Neil Bates
2007-04-18 01:22:50 UTC
Think of this: the worst school *killings* were committed by a guy
protesting *taxes* back in 1927, and he used bombs and not guns. More
importantly, *he blew himself up*! He was one of our first "suicide
bombers"! This is something to throw at arrogant righties complaining about
Cho's gripes against rich kids, or that if everyone there had a gun they
could have stopped him (our local ex-marine talk-show host at WNIS 790
pointed out that many could die in a cross fire from untrained kids at that
time, and in fights before such a tragedy), or Cho's having an ostensibly
Islamic-themed "Ismael Ax" tattoo on his arm, etc (although I think we
should keep our gun rights anyway):
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/disaster.htm
On May 18, 1927, 45 people, mostly children, were killed and 58 were injured
when disgruntled and demented school board member Andrew Kehoe dynamited the
new school building in Bath, Michigan out of revenge over his foreclosed
farm due in part to the taxes required to pay for the new school.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
The Bath School disaster is the name given to not one but three bombings in
Bath Township, Michigan, USA, on May 18, 1927, which killed 45 people and
injured 58. Most of the victims were children in second to sixth grades
attending the Bath Consolidated School. Their deaths constitute the
deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history. The perpetrator
was school board member Andrew Kehoe, who was upset by a property tax that
had been levied to fund the construction of the school building. He blamed
the additional tax for financial hardships which led to foreclosure
proceedings against his farm. These events apparently provoked Kehoe to plan
his attack.
On the morning of May 18, Kehoe first killed his wife and then set his farm
buildings on fire. As fire fighters arrived at the farm, an explosion
devastated the north wing of the school building, killing many of the people
inside. Kehoe used a detonator to ignite dynamite and hundreds of pounds of
pyrotol which he had secretly planted inside the school over the course of
many months. As rescuers started gathering at the school, Kehoe drove up,
stopped, and detonated a bomb inside his shrapnel-filled vehicle, killing
himself and the school superintendent, and killing and injuring several
others. During the rescue efforts, searchers discovered an additional 500
pounds (230 kg) of unexploded dynamite and pyrotol planted throughout the
basement of the school's south wing.
...
protesting *taxes* back in 1927, and he used bombs and not guns. More
importantly, *he blew himself up*! He was one of our first "suicide
bombers"! This is something to throw at arrogant righties complaining about
Cho's gripes against rich kids, or that if everyone there had a gun they
could have stopped him (our local ex-marine talk-show host at WNIS 790
pointed out that many could die in a cross fire from untrained kids at that
time, and in fights before such a tragedy), or Cho's having an ostensibly
Islamic-themed "Ismael Ax" tattoo on his arm, etc (although I think we
should keep our gun rights anyway):
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/disaster.htm
On May 18, 1927, 45 people, mostly children, were killed and 58 were injured
when disgruntled and demented school board member Andrew Kehoe dynamited the
new school building in Bath, Michigan out of revenge over his foreclosed
farm due in part to the taxes required to pay for the new school.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
The Bath School disaster is the name given to not one but three bombings in
Bath Township, Michigan, USA, on May 18, 1927, which killed 45 people and
injured 58. Most of the victims were children in second to sixth grades
attending the Bath Consolidated School. Their deaths constitute the
deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history. The perpetrator
was school board member Andrew Kehoe, who was upset by a property tax that
had been levied to fund the construction of the school building. He blamed
the additional tax for financial hardships which led to foreclosure
proceedings against his farm. These events apparently provoked Kehoe to plan
his attack.
On the morning of May 18, Kehoe first killed his wife and then set his farm
buildings on fire. As fire fighters arrived at the farm, an explosion
devastated the north wing of the school building, killing many of the people
inside. Kehoe used a detonator to ignite dynamite and hundreds of pounds of
pyrotol which he had secretly planted inside the school over the course of
many months. As rescuers started gathering at the school, Kehoe drove up,
stopped, and detonated a bomb inside his shrapnel-filled vehicle, killing
himself and the school superintendent, and killing and injuring several
others. During the rescue efforts, searchers discovered an additional 500
pounds (230 kg) of unexploded dynamite and pyrotol planted throughout the
basement of the school's south wing.
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