Man stabbed and beheaded on Greyhound bus

[Marilyn. 340]

yeah that is one of my favourite movies too... the best version of Little Women that has been made.. although I didn't think Gabriel Byrne worked as Professor Bhaer..

I haven't seen all of his movies yet but I have a lot of them on my Netflix queue..

I agree with the bolded

i wish i could come there lol we could have a Bale night

that kind of ruined the movie for me a teensy bit.. I just couldn't get over the fake accent and the fact that there was no chemistry between him and Winona's character... in the book you can totally see why Jo would fall in love with him but that didn't come through in the movie...

yeah , a Bale night would be fun I watching movies!!

I do too....i dont go party anymore, i like to be home and get in some veiwing time

yeah, I think that is one of my favourite things to do.. just sit at home and watch movies.. I will watch most anything except horror type movies..

[Teacher Mark 53]

Sounds like a job for Taserman:

Or Taserwoman:

Yes it's what you think it is (not functional obviously).

http://kennysideshow.blogspot.com/2008/04/...eal-opened.html

Edited July 31, 2008 by WideAwakeInTheUSA

[Heracles 417]

This is why Americans should never ever give up their right to own and carry guns.

[Heracles 417]

Fear is killing the American Spirit and turning us all into paranoid pansies.

Does this also apply to global warming and conspiracies against corporations?

[Heracles 417]

Same principle more or less. All rooted in a deep-seated fear of becoming a victim of violent crime when the statistical likelihood is generally pretty low.

Yes it must be paranoia to ask ####### when you read of someone cutting another persons head off while sleeping on a bus; with others around them.

[Peikko 1,575]

No, the paranois is reading something like this and fearing that it might happen to you too. Statistically, it won't.

[Amby 490]

I haven't even read the story yet, but seriously?

[panamania79 2]

Man beheaded on bus to Winnipeg

July 31, 2008 at 11:36 AM EDT

BRANDON, MAN. — A young man travelling on a Greyhound bus was stabbed to death and beheaded by a stranger in a horrifying act of apparently random violence.

The incident occurred on a bus travelling from Edmonton to Winnipeg just before 10 p.m. Wednesday.

A man of about 18 who was sleeping with headphones on was suddenly attacked by his seat mate, according to the man who sat directly in front of them.

He was stabbed repeatedly with a large hunting knife, sending blood spraying across the interior of the bus. The driver quickly pulled over and passengers fled out the front door.

The man then sawed off the victim's head and carried it to the front of the bus.

The two did not apparently know one another. The victim boarded the bus in Edmonton, one witness said, and the attacker boarded in Manitoba.

A standoff with police ensued until about 1 a.m. local time.

One man was taken into custody.

Garnet Caton, 26, was sitting in the seat in front of the attacker.

"I was just reading a book and all of a sudden I heard a guy screaming. I turned around and the guy sitting right beside me was standing up and stabbing another guy with a big Rambo knife," he said.

"Right in the throat. Repeatedly."

The man wielding the knife had a shaved head and was wearing sunglasses, he said.

"He looked totally calm. He didn't say a word I don't think to anybody on the bus ... nothing. Just totally calm."

Mr. Caton said most passengers were sleeping at the time and didn't realize what was happening.

"I screamed 'stop the bus!' ... Everybody got the hell off, and people at the front of the bus didn't really understand what was going on. It almost turned into a trample scene there, everybody trying to get off the bus. But the guy didn't care at all. He wasn't concerned with anybody but the guy he was stabbing.

"The guy was totally calm. When he brought the head he looked at us and dropped it. It was like he was having a day at the beach. He couldn't be bothered by anything else."

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said the violent attack is a "horrific" incident and his heart goes to the family of the victim.

However, Mr. Day played down the possibility of enacting tough security measures in Canada's bus terminals, similar to what already exists in airports.

“People should always be open to looking at precautionary measures. But let's keep in mind that as bizarre and tragic as this is, it is extremely rare,†Mr. Day said.

He also dismissed talk by some opposition MPs of a “knife registry,†saying that millions of them are bought each year simply for kitchen use. He added that there are already provisions in the Criminal Code against crimes and assaults.

Speaking at a Conservative caucus meeting, Mr. Day said he does not want to jeopardize the investigation, but added he wants to see the killer “convicted in court.â€

“We want to make sure that the process is followed as aggressively as possible, a full legal process, and the perpetrator is definitely dealt with the full force of the law,†he said.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...y/National/home

OMG,this sounds like something out of a horror movie.

[Amby 490]

ok so I read it and read the responses. seriously crazy mofo! the guy they interviewed, his responses and description cracked me up.

[Mina76 0]

Man beheaded on bus to Winnipeg

July 31, 2008 at 11:36 AM EDT

BRANDON, MAN. — A young man travelling on a Greyhound bus was stabbed to death and beheaded by a stranger in a horrifying act of apparently random violence.

