Today is December 6th, 2004. It is a Monday, it is a cold day, it is a day for remembering.
15 years ago today Marc Lepine stormed into Montreal's l'École Polytechnique, and proceeded to single out and shoot the women engineering students. He blamed all of his problems on feminists
These 14 women were killed, and 13 others were injured:
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz
The Montreal Massacre
Side note: Stephen Fearing wrote a beautiful song, "The Bells of Morning" about the massacre. I tried to find the lyrics to post, but couldn't. I'll try again later, because I've found them before.
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3 comments:
I waited all day on the seventh for you to commemorate the anniversary of Pearl Harbour- and I wait today for you to make mention of the fact that hundreds of people have died on this day because of horrific acts of violence- but you don't.
I understand that the massacre in Montreal was indeed a senseless act of violence- what I fail to understand is why you single out that one act, that one instance, when such acts are present every day, when every day is an "anniversary."
(And what an awful word- anniversary- it sounds like we're celebrating the act, doesn't it?)
And why do all memorials remembering this occasion feel as if they're more about the promotion of feminism than the actual remembrance of the women that were killed? Why do we hold memeorial services when we could instead be doing something?
I single out this one day because I am a woman, I am Canadian, and I am a feminist. Because of these reasons I chose to post about this topic, and because of these reasons that I feel quite strongly about it.
Yes, there are many other moments in history we should remember that were just as or more horrific than this massacre. And it's not say that I don't think about them on their given day, I just choose not to post about them.
Choice, it's a great word, isn't it?
You are a woman, you are a Canadian, and you are a feminist.
You've effectivly proven my point that the commemoration of this massacre is not for the women themselves, but is rather used a vehicle for feminists to further their cause and to yell about non-apparent inequalities in society.
Choice is a wonderful word- it implies care in selection. I'm assuming that you mean that you carefully selected your words in this case- however I remain confused as you've only used this event as a vehicle for the cause of feminism rather than actually recognizing the fact that women died, regardless of cause.
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