Slog - Comments on And You Thought Your Last Trip on Greyhound Was a Drag... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho Canadian police today identified the 40-year-old man who witnesses say stabbed and decapitated a fellow Greyhound bus passenger Wednesday night on a remote stretch of highway. Reports from the scene of the ostensibly random attack describe Li as boarding the bus, which was en route to Winnipeg, without incident. After pulling out a hunting knife and stabbing McLean as many as 40 or 50 times, witnesses said, Li displayed the victim's severed head to horrified passengers who had already fled the bus. It's the remote stretch of highway that elevates this story from the (sadly) forgettable violence of cities... Copyright 2008 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:57:29 -0800 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:59:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by max solomon Motherfucker ATE pieces of the kid.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091544 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:05:20 -0800 Comment by Kal Except the bus was en route between two cities. So really this horror could be said to belong to 3 places.

]]> Kal http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091553 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:13:07 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave Do you ghostwrite for chaz?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091577 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091577 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:25:44 -0800 Comment by Reality Check Anyone going to stand up and make the claim that we need to ban knives? I mean c'mon! Those damn blades are dangerous. If only all knives in the world would have been banned.

Or maybe Canada needs to prohibit the possession of knives, and this fellow would have obeyed the law and left his knife at home. Right?

I mean we can't expect anyone to have any personal responsibilty for their own actions right?

C'mon! This is about the tool used! Let's keep the focus here!

]]> Reality Check http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091579 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091579 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:27:01 -0800 Comment by WTF Why didn't the other passengers intervene after the first or second stab?

]]> WTF http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091580 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:27:45 -0800 Comment by it'smarkmitchell I love this story. Greyhound Gothic.

Except it's real.

Shit.

]]> it'smarkmitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091584 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:30:38 -0800 Comment by ams @5- I think it's wrong to judge the passengers. Obviously, they acted in a way which they thought best for the situation, and judging them for any heroism you think they should have displayed does not help anyone. This is especially true because we don't know exactly what happened.

]]> ams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091588 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:34:03 -0800 Comment by raindrop A paranoid schizophrenic?

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091593 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:35:46 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity @4,

With the exception of the unfortunate victim, the rest of the passengers are lucky he only had a knife. If he'd have had a gun, they might all be dead.

This is exactly why semi-automatic weapons should be illegal, or at least a lot harder to get. Horrible as this was, there is a limit to what a crazy guy with knife can do. A crazy guy with a AK-47 or a Mac-10 can do a whole lot more mayhem.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091598 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:37:30 -0800 Comment by jcricket I call for banning Greyhound buses. And Canadians. Both obviously dangerous.

]]> jcricket http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091600 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091600 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:39:20 -0800 Comment by lorax Weirdly, traveling by bus is still orders of magnitude safer than driving.

]]> lorax http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091602 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:40:04 -0800 Comment by brian and he ate parts of the body!

http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2008/08/police-hes-hacking-off-pieces-and.html

]]> brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091610 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:48:21 -0800 Comment by TIny Dancer Savage slogged this yesterday.

]]> TIny Dancer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091612 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091612 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:50:07 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I guess fuel prices aren't so bad, after all.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091615 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:51:55 -0800 Comment by crk on bellevue ave The amazing thing, to me anyway, is that stuff like this is rare. I mean, you've got 4.5 billion people in the world and 4.49999999999 billion of them have enough inner restraint that I can safely walk down the street.

Maybe some alien culture out there lacks this kind of "don't harm other humans" meme and it is all out chaos.

But then again... I'm kinda weird like that. I still find it amazing that I can get in a car and drive from my garage to the southern tip of the continent and back.

]]> crk on bellevue ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091625 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:56:50 -0800 Comment by infrequent how many is 4.49999999999 billion?

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091634 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:02:49 -0800 Comment by crk on bellevue ave 4,499,999,999,990

]]> crk on bellevue ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091637 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091637 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:04:52 -0800 Comment by Gloria Cannibalism? Uh.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_25353.aspx

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091642 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:07:31 -0800 Comment by it'smarkmitchell OK -- if he was back there feasting on his victim and displayed the head to the other passengers, you've got to give him credit for great theatrics.

Sucks for the victim, of course, but victims are a dime a dozen.

]]> it'smarkmitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091644 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091644 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:08:23 -0800 Comment by counting third time this has been on slog in 24 hours?

]]> counting http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091648 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091648 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:09:39 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden The company plans to provide the witnesses with any assistance they need, including trauma counselling and transportation.]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091672 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:30:13 -0800 Comment by jim bexley-speed thank you jesus, one less juggalo!

]]> jim bexley-speed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091686 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:52:25 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley @20 Some things are so gross, they cannot be Slogged enough.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091715 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091715 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:15:58 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @15,

We're a lot closer to 7 billion these days. Try to keep up.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091725 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:19:51 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball You want gruesome violence in the countryside? The gold standard is "In Cold Blood."

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091789 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091789 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:05:37 -0800 Comment by it'smarkmitchell I'm sorry JTC, but those murders did not include SNACKING ON THE VICTIM.

Cannibalism always ups the ante.

]]> it'smarkmitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091825 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:55:50 -0800 Comment by Judah It’s the remote stretch of highway that elevates this story from the (sadly) forgettable violence of cities to something memorably grotesque and macabre.

No, I'm sorry, it's really not. The thing that elevates it to something memorably grotesque and macabre is the severed head being displayed.

]]> Judah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091868 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091868 International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:52:03 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor god, that's SO no country for old men feeling.

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091916 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1091916 International Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:58:36 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO @ 25: Dude cut off someone's head and showed it to people. WAY worse than In Cold Blood.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1092020 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/and_you_thought_your_last_trip_on_greyho#c1092020 International Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:59:47 -0800