Big dramas here in my country today with 40 shot and killed. Something that has not happened on that scale for many many years. It occurred
about 4 hours drive north of where I live and seemed to be terror
related. Locally we're getting reports at least on of the shooters may
We're rolling into our Saturday (tomorrow) so I hope the weekend is low key and we can all rest up from what has truly been a very surreal and sad day over here for our country.
On 03-15-19 21:35, Avon wrote to All <=-
Hey all.
Big dramas here in my country today with 40 shot and killed. Something
Hey all.
Big dramas here in my country today with 40 shot and killed. Something
that
has not happened on that scale for many many years. It occurred about 4 hours
drive north of where I live and seemed to be terror related. Locally we're getting reports at least on of the shooters may have lived locally in my city
and possibly even close by to where I live. No bout more will come out in the
ensuing days. Suffice to say the country is in shock as events like this here
are super super rare. We're all OK here in Dunedin but like the rest of
the
country reeling from an unreal shocking day. The sick guy that committed the
atrocities live streamed it on Facebook and video content is circulating online here that parents are being warned to warn their kids from
watching.
How sad/bad is that, that it's come to this? My 18 year old has stumbled
on
it and saw it. he came over tonight for dinner to eat and unburden himself with the horror he innocently stumbled upon. I hope (again) he will be OK but
feel good he's talking etc. to us about it. I have offered to cover any counseling help should he feel he wants to talk to someone else about it.
We're rolling into our Saturday (tomorrow) so I hope the weekend is low
key
and we can all rest up from what has truly been a very surreal and sad day over here for our country.
Best, Paul
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Big dramas here in my country today with 40 shot and killed. Something that has not happened on that scale for many many years. It occurred about 4
Big dramas here in my country today with 40 shot and killed. Something
Big dramas here in my country today with 40 shot and killed. Something that has not happened on that scale for many many years. It occurred
about 4 hours drive north of where I live and seemed to be terror
related. Locally we're getting reports at least on of the shooters may
Wow. I'm just trying to figure out where this world is heading...
Thoughts heading your way, to you and everyone in New Zealand...
On 03-16-19 14:07, Avon wrote to Black Panther <=-
Thanks good sir... yeah been a sad 24 hours and many in shock over
here. Sun is shining and we're having a low key day at home.
I hope they catch the shooter or shooters and bring peace back to New Zealand.
I hope they catch the shooter or shooters and bring peace back to New
Zealand.
This is terrifying. From what I know he recorded and streamed himself live on Facebook.
We're rolling into our Saturday (tomorrow) so I hope the weekend is low key and we can all rest up from what has truly been a very surreal and
sad day over here for our country.
Someone at work today told me that it was the facebook admins who
directed the authorities to the attacker. I don't know if that's true
but if so facebook did some good in this case.
So sad. My deepest sympathies to the people of NZ. We have
Horrible and I feel so bad for you all over there. We here in the U.S. know this horror all too well. Our thoughts are with you during this tragedy.
Such an awful tragedy. I'm glad you and your immediates are okay. I saw the report of Dunedin and immediately thought of you.
A fair bit of shock here too. NZ are very much a part of the Down Under family. It all goes to show extremists come in all flavours, and those extreme ideologies need to be challenged, regardless of flavour.
I just wanted to offer my condolences for the lives lost and wanted to
say Stay New Zealand Strong! I stand with you and your countrymen.
shinobi wrote to Al <=-
Someone at work today told me that it was the facebook admins who
directed the authorities to the attacker. I don't know if that's true
but if so facebook did some good in this case.
Well... it could be. I would like to know what the impacts of this will be. Possibly some more AI improvements to determine this kinds of live streaming.
Who knows. The Facebook is in my honest opinion out of control. Some
would call is "The Biggest Experiment in history of Anarchy". Who knows.
It's very easy to organize meetings trough the platform. In my country there are gangs organizing street wars through this platform.
On 03-17-19 09:03, Avon wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yeah I can totally relate and agree with that. I don't harbour any
anger or animosity towards folks in Australia. It really does not
matter where a person is from they need to be judged by their actions
and in this case we both agree those acts where abhorrent. Death on
this scale at the hands of a man with a weapon is so totally rare here
it has understandably shocked most to the core. If there is on positive it's the strong and united up-swell of love and caring from the local
and national NZ communities loudly rejecting the violence and clearly stating this is not who/what New Zealand is about.
On 03-17-19 08:58, Avon wrote to Erazmus <=-
Hi Ian, yes thanks we're OK but the city is shaken as it looks like the original target may have been in my city but the guy opted to travel 4 hours north of us and inflict mayhem there instead. It looks like he
did live quite locally nearby to us though. Freaky stuff.
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