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Canada bus attack suspect appears in court

World Aug. 02, 2008 - 06:56AM JST ( 14 )

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nimbusAug. 02, 2008 - 08:12AM JST

Crazy people, they are everywhere.
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USAPatriotAug. 02, 2008 - 10:24AM JST

lock him up, life without parole. Don`t have death sentence do they?
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kawaiitenshiAug. 02, 2008 - 01:01PM JST

It seems stabby summer is going global! what a sicko... just to think that could have happened to anyone on that bus.

on a light note.. did anyone who receives japantoday emails see this story listed as "canadia bus attack" that made me LOL a bit
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rajakumarAug. 02, 2008 - 01:07PM JST

Good.
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SmytheAug. 02, 2008 - 03:47PM JST

As a Cdn living in Cdn. That was really a shocker I have to admit. Cdns are still shaken up over this one. We have never heard of anything as crazy as this incident.

Yes I immediately thought of the few knifing incidents, recently in Japan, but then we had a 16 year old kill a man, with a knife, in a park, not to far from my home town------so really one cannot point a finger at Japan.
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pizzaboyAug. 02, 2008 - 09:26PM JST

We have never heard of anything as crazy as this incident.

um, perhaps a fellow by the name of Robert Pickton will refresh your memory...
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WilliBAug. 03, 2008 - 01:54AM JST

I notice that the bystanders are not of much help when an lunatic with a knife goes on a rampage.
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SmytheAug. 03, 2008 - 03:50AM JST

True WilliB the passengers did next to nil in this matter. ALL they wanted was to get out alive. Mind your credit has to go to the bus driver, an unknowen truck driver, & one passenger that barred the killer out of the normal door what with a crow-bar, hammer & something else.

By the time the RCMP arrived said killer had to smash open a window & jump out, but that is when the RCMP took him down.

Amazing situation that no Cdn let alone any human wants to hear or read about as the victem was well liked, easy to get along with, & half asleep, or asleep, at the time---just another bus passenger!!!!!
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lipscombeAug. 03, 2008 - 03:58AM JST

Zorro! violence in the media! lock up Banderas! blah blah blah luckily he wasnt watching anything mildly subversive on the coach TV
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WilliBAug. 04, 2008 - 12:06AM JST

Smythe:

" True WilliB the passengers did next to nil in this matter. "

But isn´t that the frequent complaint around here? That the Japanese bystanders to nothing against the knife-wielding lunatic? Typically followed by announcements of our fellow posters how heroic they would have acted? Just wanted to point that out...
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VORAug. 04, 2008 - 07:34PM JST

unfortunately all this represents is just another sheep being removed from the herd. he felt safe enough apparently to fall asleep on a bus with nothing but strangers around him. he simply became the killer's easiest target.

it doesn't matter where you live, bad people intending to do harm will do bad things. this will keep happening until people wake up and realize they can't depend on others for their safety and protection.