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Columbine in Finland

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  1. Kai-Petri

    Kai-Petri Kenraali

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    We´ve been hearing since noon in the news of a situation in a school in southern Finland where a disturbed young man , a pupil himself, probably 18-year old, started shooting people with a hand gun during a lesson and so far killed seven people. One person is in critical situation in hospital with a head wound.

    It also seems the pupil had put a warning in youtube with the name "Jokela High School Massacre".

    it´s truly horrible to see this kind of bad thing happen....
     
  2. Erich

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    Kai :

    Our thoughts and prayers are with you and those in Finland right now....

    Kai, Kath and I met during a long weekend with Darryl Scott who lost his daughter Rachael at Columbine within 3 months of that terrible event........ Darryl travels all over the world helping those that have or are going through this, he maybe in Finland shortly with a small group of folk.

    E ~
     
  3. PzJgr

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    I concur.
     
  4. Erich

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    just heard it went up to 8 deaths ............ geezo, man talk about the hurting kids crying out, this punk should of gotten help somehow
     
  5. bigfun

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    i will say a prayer today for all of them. truly a sad thing.
     
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    Just plain awful Kai. As Erich said, our thoughts and preyers.

    Please keep us updated as this coming now from your part of the world is trully disturbing.
     
  7. Stevin

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    I am very sorry to hear this Kai. Finland will be in shock the coming days. Finland is one of the last places you'd think something like this would happen, but noone is immune to insanity or whatever it is that drove this person.

    Thoughts and prayers, indeed.
     
  8. Martin Bull

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    Just seen a report on the BBC news. A truly dreadful thing - the fact that it has happened in Finland really makes one aware that such sick people exist throughout the World.

    I'm really sorry, Kai ; it's miserable to have such a thing happen in one's own country.
     
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    I hope it never happens again, there is no reason for it. Condolences.
     
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    Hi Kai, they will be in my prayers as well. My best wishes go out to their families. It's sad that nobody seemed to pay any attention to this person who was probably trying to reach out. That same sad thing happened at the University killing by that warped-minded; cho.
     
  11. Kai-Petri

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    The boy definitely was going crazy. He had started to think he was some kinda "übermensch" and had the right to decide who could live and who could not. It also seems he had some kinda plan who to shoot and in which part of the body, and he followed his plan to every detail. In the farewell notes he says that this will be his dream come true....

    If it was not enough shocking then there is a world full on nutcases who keep his dream alive by sending his messages to the youtube and also several net sites, and also "worshipping" his deed there....

    I hope the police will catch at least some of those B*^?=?=rds who possibly even innovated the 18-year-old to do the killings...
     
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    I heard that the weirdo put his story on the internet and told his scenario a few hours before the drama. Sick world isn't it?
     
  13. Kai-Petri

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    Yes, and the awful thing is that he got some very positive feedback in the net with people going on like " yes,yes" and "just do it!"

    I mean it seems there are lunatics like that walking free ready to begin any minute....
     
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    Words fail me.
     
  15. Kai-Petri

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    Getting worse all the time....

    YLE News

    By Thursday a "Jokela Highschool Shooting Sympathizers" account had appeared in the popular social networking web service Facebook. Members of the group describe the actions of the Jokela school shooter as an "honest and sensible reaction to the horrors of modern society".
     
  16. Erich

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    geezo where are the parents ? maybe we don't want to know. sounds like evil submission and kids are falling for the deceiver right and left. I would love to counsel with them

    very very sad, and it is only going to get worse with kids feeling they have been left out as garbage from dis-functional parents that have their own personal problems they have not admitted to and know and will not get help for
     
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    civilian counseling or military "wall to wall" counseling?
     
  18. Erich

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    if violent tendancies were noted then both, hopeful not the latter but it works ......... take a hug or get the stick :D
     
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    My Condolences to all the victims of these sociopath "cowards", who prey on the defenseless and trusting.
    Not brave enough to go toe to toe with someone/anyone on an equal footing.
    Try that trash in a police station, or on a military base.

    No words, no apology, no excuse can make up for actions like this.

    As my grandparents used to say....."Counsel him about the head and shoulders."
     
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    If I remember right, the parents of the Va Tech 'shooter' had no clue about their son.
     

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