Comments on: A Bizarre Story

By: Freedom Of Speech | Correr Es Mi Destino

Freedom Of Speech | Correr Es Mi Destino — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:16:01 +0000

[…] first heard of the Westboro Baptist Church after this summer’s bizarre murder in a Greyhound bus in Canada. The Globe and Mail reported at the time that the Church members, from Topeka Kansas, were going to […]

By: John J Savo, the Authoring Auctioneer

John J Savo, the Authoring Auctioneer — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:18:26 +0000

Yeah. Well, it’s most likely that no one would have been able to stop him in time. However, here in the states, I would have shot the bastard anyway had I been on the bus carrying a concealed weapon. First, I would have been protecting myself and my fellow passengers. Second, why waste tax dollars jailing and putting a pscyho like that on trial?

By: Zhu

Zhu — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:19:45 +0000

@Seraphine — I don’t think it was heroic… it was just instinct. The place wasn’t dangerous and it seemed to be a random attack, besides, we were in a public place. I sometimes wish I knew what happened to the kid and the attacker though.

@Jennie — I would have ran away, chances given. I think we just follow our instinct in this case.

@kyh — True, although I believe this was the action of a crazy man and of course it wasn’t political.

By: kyh

kyh — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:08:27 +0000

omg... this is so so gruesome! reminds me of the decapitation vids of the american captives in iraq. kyhs last great read...English pronunciation

By: Jennie

Jennie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:22:51 +0000

This was so so sad to read about. I felt really bad for the victim and his family. It’s completely random and shocking. I don’t know how I would have reacted in the situation. Sometimes it takes my brain a while to register that something bad is happening and that I should react. But of course, by then, it’s probably too late.

By: Seraphine

Seraphine — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:33:43 +0000

you can't criticize others for acting the way they do in an emergency. it isn't cowardice, it's instinct. it's survival. that everyone else got off the bus without being injured, that's the best outcome. keeping the killer from escaping, that's heroic. helping the guy that got stabbed was heroic too. you could have ran away. after all, the stabber night have been hiding in the bushes. you could have called an ambulance from the safety of your parent's house. Seraphines last great read...Yaa Saa’iha (Hello Tourist)

By: Zhu

Zhu — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:41:33 +0000

@sir jorge — Yet, things like that rarely happen… fortunately!

@Ghosty — It is shocking for Canada. I can’t remember anyhting that graphic, even though we have murders and domestic violence etc.

@bluefish — Exactly. I don’t think any of us would have done any better… I hate seeing these passengers blamed.

@shionge — We are all humans and we did our best given the circumstances… Sorry, the story was graphic.

@Breigh — I totally agree with you. We do our best but sometimes, survival instinct takes over and running away is probably the only thing to do.

@CM-Chap — Sorry for the graphic story!

@Shantanu — They all must have been in shock and I wouldn’t blame them either.

@Annie — Fortunately, this is a rare incident. We shouldn’t be scared of living.

@Mar — It is the most shocking story in a long time, for sure!

@Scarlet — As a victim, I would want people to help of course. But in this case, I doubted there were much to do…

@JoAnn D Eyes Holland — Hey, glad to see you’re back and doing well!

@barbara — I really didn’t do much, I was just using the story to illustrate that given the chance, we would all try to help someone in distress, but in some shocking situation, we just can’t process.

@SilverNeurotic — It is a tragic incident, but unfortunately, it’s rare.

@Linguist-in-Waiting — I would have ran away, I’m sure of it.

By: Linguist-in-Waiting

Linguist-in-Waiting — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:46:54 +0000

I suppose this shows that one can never know when a tragic event would happen. And I agree, I do not get why there would be people blaming the other passengers for not stopping the killer. If they were in the situation, would they have done something? I suppose in the shock, no one would do anything different from what the other passengers did. Linguist-in-Waitings last great read...I Survived the Trinity

By: SilverNeurotic

SilverNeurotic — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:36:29 +0000

What a terrible story, I feel so bad for that kid-he had no chance whatsoever.

By: barbara

barbara — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:35:34 +0000

Salut Zhu, That is so horrid about the stabbing in the Greyhound bus ! This world is so crazy at times !! I swear... Yeah; it's easy to critisize & say " why din't they do this or that ?". When you are in a bad situation like that, it's the fear factor that's working & most people don't want to be heroes. You had a quite a happening there, on the way to your parent's house. I would have done my 100% also to help the young man. You did just fine and I'm sure that he's walking around, alive... with his scar ! Big hugs to you (((()))) barbaras last great read...More challenges