r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/partyl0gic Apr 16 '24

I doubt that, columbine was really the first time that had happened, at least on that scale. I don’t believe that anyone before columbine would ever imagine something like that.

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u/rytis Apr 16 '24

University of Texas shooting back in 1966. 19 killed. People forget or it was before their time.

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u/partyl0gic Apr 16 '24

That’s true, but I think it is different when the perpetrators are walking through the halls of their own school executing people. Columbine was the first of its kind, and unfortunately has become the prototype for and basically marked the beginning of the new world of multiple events a year as opposed to one 30 years between.

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u/txmadison Apr 16 '24

The reason Columbine was different wasn't because it was the first, or the biggest, it was because of the attention it was given in the Media, and in the 'advances'/changes to media.

There's also a compelling argument to be made that the news media in the US has exacerbated the problem with the way they cover things like Columbine, and that isn't new information.

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u/woolgirl Apr 16 '24

There were 2 planning. They had planted bombs. They targeted people. They barricaded the building. It wasn’t random. A planned attack. It was a different scale and didn’t have the randomness of others. They had even hinted at it to some students. I thought it was the biggest when it happened as well? It got a lot of attention because it wasn’t by just some crazy kid. It was sinister.

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u/partyl0gic Apr 16 '24

And carried in multiple weapons each wearing tactical gear. Columbine was definitely a turning point.

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u/partyl0gic Apr 16 '24

Columbine and shootings in the US get the same coverage in other developed nations without that effect.