The disaster of Virginia Tech Massacre “It is a very tragic day for us in virginia. My reaction was just shock. My first thought was just how tragic this was for the university” - Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. It was tragic day for the friends and families of the victims. Virginia tech massacre is a tragic event that in history and has impacted many people. Before the disaster Seung hui cho at eight years old he immigrated with his parents from korea in 1992. He was known to be quiet and introverted
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such as the French‚ in World War I‚ stacking the Maginot Line while the Germans marched around it‚ and in World War II doing the exact same thing. Other mistakes include incidents on domestic soil in which protests turn violent such as the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Kent State Shootings in 1970. Other than each happening on Mondays and occurring almost two hundred years apart‚ the two draw deeper comparisons to one another which caused widespread protest leaving marks in American history. Upon
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The Sook Ching‚ meaning a purge through cleansing‚ was a massacre that happened when Britain surrendered Singapore to Japan‚ from February 18 to March 4 of 1942. Chinese males aged 18 to 50 were called to screening centers to be examined by Japanese soldiers. If they were deemed “anti-Japanese‚” they would be executed. While this massacre is not as well-known as other historical events‚ there is still debate on some of the causes. One idea that is widely disagreed on is that the Chinese were passing
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ending racism and equality. But it took a terrible turn of events by portraying a demonic cult led by the infamous Jim Jones. Jim had always grown up in a religious environment‚ he started his own church in 1955. The mystery behind the Jonestown Massacre can be summed up in two theories: mass suicide ad the CIA being involved. To begin with‚ Jim Jones completely eradicated so many lives‚ the answer to his thinking is still unknown. Jim Jones‚ founder of The Peoples Temple along with being a son of
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Jones town A tragic massacre took place on November 18‚ 1978‚ in Guyana. 909 members of Peoples Temple died in the middle of a jungle in Guyana and five people were killed on an airstrip. It has been called the largest mass murder suicide. The story of the massacre was told by survivors and relatives who happened to survive and know Jim Jones. According to Jim’s childhood friends‚ Jim was a weird kid‚ he was obsessed with religion and death‚ and he used to conduct funerals of small animals that
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always will be part of our human behavior. Individuals have a choice over violence and for some they are able to channel these feelings into a nondestructive outlet. Others‚ like the two students who shot twelve people in the Columbine High School Massacre‚ it exhibits a frightening lack of control. There are many influences and outside factors such as gaming‚ music and psychological processes that lead to violence. Violence is an option that one can choose and therefore is part of our individual responsibility
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Analysis The film Elephant‚ by Gus Van Sant is often compared to the events of the Columbine Massacre‚ however not directed connected‚ Van Sant has admitted it to be the topic behind it. Watching this as though it was a depiction of the event‚ I did not feel that it acted as a recount. I would compare the film to a badly plagiarized essay‚ all the details were correct‚ but some main points were nowhere to be found. I would also think that this movie was trying to stir up some more controversy
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killed during the Boston Massacre and thus believed to be the first casualty of the American Revolution. Who Was Crispus Attucks? Crispus Attucks is thought to have been born around 1723 in Framingham‚ Massachusetts. His father was likely a slave and his mother a Natick Indian. A 1750 ad in the Boston Gazette sought the recovery of a runaway slave named "Crispas‚" but all that is definitely known about Attucks is that he was the first to fall during the Boston Massacre on March 5‚ 1770. In 1888
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Knee problems run in my family‚ specifically on my dad’s side. My dad had four knee surgeries‚ all on one knee‚ all within five years‚ and is looking at a possible knee replacement in the future. During my freshman year of high school‚ my FFA chapter traveled to Loveland‚ Colorado‚ for a ski trip. Tori Davidson and I partnered up and were skiing on the bunny slopes since we were beginners. As the sun was fading‚ our group decided to ski through a short trail--The Rainbow Trail. At the very end of
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along with twelve others. They burned down buildings and destroyed the settler’s precious orchards. Forty-seven people of the mission were than captured and later ransomed by the Hudson Bay Company. There were three main factors that led up to the massacre. Starting with the increasing number of settlers coming into the area. It was an issue for the Indians to continue living their traditional way of life while so many white settlers kept pouring in. The second factor was the measles outbreak‚ that
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