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Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Lincoln on December 06, 2005, 11:20:53 AM
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Ceremonies commemorate Dec. 6 attack on women
Last Updated Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:34:07 EST
CBC News
Ceremonies are being held across Canada on Tuesday, the 16th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, a day of remembrance of violence against women.
* CBC ARCHIVES: The Montreal Massacre
The day was established to commemorate the Dec. 6, 1989, shooting deaths of 14 young women at the École Polytechnique de Montréal.
All 14 women were killed because of their gender.
Tuesday in Montreal, there will be several ceremonies to mark the day, including one at the city's Place-du-6-décembre.
The day will also be observed in other locations across the country.
In the 1989 attack, gunman Marc Lepine stormed an engineering class at the École Polytechnique. It was the last day of term before the Christmas break.
Lepine, 25, proclaimed he was getting even because feminists had ruined his life.
http://sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/12/06/Masscare-Anniversary-051206.html
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i'll always remember that day :-\
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i'll always remember that day :-\
i was too young to realize what had happened... but man that was some really fucked up shit
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*ouch,sad day
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On November 21, 1989, Lépine purchased a Ruger Mini-14 hunting rifle at a local sporting goods store. On December 6, Lépine walked into the École Polytechnique de Montréal, an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal. There, he ordered the males to leave, then shot 14 women dead while screaming "I hate feminists." In addition to his killing of thirteen female students and one female university employee, Lépine injured eight other women and four men, before turning the gun on himself.
Weak mofos.