In the News II

Quote: DoubleGold

When I was in high school, nothing like this ever happened.

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14-year-old girl hangs herself inside California high school, cops say

March 30, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/03/30/girl-found-hanging-inside-lindhurst-california-high-school/

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You must be older than I am. I was a freshman when Columbine happened.

Interestingly, we moved and I switched schools not long after Columbine (week and a halfish)---there was literally a bomb threat called in my first day at the new school! I took it as an opportunity to learn where all my classes were located, until someone saw me in the hall and made me exit the building.

Quote: Mission146

You must be older than I am. I was a freshman when Columbine happened.

Interestingly, we moved and I switched schools not long after Columbine (week and a halfish)---there was literally a bomb threat called in my first day at the new school! I took it as an opportunity to learn where all my classes were located, until someone saw me in the hall and made me exit the building.

I have twin sons your age.

Did that experience affect the way you viewed life?

I think it would mine.

Quote: DoubleGold

I have twin sons your age.

Did that experience affect the way you viewed life?

I think it would mine.

Nah. It probably would have impacted me more had there actually been a bomb and I'd been killed.

Or, were you referring to Columbine? Not really. The most unfortunate thing (meaning only for me, personally) is that we were on the poorer end as I was growing up, but my mom had got me this absolutely gorgeous leather trench coat for Christmas, so those were not only banned the following school year, but then you'd get a bunch of trench coat mafia jokes even just wearing it around.

I passed it down to my younger sister; I believe she still has it.

At the time it happened, Columbine was sort of abstract to me, given my age. You had 9/11 just a few short years later. D.C. snipers just after that; eventually, I guess I reached the point where these sort of things aren't even a mild surprise, much less anything that impacts me psychologically.

Quote: Mission146

Nah. It probably would have impacted me more had there actually been a bomb and I'd been killed.

Or, were you referring to Columbine? Not really. The most unfortunate thing (meaning only for me, personally) is that we were on the poorer end as I was growing up, but my mom had got me this absolutely gorgeous leather trench coat for Christmas, so those were not only banned the following school year, but then you'd get a bunch of trench coat mafia jokes even just wearing it around.

I passed it down to my younger sister; I believe she still has it.

At the time it happened, Columbine was sort of abstract to me, given my age. You had 9/11 just a few short years later. D.C. snipers just after that; eventually, I guess I reached the point where these sort of things aren't even a mild surprise, much less anything that impacts me psychologically.

Yes, I was referring to Columbine.

What was the DC Sniper event?

Quote: DoubleGold

Yes, I was referring to Columbine.

What was the DC Sniper event?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks

Basically, these two guys that were just going around randomly picking off folks for a better part of a year. They really ramped it up in October of 2002, though.

Quote: Mission146

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks

Basically, these two guys that were just going around randomly picking off folks for a better part of a year. They really ramped it up in October of 2002, though.

TY. I vaguely remember the name Lee Malvo.

Oof.

More bad news for Fox. Judge issues partial summary judgement in Dominion’s favor:

Quote: Mission146

Interestingly, we moved and I switched schools not long after Columbine (week and a halfish)---there was literally a bomb threat called in my first day at the new school! I took it as an opportunity to learn where all my classes were located, until someone saw me in the hall and made me exit the building.

My father was a High School principal in the 1970's. There were so many bomb threats that he finally decided to just ignore them. He always said that if one actually goes off and explodes he would be spending the rest of his time in prison.

Bragg does it again.

Thief shoots garage worker twice. Wounded garage worker wrestles gun away from thief before he could pull the trigger again, and shoots him.

Bragg charges garage worker with attempted murder.

In some places (like Texas I believe) you can shoot a car thief even if they are running away. But in other places you would be charged with a crime if the criminal becomes compliant or in retreat.