# Oh, shit. Another school shooting. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024 "2006-10-02T19:06:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2lazy2pee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/4bbf92/32.png) [@2lazy2pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2lazy2pee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/1 "2006-10-02T19:06:33Z")
This time in Pennsylvania. At least six are confirmed dead. It looks like a replay of the Colorado shooting. The waste of oxygen (perpetrator) lined all the kids up, then let the boys go. It appeared to be revenge for an incident that took place two decades ago. The suspect is reported as taking his own life, once again getting it ass-backwards. It is not yet known whether the shooter is among the six killed. [Story](http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061002/BREAKING/61002002) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/2 "2006-10-02T19:22:06Z")
Sick, sick sick. And what the hell is up with the article repeatedly mentioning, “getting revenge for something that happened 20 years ago”, without explaining what that means? Was the asshole raped by Amish girls when he was 12? ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/3 "2006-10-02T19:24:17Z")
Another shooting? Is it Monday already? ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/4 "2006-10-02T19:36:05Z")
I just keep thinking "How much of a pussy do you have to be to shoot _Amish people_??? I think I should go check on my compassion meter. And **Phase** - there have been a lot of reports recently on the general dysfunction of some Amish communities, including a good deal of molestation. Your theory may not be too far off. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/5 "2006-10-02T20:07:24Z")
Seeing how the same kind of crime was commited just like week by someone who presumbly was not Amish–and none of the other jerks who have shot up schools in the past have been Amish, either–I fail to see why the dysfunctionality behind this crime necessarily has anything to do with Amishness, either directly or indirectly. I’m just sayin’. –ywtf, who is not Amish ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/6 "2006-10-02T20:12:16Z")
Did he do the poetic thing and use a musket? Not that it would be good, but I’d have to give credit to a guy who could pull off a shooting spree with a musket. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/7 "2006-10-02T20:14:45Z")
Probably spent too much time playing Grand Theft Oxcart and Quaker IV. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/8 "2006-10-02T20:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] Probably spent too much time playing Grand Theft Oxcart and Quaker IV. [/QUOTE] The shooter, from TV news accounts, was not Amish. ---
**Author:** ![2lazy2pee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/4bbf92/32.png) [@2lazy2pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2lazy2pee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/9 "2006-10-02T21:17:27Z")
I didn’t see another thread about this was started earlier. I respectfully request that this thread be locked. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-school-shooting/375024/10 "2006-10-02T21:57:36Z")
Thread closed, please refer to the current thread on the topic [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=390618).