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Just What Is Happening In Ohio?
Topic Started: Dec 3 2003, 02:31 PM (231 Views)
Swidden
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Over the last week or so, I have been hearing various reports of shootings along one particular interstate highway in Ohio. Apparently it's been going on for a while now, but only just now are the several shootings being identified as being linked (one fatality to date). The authorities are even reluctant to call the perpetrator(s) a sniper. Differing theories on whether it's a lone gunman or a pair of guys out on a terror kick...

(should we be chipping in to buy Wichita a kevlar vest for Christmas?)
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Fesarius
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Yes. Put me in for $.02 and a box of chocolates for Rose. :)
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Cool Vulcan
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First I heard about it. But where exactly is this happening? Is it near a place called Mansfield? If so we could all know him as Daniel the loser Roberts? And we all know who Daniel Roberts is.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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I hope that Rose and any other Ohioans don't have to drive on that stretch of road!
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Hoss
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I have a Bosnian friend. He was in the (Bosnian) army over there during the war. He said that there were stretches of roads that the Serbs would regulary camp out above in the mountains and just target practice any unlucky person driving it. He said on some stretches of road you just had to floor it and hope you get lucky.

It is nice to live here where this is a terrible and rare occurence instead of somewhere where it is an everyday occurence.

By the way, my Bosnian friend is very glad that the USA finally jumped in and sorted things out over there. It allowed him and his wife to go to school first in Germany and then here in the states and get a good job in a country that isn't falling apart at the seems.
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24thcenstfan
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Apparently the shootings have been taking place along I-270. Wichita…I hope you don’t have to travel on this interstate to get to work. :no:

What I want to know is, what makes a person snap and start shooting people (beyond the obvious…Vietnam/War flashbacks, had a bad day at work (going postal))? I say person, because we can’t automatically assume that the shooter is a male. I am sure there are some women out there who are certifiable and capable of “snapping” too.

Anyway, there has to be something a little more wrong with a person who goes out in a premeditative fashion and starts sniping people. Also, is this type of murder (serial murder with guns/rifles) more of a modern-day occurrence? Guns aren’t exactly a recent invention. Also, is there a correlation between the number of guns now available and the number of serial murders committed? Or have there always been this many serial murders…just the method was different?

I am sure there has been research done on the above-mentioned questions. There will probably be countless commentators speaking on these issues now that there is another serial sniper running around. Like Muhammad and Malvo didn’t cause enough damage and loss of life. :( :blink:

Just had a thought…genetics research. Determining if a person is likely to go postal…scientists are already able to determine if a person is likely to contract certain diseases, cancer. I wonder how far along scientists are in determining (or maybe it has already been determined) if there is a genetic predisposition/cause for certain types of psychotic behavior or possibility that you will someday manifest a chemical imbalance (resulting in the undesirable behavior)?


Sorry folks…I just committed a major rambling offense. :blink: :blink: :blink:


Here's a link for you: ;)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104698,00.html
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Wichita
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I-71 is the major north/south road connecting Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. I-270, where the shooting have taken place, encircles the city of Columbus. If you are travelling I-71 and don't want to hit the city traffic, you take I-270 to avoid it and pick up I-71 on the other side. As a result, you get people from all over (even out-of-state) who travel that road daily in addition to the Columbus area people going to work.

Unfortunately that means, at certain times of the day, I-270 is virtually a parking lot due to traffic volume. There would be plenty of targets for someone in the mood to take a shot. With the Christmas shopping season started, the traffic is probably even worse.

Apparently, the police weren't even aware of all the cases. When the death of the motorist was announced, people from in and out of the area started reporting additional incidents to the Columbus police that originally had been reported to other police departments.

I don't live anywhere near the area so I am safe. Even when I do go to Columbus, I generally will avoid that area if possible by taking back roads. I do have some family there, but I don't think any of them have to travel that way on a daily basis.

The local "guess" is that it is probably teenager(s). It's been going on for months and generally have not hit anything important until this week. It maybe someone just got bolder or maybe they didn't mean to kill anyone. We'll have to see.



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jjtrek
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If it IS teenagers shooting at motorists and I ever got my hands on them, they wouldn't be sitting down for several months while the skin and muscle tissue on that part of their bodies grew back over the exposed skeleton!!! :realmad:

Julia
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Swidden
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jjtrek
Dec 5 2003, 12:14 PM
If it IS teenagers shooting at motorists and I ever got my hands on them, they wouldn't be sitting down for several months while the skin and muscle tissue on that part of their bodies grew back over the exposed skeleton!!! :realmad:

Julia

If that is the worst they would have to worry about from you JJ, they better hope that they never meet me. And I would bet that there are others on this board who would be more ruthless than I...
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