It's been 22 years to the day since the Politechnique Massacre. I vaguely recall hearing about it on the news, but I was only seven. I remember that my mom was really upset. I knew that the killer was 'anti feminism' but only just realised how fucked up he was was (taken from the École Polytechnique massacre Wikipedia page):
Lépine then separated the nine women from the approximately fifty men and ordered the men to leave.[9] Speaking in French, he asked the remaining women whether they knew why they were there, and when one student replied "no," he answered: "I am fighting feminism". One of the students, Nathalie Provost, said, "Look, we are just women studying engineering, not necessarily feminists ready to march on the streets to shout we are against men, just students intent on leading a normal life." Lépine responded that "You're women, you're going to be engineers. You're all a bunch of feminists. I hate feminists." He then opened fire on the students from left to right, killing six, and wounding three others, including Provost.[1][3] Before leaving the room, he wrote the word shit twice on a student project.[9]
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)