Irony
A man who opened fire inside a church, killing two people with a shotgun hidden in a guitar case, was frustrated at being unable to find a job and blamed liberals and gays, police said on Monday.
"It appears that what brought him to this horrible event was his lack of being able to obtain a job, his frustration over that, and his stated hatred of the liberal movement," Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen told reporters of Sunday's incident at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church.
Suspect Jim Adkisson, 58, who was being held on $1 million bond, had previously worked as a mechanical engineer in several states. He described his violent plans in a four-page letter found at his home, which also explained that his age and "liberals and gays" taking jobs had worked against him.
Another recent setback was that Adkisson's allotment of government-issued food stamps had been reduced, Owen said.
It's going to get worse before it gets better, folks. Personally, i think if he had found a lawyer like Robert Ekstrand to file a suit against the church, that would have been a smarter move. He might have gotten his food stamps restored.
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hold up...I have failed to see where the Church had any part to play in his lot in life--other than the Unitarian chuch being liberal. why would he file suit against them?
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Vera, at 3:26 PM
Vera: Wouldn't it have been a heck of a lot nicer to for him sue the church than to shoot the place up? Either way the church had nothing to do with his problems, but in a lawsuit, fewer people die. Just a thought.
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Anonymous, at 12:03 PM
WTF?!
It's NOT a choice. Sue people that have nothing to do with your problems, or kill them? what the hell kind of statement is that?!
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Vera, at 4:52 PM
Vera - as the New Yorker learned, if you have to explain your jokes, then maybe they aren't funny.
i was attempting to make a joke about Anthony Giuliani, the former Mayor's son who is suing Duke University for a refund of his tuition having been cut from the golf team. He claims that his dreams of being a pro golfer were shattered.
The analogy being that Duke is no more responsible for Mr. Giuliani's success or failure to make a successful career as a pro golfer than the Unitarian Church's support of, for example, equal rights for gay people had anything to do with Mr. Adkisson's inability to find a job, or hold onto his food stamps.
Obviously, i didn't do a very good job.
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Barry, at 5:20 PM
Obviously, I'm not quite as obtuse as I like to think I am. ;)
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Vera, at 8:54 AM
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