope the children are going to be ok. | ||
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fuzzylogic44
Canada2633 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:50 FeyverN wrote: Not really, a knife can kill people as well. Chances are, this Chinese man was running around stabbing people very fast and didn't have enough time to stab people 3 or more times because everyone would have evacuated by the third stabbing. Pens can kill people too, I guess they are equal to guns. User was warned for this post | ||
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sCCrooked
Korea (South)1306 Posts
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FeyverN
United States104 Posts
On December 15 2012 10:34 fuzzylogic44 wrote: Pens can kill people too, I guess they are equal to guns. Yes, but as someone else said in this thread there is a difference between what you're saying and intent. I guarantee if this guy was actually trying, all 22 of these people would be dead. Then again, it would take more time to kill people so it would probably be around 15. | ||
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RavenLoud
Canada1100 Posts
On December 15 2012 10:30 101toss wrote: Hmmm... that certainly explains all the kids who got knifed to death in China in the past few years Yeah, imagine if these murderers used guns instead. | ||
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101toss
3232 Posts
On December 15 2012 10:42 RavenLoud wrote: Yeah, imagine if these murderers used guns instead. My point is that regardless of the measures in place, people will find ways to commit acts of mass violence. You could argue that fewer lives are at stake, but the potential for violence will always be there with the presence of mental instability. Right now it sounds like the general mentality is "5 kids got stabbed, but hey, it's better than 10 kids getting shot." The bottom line is, regardless of weapon, the event is still tragic and traumatic. | ||
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Destro
Netherlands1206 Posts
this isnt about china vs usa, this isnt about gun control vs knives, this is about respecting humanity and putting that back into the center of the ring. | ||
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101toss
3232 Posts
On December 15 2012 10:54 Destro wrote: This nationalistic bullshit needs to stop now. humans are humans, and unfortunately there are monsters amung us IN EVERY COUNTRY. this isnt about china vs usa, this isnt about gun control vs knives, this is about respecting humanity and putting that back into the center of the ring. Unfortunately, in instances like these, people like to point fingers at something | ||
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HellRoxYa
Sweden1614 Posts
On December 15 2012 10:54 Destro wrote: This nationalistic bullshit needs to stop now. humans are humans, and unfortunately there are monsters amung us IN EVERY COUNTRY. this isnt about china vs usa, this isnt about gun control vs knives, this is about respecting humanity and putting that back into the center of the ring. I'd argue that it's about exposing the systematic errors which make "humanity" commit acts such as these. You'd have to be an idiot to summarily chalk it up to "the individuals" (rather than say, faulty psychological care and/or faulty society in general - pressures, economics, etc). | ||
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