# Binghamton Shooting **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 3, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-shooting/65588 "2009-04-03T09:31:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-shooting/65588/61 "2009-04-06T08:36:04Z")
Shit if I were poor I’d be loving life right now. It’s fucking raining government handouts! ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-shooting/65588/62 "2009-04-06T08:40:05Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Shit if I were poor I’d be loving life right now. It’s fucking raining government handouts! The unemployment benefit extension is running out for many states. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hOBWyd0GusPevkwDP3JtUW98F8zAD97C74VO0](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hOBWyd0GusPevkwDP3JtUW98F8zAD97C74VO0) ---
**Author:** ![traumadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@traumadog](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traumadog)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-shooting/65588/63 "2009-04-07T11:57:51Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > I just don’t see why we live in a society now where people who hate their life can’t just hang themselves in their basements anymore. At what point did grabbing a gun and unloading on innocent people prove your “point”? He apparently sent a package to a Syracuse TV station with a letter, his gun permits and license/picture ID. By what I understand, the letter was full of tin-foil-hat stuff, blaming “undercover police” for all his problems. > **[Binghamton shooter in letter to TV station: 'I am Jiverly Wong Shooting the...](https://www.syracuse.com/news/2009/04/binghamton_shooter_in_letter_t.html)** > > The letter was dated March 18 but postmarked the day of the massacre. It ends: 'And you have a nice day.' People that far out of whack will have no compunction about gunning down others “to prove a point”. It’s too bad that we can’t weed these people out beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-shooting/65588/64 "2009-04-07T12:13:54Z")
> [@traumadog](#): > > It’s too bad that we can’t weed these people out beforehand. We do. As such, we don’t really hear about them. They’re not out shooting up immigration centers. ---
**Author:** ![Moruitelda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/moruitelda/32/5348_2.png) [@Moruitelda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Moruitelda)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-shooting/65588/65 "2009-04-07T12:20:04Z")
> [@Avatar](#): > > We do. As such, we don’t really hear about them. They’re not out shooting up immigration centers. It’s too bad we can’t weed all of them out ahead of time so nobody’s shooting up immigration centers. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-shooting/65588/66 "2009-04-07T12:24:25Z")
> [@Moruitelda](#): > > It’s too bad we can’t weed all of them out ahead of time so nobody’s shooting up immigration centers. My point is simply that the world is not perfect, but much is done to identify and treat people in society that are mentally ill. Short of a complete authoritarian state in which there is no privacy and it’s citizens are subject to regular psychological screening, this is the world we live in. The costs we bear as a society can sometimes be bitter, but we must palate them in order to remain who we are. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-shooting/65588.md?page=3)