Michael,
Yes, it is an absurd thought. But is any man or
woman killed because they are simply of one gender or another? There is
always something behind it. Even if hate was part of it.
Marc Lepine is supposed to have killed the 14 women
simply because they were women, by the way.
There is something else interesting about this latest
mutiple murder. It doesn't seem to fit the stereotypical mass murder, as
described by Elliott Leyton, criminal anthropologist and expert. But
then the St Valentines Day massacre wouldn't have either. Nor did Lepine's
killings. So, about money - or business, you say, or would the term
economics be more appropriate, for all three crimes?
Sue McPherson
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Subject: Re: Seminar, 26 April, Risk,
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Sue,
Men
hating men?
Keep in mind that
these murders were likely more about money, as in which bike gang makes the
most by controlling the drug, gambling and prostitution sales in a given
area.
This was a business
decision. Sure, it's a male-dominated industry, but it's unlikely these
men were killed because they were, simply, men.
Another reductio ad absurdum, as they say.
Must be a bit of misandry at work here.
8
bodies found near small town
Rumours run rampant,
but police investigators are revealing few details about four abandoned
vehicles and one resident's grisly discovery on his farm near Shedden
Apr.
9, 2006. 07:10 AM
NICOLAAS VAN RIJN
STAFF REPORTER
Forensic investigators in the tiny London-area hamlet of Shedden today
are continuing to piece together clues in the worst mass murder in Ontario
history, discovered when a local resident went to investigate strange cars
parked on his farm overnight.
Police say the man, who lives in a wooded
rural area, looked out his window at about 8:30 yesterday morning and saw
three cars and a tow truck parked on and near his property.
On
investigating, the resident came across the bodies of eight adult white males,
police said.
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