You Americans think you have crazies? Sorry, but we Canucks have you beat...

[Louis VI the Fat]

Nah...I don't think this happened.

Okay, well maybe he did kill this passenger, but, I wonder, what did this passenger say to provoke his killing?

And besides, kills happen all the time. Especially in America. And I read that Bush signed off on another death penalty last week. That is a far greater threat.

And maybe it's just Canadian culture. Look, if Canadians are prone to getting killed on busses, then they should simply not take busses, or prepare themselves for it, eh?

And what's the point of posting this thread anyway? You got a problem with Canucks or something, Goof?

[Martok]

Yeah, I read about this last night in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. How utterly horrifying and macabre.

[Gregoshi]

A bus full of Canadians and not one hockey stick?!

[Tribesman]

Well at least the nutter didn't have a gun so he couldn't shoot the other passengers when they were running away .

[PanzerJaeger]

Well at least the nutter didn't have a gun so he couldn't shoot the other passengers when they were running away .

Too bad none of the other passengers had guns either...

[Crazed Rabbit]

Well at least the nutter didn't have a gun so he couldn't shoot the other passengers when they were running away .

And if the passengers had guns, they wouldn't have had to run away and might have saved the guys life.

CR

[Husar]

And if the passengers had guns, they wouldn't have had to run away

Yes.

and might have saved the guys life.

CR

Probably not, they were almost all shocked and the guy who wanted to react didn't until the victim was pretty much dead which only took a few moments anyway.

I have to say this is indeed quite shocking and I am really interested to know why the heck this guy did that, but it appears that he does not want to talk a lot anymore.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Yes.

Probably not, they were almost all shocked and the guy who wanted to react didn't until the victim was pretty much dead which only took a few moments anyway.

I have to say this is indeed quite shocking and I am really interested to know why the heck this guy did that, but it appears that he does not want to talk a lot anymore.

Yes, they were all shocked, but one fellow did think of helping the victim . Understandably, he was hesitant to do so when the attacker had a large knife.

Let's talk about the trend of people not helping people who are being attacked. There's that famous NYC (I think) case where a woman was screaming for help while she died and no one even called the police.

I dare say this has to do with the urbanization and the state becoming more active in society as a parental force, like welfare and public housing for example. They take away people's responsibility and individual initiative, replacing it with a "the government will take care of you".

CR

[Reverend Joe]

Nah...I don't think this happened.

Okay, well maybe he did kill this passenger, but, I wonder, what did this passenger say to provoke his killing?

And besides, kills happen all the time. Especially in America. And I read that Bush signed off on another death penalty last week. That is a far greater threat.

And maybe it's just Canadian culture. Look, if Canadians are prone to getting killed on busses, then they should simply not take busses, or prepare themselves for it, eh?

And what's the point of posting this thread anyway? You got a problem with Canucks or something, Goof?

Dude, he stabbed the guy in the throat with a giant hunting knife, sawed off the head,displayed it triumphantly to the other passengers, AND THEN CUT OFF AND ATE PIECES OF THE BODY.

Doesn't that speak for itself?!

@Tribesman: yeah, thank god. If the guy was willing to go this far, there's no telling what he would try to do with a gun.

[Gregoshi]

Dude, he stabbed the guy in the throat with a giant hunting knife, sawed off the head,displayed it triumphantly to the other passengers, AND THEN CUT OFF AND ATE PIECES OF THE BODY.

Doesn't that speak for itself?!

@Tribesman: yeah, thank god. If the guy was willing to go this far, there's no telling what he would try to do with a gun.

Rev, I think Louis' tongue is firmly planted in his cheek.

As for the gun, well, he'd have had one heck of a time cuttin' the guy's head off with a handgun - or any gun for that matter.

[Tribesman]

@Tribesman: yeah, thank god. If the guy was willing to go this far, there's no telling what he would try to do with a gun.

Well maybe he could have done this .....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/...onsin_shooting
The poor young Americans didn't have guns so were helpless .

Or this ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7527971.stm
the Rush Limburgh fan thought the gay loving damn unamerican liberal unitarians wouldn't attack him and he could shoot them all at his leisure .

[Gregoshi]

Good point Tribesman. But without guns, we crazy Americans would have to resort to homemade bombs like the rest of the world - and you know how bad our aim is with bombs targeted by our experts in the military.

[Geoffrey S]

Okay, well maybe he did kill this passenger, but, I wonder, what did this passenger say to provoke his killing?

Other passengers said that the attacker and his victim were sitting at the back of the bus and the victim, described as around 20 years old, was listening to music through headphones.

And anyone who frequents public transport knows how annoying that can be.

[Husar]

And anyone who frequents public transport knows how annoying that can be.

I thought that as well, but only a whacko would kill someone because of that and not everybody turns their headphones loud, besides, it does not explain a whole lot of the other things the guy did.

Let's talk about the trend of people not helping people who are being attacked. There's that famous NYC (I think) case where a woman was screaming for help while she died and no one even called the police.

I think that may just as well have other reasons for example that people do not want to be bothered with questions from the police etc. because they see their own lives as so important etc. and then all the others can just help as well you know, unfortunately everybody thinks that and then everybody just moves on wondering why nobody does anything and why everybody else is such a cold hearted person.

[Devastatin Dave]

I believe you are all missing the point here. If I was trapped on a bus and forced to watch The Legend of Zorro, somebody would be losing their cranium as well.

[Gregoshi]

If I was trapped on a bus and forced to watch The Legend of Zorro, somebody would be losing their cranium as well.

Everyone's a critic. Go after the studio heads, Dave.

[Devastatin Dave]

Everyone's a critic. Go after the studio heads, Dave.

There is no need to get a-head of our selves here...

[Crazed Rabbit]

I think you're both becoming severed from reality.

CR

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

And anyone who frequents public transport knows how annoying that can be.

I don't actually mind it that much. The U-Bahn here is pretty good about that (and so, surprisingly, is the Toronto Subway, even though I hate the trains there), so the public transport here is generally very quiet and orderly.

Though I do have a tendency to zone out when on train rides, so I may be missing something.