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niyad

(113,532 posts)
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 11:17 PM Dec 2015

6 dec 1989-- École Polytechnique (montreal) massacre (but, there is NO war on women!)

École Polytechnique massacre




Plaque at École Polytechnique commemorating victims of the massacre
Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date December 6, 1989
5:10–5:30 p.m.
Target Female students at École Polytechnique de Montréal
Attack type
School shooting, mass murder, murder-suicide, hate crime
Weapons

Ruger Mini-14 rifle
Hunting knife

Deaths 15 (including the perpetrator)
Non-fatal injuries
14
Perpetrator Marc Lépine
Motive Antifeminism, possible abuse

The École Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, occurred on December 6, 1989, at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Twenty-five-year-old Marc Lépine, armed with a Mini-14 rifle and a hunting knife, shot 28 people, killing 14 women, before committing suicide. He began his attack by entering a classroom at the university, where he separated the male and female students. After claiming that he was "fighting feminism" and calling the women "a bunch of feminists," he shot all nine women in the room, killing six. He then moved through corridors, the cafeteria, and another classroom, specifically targeting women to shoot. Overall, he killed fourteen women and injured ten other women and four men in just under 20 minutes before turning the gun on himself.[1][2] His suicide note claimed political motives and blamed feminists for ruining his life. The note included a list of 19 Quebec women whom Lépine considered to be feminists and apparently wished to kill.[3] Since the attack, Canadians have debated various interpretations of the events, their significance, and Lépine's motives. Many feminist groups and public officials have characterized the massacre as an anti-feminist attack that is representative of wider societal violence against women.[4][5][6] Consequently, the anniversary of the massacre has since been commemorated as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Other interpretations emphasize Lépine's abuse as a child or suggest that the massacre was simply the isolated act of a madman, unrelated to larger social issues.[7][8] Still other commentators have blamed violence in the media[9] and increasing poverty, isolation, and alienation in society,[10] particularly in immigrant communities.[11] The incident led to more stringent gun control laws in Canada.[12] It also introduced changes in the tactical response of police to shootings, changes which were later credited with minimizing casualties at the Dawson College shootings.[13]



Sometime after 4 p.m. on December 6, 1989, Marc Lépine arrived at the building housing the École Polytechnique, an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a hunting knife.[1] He had purchased the Sturm, Ruger brand rifle, Mini-14 model, on November 21, 1989, in a Checkmate Sports store in Montreal, telling the clerk that he was going to use it to hunt small game.[14] Lépine was familiar with the layout of the building since he had been in and around the École Polytechnique at least seven times in the weeks leading up to the event.
Lépine sat for a time in the office of the registrar on the second floor. He was seen rummaging through a plastic bag and did not speak to anyone, even when a staff member asked if she could help him. He left the office and was subsequently seen in other parts of the building before entering a second floor mechanical engineering class of about sixty students at about 5:10 p.m.[1] After approaching the student giving a presentation, he asked everyone to stop everything and ordered the women and men to opposite sides of the classroom. No one moved at first, believing it to be a joke until he fired a shot into the ceiling.[15]

Lépine then separated the nine women from the approximately fifty men and ordered the men to leave.[9] Speaking in French, he asked the remaining women whether they knew why they were there, and when one student replied "no," he answered: "I am fighting feminism". One of the students, Nathalie Provost, said, "Look, we are just women studying engineering, not necessarily feminists ready to march on the streets to shout we are against men, just students intent on leading a normal life." Lépine responded that "You're women, you're going to be engineers. You're all a bunch of feminists. I hate feminists." He then opened fire on the students from left to right, killing six, and wounding three others, including Provost.[1][3] Before leaving the room, he wrote the word shit twice on a student project.[9]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre

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6 dec 1989-- École Polytechnique (montreal) massacre (but, there is NO war on women!) (Original Post) niyad Dec 2015 OP
Sick mofo. smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #1
I have words too, most of which would get me banned. niyad Dec 2015 #2
. . . niyad Dec 2015 #3
Not only Quebec, but Texas as well Trailrider1951 Dec 2015 #4
thank you for reminding us of this. when the luby massacre is discussed, very few actually niyad Dec 2015 #5
Omg. I have no memory of this at all. Tipperary Dec 2015 #6
the prospects do not look good for any sort of learning curve. niyad Dec 2015 #8
K&R Brickbat Dec 2015 #7
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
1. Sick mofo.
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:28 AM
Dec 2015

I would have some more choice words for this weak, pathetic asshole, but I'll go easy here.

So sorry for the victims and their families.

niyad

(113,532 posts)
2. I have words too, most of which would get me banned.
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 12:09 PM
Dec 2015

like you, so sorry for the victims and their families.

Trailrider1951

(3,414 posts)
4. Not only Quebec, but Texas as well
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 12:57 PM
Dec 2015

On October 16, 1991, 35-year-old George Jo Hennard, an unemployed[3] merchant mariner who was described by others as angry and withdrawn, with a dislike of women and minorities, drove his blue 1987 Ford Ranger pickup truck through the plate-glass front window of a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas.[2] Yelling, "All women of Killeen and Belton are vipers! This is what you've done to me and my family! This is what Bell County did to me...This is payback day!" Hennard opened fire on its patrons and staff with both a 9mm Glock 17 pistol and a 9mm Ruger P89 pistol.[4][5] He stalked, shot, and killed 23 people, ten of them with single shots to the head, and wounded another 27 before committing suicide.[2] Approximately 140 people were in the restaurant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_shooting


niyad

(113,532 posts)
5. thank you for reminding us of this. when the luby massacre is discussed, very few actually
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 01:03 PM
Dec 2015

mention his hate-filled rantings.

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