Quotes that Make you think

"The purpose of sociology [psychology or anthropology - really, any social science] is to enable the individual to see the everyday - the ordinary and mundane details of life - in a new way; to challenge, as it were, the perceived notions we hold of the world and the institutions and peoples that inhabit it."

- Peter Berger, Sociologist


Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it. - Anon.


Wednesday, September 29, 2010

14 dead and four critically injured in Bingham, New York

14 dead and four critically injured in Binghamton, New York shooting

A gunman, whom's Identitiy is yet to be released, killed 13 people and wounded four before taking his own life at an upstate New York immigrant counselling centre. The massacre began around 10 am that morning, when the gunman killed two receptionists, and then went at 15 others. A witness said to the press "I heard shots, every shot..no screams, just silence". I would ask this shooter if he had any past history in a facility such as this one, or if he head any issues with the flow of immigrants arriving in the area. There would have had to be a massive event or ongoing issue connecting this man to such a specific location, and such specific targets. I may also ask him what made him believe that murdering 13 people was neccessary, and why he killed himself in the end.

1 comment:

  1. Yet another tragic event. Your questions are all pertinent. My question would be: was the "shooter" an immigrant?

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