RIP - victims of school massacare in Finland 7/11/07

Posts: 1825 · Posted: 14.11.2007, 22:09

Thank you Guru. Some posts my answers might be glaringly not there because I feel so much that I can't put it into words when it involves disaster of such brutality and useless loss of life. I just never know what to say that I feel would make any difference.

Now I can say.... ditto to Guru's post. Not much but is the best I can do right now.

I had this same experience in my own home town with a higher body count. Tragedies like this that you think could have been prevented somehow, someway. And I also feel so sorry for the families of not only the victims but the killer. The guilt and heartache they must go through knowing their child committed such an act.

To me it is unimaginable of what to say that would even remotely express what I feel.

Posts: 151 · Posted: 15.11.2007, 03:56

Thank you all for your thoughts ...

It's been sad, tragic, unbelievable ...

You're all PRECIOUS!

(((HUGS)))

Posts: 2913 · Posted: 15.11.2007, 08:40

Valeria ,

I feel the same way about my post. "Not much, but it is all I can do right now."

Your Guru

Posts: 1056 · Posted: 16.11.2007, 22:11

... Ditto PokerGuru's and others comments and sympathies..

Very sorry to hear such tragedy in such a beautiful country, (and you're not the first to be angry about our press getting things wrong and won't be the last).

Geno

Posts: 239 · Posted: 21.11.2007, 07:14

such a terrible tragedy marjo,i pray for the families involved in this,how horrible it must be.i am literaly scared everyday that i drop my kids off at school,but i have no other choice i can only pray to god every night to please keep them safe!!!!!!!!

Posts: 1100 · Posted: 21.11.2007, 13:28

Oh how sad I am so sorry my prayers are with them

Posts: 151 · Posted: 21.11.2007, 14:55

Cindy & Slotmom ...

Thank you for your messages ...

Lately the "dust has settled" - not much news about the shooting anymore.

I feel so sorry for the shooter's family also.
They live under police protection, because they've received some threats.
Can you really judge them as they didn't know what their son were capable to do ... They have to bear "the cross" of their son's actions the rest of their lives anyway ...
Some people are just blinded by hatred and anger which in a way is understandable - in another way not.

"Nov 8, 2007

Police analysed a suicide note and hate-filled Internet postings, searching for clues to what turned a bullied teenage outcast into an indiscriminate killer, as Finns mourned the victims of Wednesday's school massacre.

Flags were flying at half mast across the Nordic nation, grieving students placed candles outside the sealed-off high school in southern Finland and the president attended a memorial service for the victims in the capital - Helsinki.

Investigators said Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18, appeared bent on causing maximum bloodshed as he opened fire Wednesday inside Jokela High School in Tuusula, some 30 miles north of Helsinki.

Apparently selecting his victims randomly, he killed six fellow students, the school nurse and the principal before turning the gun on himself, police said.

"There's nothing that links him with the victims except that they attended the same school," Detective Superintendent Tero Haapala said.

Haapala described Auvinen as a "lonely rider" who was bullied by other students. He said the motive for his rampage remained uncertain, "but the explanation can be found mainly in his Web writings and his social behaviour".

Police spokesman Goran Wennqvist told reporters that Auvinen left a suicide note before the attack, "saying goodbye to his family". He did not give details.

Investigators believe Auvinen revealed plans for the attack in postings on YouTube in which he urges revolution and grins after taking target practice.

Auvinen shot the victims with a .22-calibre pistol, police said, adding about a dozen other people were injured as they tried to escape from the school. The gunman then shot himself in the head, and died hours later at a hospital"

OH and BTW ... There is now Facebook group called "Roger Boyes Fan Club". It's dedicated to all who find these articles of Roger Boyes somewhat misleading and inaccurate. Already over 100 members.

Roger Boyes is the reporter who covered the shooting in British The Times which is respected news paper around the world ...
Well ... or WAS in my eyes anyway as I don't understand how such a "journalist" is still on a payroll of The Times as his articles were utter RUBBISH!

Anyway ... THANK YOU again for your kind words.

(((HUGS)))

Posts: 151 · Posted: 21.11.2007, 15:16

JUST A FINAL NOTE -

The artickle in quotes in my previous message above isn't taken from The Times.
It's a translation of Finnish news paper Helsingin Sanomat's - the number one news paper here in Finland - online news feed ...

OK - I am off to check the Boyes Facebook "fan club" ... and hopefully have a laugh ... Smile

Here is the Roger Boyes Fan Club - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5649737508

Good one ... Smile