Laid-off Silicon Valley worker kills three: police

Yahoo/Reuters ^ | 14 Nov 2008 | Peter Henderson and Anupreeta Das

[coloradan]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A man laid off recently from his job in Silicon Valley shot and killed three people, believed to be former co-workers, at an office park on Friday, police in the ailing U.S. technology hub said.

The 47-year-old suspect, identified by police as Jing Wu, was still at large after gunning down two men and a woman shortly before 4 p.m. local time (0000 GMT), Santa Clara, California, police told local media.

[coloradan]

I'd like to know if the company (Siport Semiconductor) had an official disarmament policy.

[theFIRMbss]

>The 47-year-old suspect, identified by police as Jing Wu, was still at large after gunning down two men and a woman ...

Oh-oh... Darn Asians
do not commit suicide
after their rage crimes . . .

[Jagman]

Wu who?

[blam]

Wu knew.

[wideawake]

A more likely culprit for a state of disarmament among the sane employees would be the city of Santa Clara. Just a guess.

[theFIRMbss]

>Wu who?

Are you with me Doctor Wu?
Are you really just a shadow
of the man that I once knew?
She is lovely yes she's sly,
and you're an ordinary guy...
Has she finally got to you?
Can you hear me Doctor?
Are you with me Doctor?
Can you hear me Doctor?

[wideawake]

Oh-oh... Darn Asians do not commit suicide after their rage crimes . . .

Have you really forgotten Virginia Tech already?

[hiredhand]

Oh boy...here we go...

[Chairman of the Bard]

Are you really just a shadow
Of the man that I once knew
Are you crazy are you high
Or just an ordinary guy
Have you done all you can do
Are you with me Doctor?

[null and void]

I'd like to know if the company (Siport Semiconductor) had an official disarmament policy.

More importantly, are they hiring, now?

[Doc Savage]

Knew his brother, Wing-tip-Shu!

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Expect more of this as the Depression Looms large. More and more will go Postal or take their own lives as things get rough. When times are tough, people need to get tougher. We are Americans after all. What did we do when the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor? We are going to have to band together, let families work together, until we can work our way out of this mess. The Liberals and their War on Poverty got us on this road to ruin. Now we Americans need to band together to set things right.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

The “Germans” bombed Pearl Harbor?

[VOA]

When times are tough, people need to get tougher. We are Americans after all.

You describe the Americans that were around when JFK told people
to ask themselves what they can do for their country.

The recent election confirms that a majority of Americans now
ask "what can my country do for me".
In terms of just handing them more cash, even if all the work
they did for it was to cast a ballot.

Honestly, I'm not that totally pessimistic. But the triumph of
Obama says more about US citizens than it does about the real Obama.

[LizardQueen]

>>The “Germans” bombed Pearl Harbor?

This was part of John Belushi’s get-tough pep talk in “Animal House”. Classic movie and funny line!

LQ

[China Clipper]

"Wu who?"

Wu's on first?

[VOA]

You need to rent/buy a DVD of “Animal House”.

The line is uttered by John Belushi while giving a “let’s fight back”
speech when they find out their fraternity is about to be shut down.

One of the frat brothers whispers something like “The Germans didn’t
bomb Pearl Harbor” to the frat president...who whispers back
“Don’t stop him, he’s on a roll”.

Obviously, the film is a relic...back when some college students
actually knew some (unrevised) history!!!

[Liberty Valance]

The “Germans” bombed Pearl Harbor?



Animal House/Pop Culture reference.

[cetarist]

wow. more people whose band could be their life!

[HerrBlucher]

I guess its a sign of the times when a story about 3 people being brutally murdered recieves more joke posts than serious posts. Seems right on par though with the Darwin award threads reveling in some poor fools misery and suffereing.