April not only fools... It kills!

JavaBlack · #1 (**permalink**) 04-18-2007, 10:43 AM

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stori...07041878.shtml

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On April 19, 1993, following a 51-day standoff, federal agents raided the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. A fire, later determined to have been set by the Davidians, destroyed the compound and killed 57 of its residents.
On April 19, 1995, a bomb inside a rental truck exploded at the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people in what was then the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
The killer turned out to be 27-year-old Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh's ex-Army buddy, Terry Nichols, was also charged in the crime.
On April 20, 1999, two armed highschool seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, walked through Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. In the end, 12 students, one teacher and the two murderers were dead.
Add Monday's slaughter of 32 by a 23-year-old South Korean student at Virginia Tech to the terrible list.

Yikes! Something about April... more than just love is in the air, I guess.

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"I don't have hard scientific studies, and the connection may be coincidental, but we do know that suicides become more frequent in the springtime," said Richard Traitel, a clinical psychologist working at Comprehensive Psychological Services in Bloomfield Hills

A clue perhaps? There's already a correlation established between the heat of summer and murder rates. Could there be a link between the early springtime air and the disasters people create?
Is this the result of disturbed people being penned up for the winter and suddenly feeling energetic?

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Kirt Bowden, Bloomfield Township police chief, spoke of reading similar reports that spring was supposed to be a time to be happy and upbeat.
The trouble comes when "people who may be having problems contrast that to their own lives," Bowden said.

Makes sense.

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April can't get all the blame. A look at a list of other major national school shootings reveals the violence has occurred in almost every month school is in session.

Oh great! Get me all started, then throw this out at me! %$#% Oakland Press!

MerlinX · #2 (**permalink**) 04-18-2007, 12:54 PM

"April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain..."

On the one hand, Spring is a time of re-birth and beginning the life cycle anew. If you're feeling alienated, lonely, or ostracized, then you're probably not going to be thrilled about that concept.

On the other hand, that article reminded me a little of the 23 enigma. Specifically, how we can see connections and coincidences anywhere - if we want to look hard enough. I think the mind has a natural tendency try and make sense or seek deeper meaning to particularly horrific, or seemingly senseless acts. This is why 9/11 conspiracy theories aren't going to go away, anytime soon.

merjoem32 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-24-2007, 07:37 AM

I think many tragedies have also occurred in other months. Try September for example.

JavaBlack · #4 (**permalink**) 04-24-2007, 08:06 AM

However I can say this about April:
Any libertarian will tell you that there is a massive increase in robbery somewhere around the middle of the month every year!

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