On Wednesday, December 6th 1999, I would have been at work at the IFRCC in Bagotville. I prolly would have heard the news while driving on the airfield somewhere.
I've often thought about what might have driven Marc Lepine to do what he did. Obviously I do not condone it, but for somebody to snap like that, he might well have suffered some pretty nasty treatment himself. In recent years, we've had things like the Columbine and Taber school shootings, which have turned up things like ostracism and bullying put on the perpetrators of these horrific events. As someone who had to deal with similar nastiness at school and beyond, I can understand how and why they could have snapped, and in a culture where violence is accepted and gun availability is high, where that can lead. Was the same true of Marc Lepine? I remember hearing that he was someone who had to put up with that nastiness, but nothing was speculated about that as a factor.
People of all ages need to understand that bullying and ostracism are not acceptable in today's society. If you treat someone like shit, you might very well get shit in return.
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I've often thought about what might have driven Marc Lepine to do what he did. Obviously I do not condone it, but for somebody to snap like that, he might well have suffered some pretty nasty treatment himself. In recent years, we've had things like the Columbine and Taber school shootings, which have turned up things like ostracism and bullying put on the perpetrators of these horrific events. As someone who had to deal with similar nastiness at school and beyond, I can understand how and why they could have snapped, and in a culture where violence is accepted and gun availability is high, where that can lead. Was the same true of Marc Lepine? I remember hearing that he was someone who had to put up with that nastiness, but nothing was speculated about that as a factor.
People of all ages need to understand that bullying and ostracism are not acceptable in today's society. If you treat someone like shit, you might very well get shit in return.