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Virginia Tech Shooting Victims Halloween Costume Prank Exposed
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by ifindtrends | December 10, 2007 at 09:26 am
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If you have not heard about this yet, it started with a couple of Penn State students dressing up for holloween as Virginia Tech School shooting victims. They posted it on their Facebook page which eventually was leaked and now has become national news.
There are 3 parts to the video, I posted all three here. Parts (1 of 3) (2 of 3) and (3 of 3)
Below is an exerpt from from Mashable.com an interview done on December 07 by one of the people who were seen in the videos. I may share my opinion in the comments later but I will let you form your own opinions and see what everyone thinks.
Take a listen to this moron defending his decision to dress up as a Virginia Tech shooting victim on Halloween - the photos ignited a controversy this week after they were posted to Facebook.The Penn State student says in his defense: “I personally don’t care if it hurt other people’s feelings…if I wanted to hurt people, trust me, I could come up with the greatest campaign to hurt everyone. I would photograph myself as a Virginia Tech student and write I Hate Virginia Tech on my shirt and Kill Them All and send photos to everyone in the school.”
Predictably, the backlash is also happening on Facebook: apparently Penn State students are setting up Facebook groups to condemn the costumes. Take note: when you do something dumb, Facebook can make it international news overnight.
This is the original story that broke last week.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Photos of two
Penn State students dressed up as victims of the Virginia Tech massacre
for Halloween prompted a rebuke from the university this week.The
pictures, which show the students wearing Virginia Tech shirts covered
in bullet holes and fake blood, recently surfaced on Facebook.com, a
social networking site. The students were not disciplined, but Penn
State condemned the actions in a letter sent to Virginia Tech officials.
"We're appalled that these individuals would
display this level of insensitivity and lack of common decency by
dressing up in this manner," the statement said. "The fact that one of
the individuals is actually from Virginia makes it even more difficult
to understand."A Penn State spokeswoman, Lisa
Powers, said the school has identified the students in the photos, but
would not release their names.The students will not face university discipline, Powers said. Punishment would violate their free-speech rights, she added.
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at 09:34 on December 10th, 2007
Good story ifindtrends, thanks for putting it up.
at 13:28 on December 10th, 2007
Thanks Guys, It's not the kind of story I usually like to point out but the actions are so crude that it needs to be shown so hopefuly no-one repeats senseless actions such as this.
at 10:27 on December 10th, 2007
ifindtrends, great post on a really appalling story... Good stuff.
at 13:11 on December 10th, 2007
As a Penn State graduate, this is humiliating to say the least. These kids didn't harm Virginia Tech---they harmed Penn State. Virginia Tech has shown amazing courage and grace in dealing with the horrible and senseless tragedy. Meanwhile, these idiots at my alma mater have stained the name of a great University. Believe me when I say that the overwhelming majority of PSU students and grads are horrified by the behavior of a few imbeciles. Please don't hold it against the rest of us.
at 13:27 on December 10th, 2007
Great Comment Av and thank you for sharing this. I think your view is the common belief of Penn State students, graduates, community and staff.
I know the President of Penn State has spoken out against this and is now investigating it.
I think it would be cool if the President of student body and others should make an official announcement to say something to the effect of your feelings.
Maybe some students from each school can even get together and look for solutions or more awareness about this new phenominin of student etc school shootings and also violent murders in the U.S.
This would also prove to the nation that this bonehead is not the majority.
at 15:07 on December 10th, 2007
ifindtrends, thanks for this. It's one thing to do this in the first place; it's yet another to be so callous when called out on it. Clearly this is the thought process of some people with no grasp of decency or of comedy--to think this is funny is completely misguided.
Thanks for your work here. Good stuff.
at 15:25 on December 10th, 2007
Why doesn't this surprise me? Because the backdrop is HALLOWEEN! This "holiday" just gets grosser and more insane each year. A HUGE part of Halloween is the glorification of gore, blood, and grossness. So, why wouldn't those that celebrate this sort of thing just up the ante a bit, and glorify the gore of shooting victims?
Halloween has become a who-can-out-gross-who game anyways...so this just doesn't surprise me a bit....Sad? Yes. Innappropriate? Of course!
For the most part, Halloween has "evolved" to include adults-gone-wild....and in this case, insane as well!
at 20:42 on December 10th, 2007
Yes Halloween gets crazier every year. I don't think I would have less of a problem (maybe) if they did it to stand for something.
During part of the video he seems to try to make it into some meaning but it's obvious they just did it for shock value.
But when you hear the guy say that they just did it for kicks and he feels no remorse for the victims families In my opinion I think they went to far.
It is a free country, but some people take their freedom for granted.
at 16:59 on December 10th, 2007
at 17:16 on December 10th, 2007
I don't know what I hate more - the costume or the defense of it.
Good stuff in covering this.
at 20:28 on December 10th, 2007
I agree. I was willing to forgive them until I heard the guys on the video having no remorse.
at 21:27 on December 10th, 2007
ifindtrends, good stuff.
I agree with TheBigRuski, Halloween invites this type of behavior. It's no longer about ghosts and goblins but about serial killers and naughty fill-in-the-blank.
What really disturbs me, though, is that this person got into college in the first place. In my mind it's not enough to just understand that this is politically incorrect. Going to a Halloween party dressed as an innocent victim of a massacre is just wrong.
Everyone who dressed up in those costumes should be expelled.
at 00:11 on December 11th, 2007
In this instance, I have to agree with everything you say Big T!
at 04:05 on December 11th, 2007
Ick -- but great job reporting on this, ifindtrends.
at 08:22 on November 1st, 2008
why in the world would somebody do such a thing?
ass-hole