Montreal Massacre
thusspakezuska | February 4, 2009The Chronicle News Blog has an item today on a new film about the Montreal Massacre, Polytechnique. I don't have time to do much else than tell you about it. Go read what the News Blog has to say about it. Try to ignore the inevitable ensuing pro-con gun control discussion in the comments.
thusspakezuska | December 7, 2006Others before me have noted that whenever the Montreal massacre is discussed, the shooter's name is always mentioned but the names of the murdered women rarely are ever mentioned. Let's take a minute just to recount their names and ages at the time of their deaths.
As listed on the Gendercide.org case study site:
Geneviève Bergeron, aged 21;
Hélène Colgan, 23;
Nathalie Croteau, 23;
Barbara Daigneault, 22;
Anne-Marie Edward, 21;
Maud Haviernick, 29;
Barbara Maria Klucznik, 31;
Maryse Leclair, 23;
Annie St.-Arneault, 23;
Michèle Richard, 21;
Maryse Laganière, 25;
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22…
thusspakezuska | December 7, 2006This entry should have been posted yesterday but I wasn't able to finish it in time because of migraine. I should have left the other easier stuff alone and concentrated on this earlier in the day when I was feeling somewhat better. In the spirit of better a day late than not at all, here it is, with all its migrainey deficiencies.
Some of you know, some of you don't, that December 6 is the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. The Chronicle of Higher Education has a brief item in its news blog:
White roses and candlelight vigils are part of ceremonies today on most Canadian campuses and…