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Old August 26, 2006, 12:10 AM   #1
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Rats!! Vermont shooting today

Don't know much about it, but here it is. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/a.../60824050/1009

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Old August 26, 2006, 12:23 AM   #2
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Turns out that the person killed was a teacher...Not to overly speculate but there's a pretty short list of reasons to blow teachers away. For something that happened earlier today I'm suprised that there's not more info.
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Old August 26, 2006, 12:42 AM   #3
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A little more news on the shooter. Appears to be another nutcase.
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5328283&nav=4QcS

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Old August 26, 2006, 01:05 AM   #4
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I take back my rude last post...the short list just got a little longer. What a crazy looking guy...he reminds me of a black Nick Nolte...

http://www.killsometime.com/mugshots...196/NNolte.jpg
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Old August 26, 2006, 04:05 AM   #5
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Chad , don't lend you gun to crazys !!!!
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Old August 26, 2006, 07:38 AM   #6
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From the story:
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Authorities say Williams also tried to kill himself by dunking his head in a toilet and flushing it while he was at the South Burlington prison three hours before the court hearing.
This guy's short a few neurons. If you're going to kill yourself by putting your head in a toilet, you do NOT want to flush.
The article also said that he shot himself in the head twice, yet, he's sitting there in court. So, I guess he missed?

It's really sad that people like him can't be at least smart enough to kill themselves so that the future killing of others could be avoided.

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Old August 26, 2006, 07:59 AM   #7
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I guess you shoot yourself in the head to kill brain tissue. If you have very little to begin with. the damage is minimal.
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Old August 26, 2006, 08:07 AM   #8
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Just another example of the fact that no matter how good we have it, there will always be crazy/stupid/ignorant/racist/retarded/mean-spirited/etc. people to *%$#% it up.
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Old August 26, 2006, 10:41 AM   #9
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Just how stupid do you have to be to not even be able to kill YOURSELF?
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Old August 26, 2006, 12:20 PM   #10
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Obviously pretty freakin stupid. Of all the many ways to killone's self in jail...I would have to say giving one's self a swirlie is not the way...I'd at least make a racial slur against another inmate or lie on the floor and politely ask someone to stomp my head to a pulp...but a self imposed swirlie? In a jail toilet. :barf: Someone should just do him a favor & pop him quick. Imagine, that may be the first man in history to give himself as swirlie.
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Old August 26, 2006, 02:06 PM   #11
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Just how stupid do you have to be to not even be able to kill YOURSELF?
I think the majority of them, actually. Imagine feeling so horrible and worthless about yourself, and deciding to [/yourself], and waking up in a hospital and realizing, "Crap, I failed at that too!"
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Old August 26, 2006, 02:23 PM   #12
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He was from MA

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Williams has a long criminal history in the Springfield, Massachusetts area...
Perhaps all those MA politicos who are complaining about upper New England guns making their way to MA should do a better job of keeping their criminals at home.
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Old August 26, 2006, 02:37 PM   #13
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Of all the many ways to killone's self in jail...I would have to say giving one's self a swirlie is not the way
I guess that at least explains his hair.
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Old August 26, 2006, 02:44 PM   #14
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So what was Nick Nolte's excuse...
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