The incident occurred on a bus travelling from Edmonton to Winnipeg just before 10 p.m. Wednesday.

A man of about 18 who was sleeping with headphones on was suddenly attacked by his seat mate, according to the man who sat directly in front of them.

He was stabbed repeatedly with a large hunting knife, sending blood spraying across the interior of the bus. The driver quickly pulled over and passengers fled out the front door.

The man then sawed off the victim's head and carried it to the front of the bus.

The two did not apparently know one another. The victim boarded the bus in Edmonton, one witness said, and the attacker boarded in Manitoba.

A standoff with police ensued until about 1 a.m. local time.

One man was taken into custody.

Garnet Caton, 26, was sitting in the seat in front of the attacker.

"I was just reading a book and all of a sudden I heard a guy screaming. I turned around and the guy sitting right beside me was standing up and stabbing another guy with a big Rambo knife," he said.

"Right in the throat. Repeatedly."

The man wielding the knife had a shaved head and was wearing sunglasses, he said.

"He looked totally calm. He didn't say a word I don't think to anybody on the bus ... nothing. Just totally calm."

Mr. Caton said most passengers were sleeping at the time and didn't realize what was happening.

"I screamed 'stop the bus!' ... Everybody got the hell off, and people at the front of the bus didn't really understand what was going on. It almost turned into a trample scene there, everybody trying to get off the bus. But the guy didn't care at all. He wasn't concerned with anybody but the guy he was stabbing.

"The guy was totally calm. When he brought the head he looked at us and dropped it. It was like he was having a day at the beach. He couldn't be bothered by anything else."

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said the violent attack is a "horrific" incident and his heart goes to the family of the victim.

However, Mr. Day played down the possibility of enacting tough security measures in Canada's bus terminals, similar to what already exists in airports.

“People should always be open to looking at precautionary measures. But let's keep in mind that as bizarre and tragic as this is, it is extremely rare,†Mr. Day said.

He also dismissed talk by some opposition MPs of a “knife registry,†saying that millions of them are bought each year simply for kitchen use. He added that there are already provisions in the Criminal Code against crimes and assaults.

Speaking at a Conservative caucus meeting, Mr. Day said he does not want to jeopardize the investigation, but added he wants to see the killer “convicted in court.â€

“We want to make sure that the process is followed as aggressively as possible, a full legal process, and the perpetrator is definitely dealt with the full force of the law,†he said.

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OMG, too many crazy SOBs out there in the world!!!

[Ban Hammer 14,648]

We need to register all knives and implement knife control to prevent this senseless killing in the future.

[Ban Hammer 14,648]

I'm gonna move West to a town where only the Sherif has a gun, and all the citizens have to leave their weapons at the town's permimeter.

tombstone, az

[Heracles 417]

No, the paranois is reading something like this and fearing that it might happen to you too. Statistically, it won't.

Statistics are irrelevant in this case. But it did happen to someone. The chance of two planes being flown into skyscrapers is extremely low. Almost ridiculous to mention prior to 9/11 but the reality is 2,500 people are dead.

What I would like to know is what triggers / causes someone to think of and carry out something like that. I am sure if Canada is anything like AUS and the UK, they will pat him on the head and want to talk about his childhood; Rather than torture him.

Carry out medical tests on him, while conscious, for all I care. This animal should never ever be released and should spend his last days being tortured.

Edited August 1, 2008 by Aficionado

[Nagishkaw 510]

No, the paranois is reading something like this and fearing that it might happen to you too. Statistically, it won't.

Statistics are irrelevant in this case. But it did happen to someone. The chance of two planes being flown into skyscrapers is extremely low. Almost ridiculous to mention prior to 9/11 but the reality is 2,500 people are dead.

What I would like to know is what triggers / causes someone to think of and carry out something like that. I am sure if Canada is anything like AUS and the UK, they will pat him on the head and want to talk about his childhood; Rather than torture him.

Carry out medical tests on him, while conscious, for all I care. This animal should never ever be released and should spend his last days being tortured.

Who cares? Hang him by the nads.

[Scott & Lai 12]

No, the paranois is reading something like this and fearing that it might happen to you too. Statistically, it won't.

Statistics are irrelevant in this case. But it did happen to someone. The chance of two planes being flown into skyscrapers is extremely low. Almost ridiculous to mention prior to 9/11 but the reality is 2,500 people are dead.

What I would like to know is what triggers / causes someone to think of and carry out something like that. I am sure if Canada is anything like AUS and the UK, they will pat him on the head and want to talk about his childhood; Rather than torture him.

Carry out medical tests on him, while conscious, for all I care. This animal should never ever be released and should spend his last days being tortured.

Who cares? Hang him by the nads.