9 killed in Seattle area in as many days

[brentspeak]

By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 29 minutes ago (7/27/06)

SEATTLE - A 3-year-old boy, his throat slit, dies along with his brother, mother and aunt while his father is serving in
Iraq. Hikers find a librarian and her daughter shot to death along a trail. A group of young men are fired on when they pull their car into a driveway.

The crimes left nine people dead in as many days, stunning this generally peaceful region. Law enforcement officials said they couldn't recall a similar string of multiple homicides in the Seattle area.

"What's really strange about them, besides the quantity, is that every one of these cases is very bizarre," King County Sheriff's Sgt. John Urquhart said. "We just don't have that."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/ap_on_re_us/seattle_killings
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Mary Cooper and Susanna Stodden:

[Magical]

1. MFer's

These cases make my blood boil.

I know they caught the one bastard who killed the family of four.
And just read they have persons of interest in the Cooper/Stodden murders.

I have hiked the Pinnacle Lake trail and many others in the area with my son.
We haven't been hiking since that went down.
Nothing like getting gunned down out enjoying nature with your child.

I'm not going again with him, unless I'm armed.

Magical

[PSPS]

2. I don't think Seattle is unique.

Maybe others can chime in here, but my feeling is that our culture has been purposely debased by contemporary politics (washington dc, talk radio, tv blowhards, etc.) Life has little meaning today, compared to the pre-bush era. Every day, we're bombarded by the rw echo chamber and its many wurlitzers to accept as normal many things that were never imagined.

Our glorious military and its rw backers in washington and the media have brought us to a point where we come to accept daily reports of:

Limbless children/orphans dur to cluster bombs
"The chick got in the way"
Entire cities leveled
"Kill all military-aged males"
Sanctioned torture and murder
A "signing statement" for the bill baning torture
The need for a bill to ban torture
Raping & mutilating little girls, then killing her and her family
Beheadings
Suicides as "an act of war"
"Israel will kill ten of them for every one of us"
Ambulance convoys are "legitimate" bombing targets
US-made bulldozers used to kill american citizens
US-made bombs used to kill american citizens
Shooting passengers in jetways


The list is seemingly endless.

Anyway, given this atmosphere, is it any surprise we have these "bizarre" killings. In fact, given this atmosphere, are they really "bizarre?"

[Magical]

4. No Doubt

Wouldn't want a 'fake' peace.

[Submariner]

3. Similar problem in Boston

5th fatal shooting makes bloodiest week in 2006

Man is gunned down on Dorchester street

By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff | July 27, 2006

Vernon ``Peewee" Cobb Jr., 20, made a personal decision two months ago, upon his release from the Nashua Street Jail, to turn his life around, said Andre J. Norman, who runs the Leadership Academy of Boston. Cobb enrolled in the program, which is affiliated with Project RIGHT in Roxbury, Norman said.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/07/27/5th_fatal_shooting_makes_bloodiest_week_in_2006/

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. I happen to know for a fact...

That out here, poverty, unemployment, foreclosures, homelessness and a lot more are out of control. This tears the fabric of the society apart. When that happens, all is allowed, nothing is forbidden.

The lid is gonna come off this thing. But I keep saying that.