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[novapsyche]

Ceremonies commemorate Dec. 6 attack on women

Ceremonies are being held across Canada on Tuesday, the 16th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, a day of remembrance of violence against women.

The day was established to commemorate the Dec. 6, 1989, shooting deaths of 14 young women at the École Polytechnique de Montréal.

All 14 women were killed because of their gender.

Tuesday in Montreal, there will be several ceremonies to mark the day, including one at the city's Place-du-6-décembre.

The day will also be observed in other locations across the country.

In the 1989 attack, gunman Marc Lepine stormed an engineering class at the École Polytechnique. It was the last day of term before the Christmas break.

Lepine, 25, proclaimed he was getting even because feminists had ruined his life.


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I post this because I don't recall this happening, and I should have been aware enough about the news at this point in my life for this to have registered.

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. I remember that much.

Here are archived media at CBC, and Wikipedia's entry.

Comments

[davehogg.livejournal.com]

I remember it. I was a senior in college, and remember trying to imagine something like that happened at Oakland.

I actually even think we wrote an editorial about it in the school paper.

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

I remember it too, I wished I could have gotten a hold of the SOB and crushed his nuts.

Today I'd be less violent, just force him to watch Thelma and Louise till he bled out of his eyes. See the progress I've made?

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

Sonofabitch. I had never heard of this before.