Other interpretations emphasize Lépine's abuse as a child or suggest that the massacre was simply the isolated act of a madman, unrelated to larger social issues. "[16] Newspaper columnist Mark Steyn suggested that male inaction during the massacre illustrated a "culture of passivity" prevalent among men in Canada, which enabled Lépine’s shooting spree: "Yet the defining image of contemporary Canadian maleness is not M Lepine/Gharbi but the professors and the men in that classroom, who, ordered to leave by the lone gunman, meekly did so, and abandoned their female classmates to their fate—an act of abdication that would have been unthinkable in almost any other culture throughout human history. "The point is to use the death of these people as an excuse to promote the feminist/extreme left-wing agenda", he wrote, adding that it is "no more justified" than the KKK using the "murder of a white person by a black person as an excuse to promote their agenda. Hanes, Alison (2 December 2005). You're all a bunch of feminists. Annie St-Arneault was curious, meticulous, intensely caring and always searching for adventures of her own making. Canadian Press (May 30, 1990). p. A3. [32] He completed one of them in the winter of 1989. "Police scour the life of mass killer". But at a time when society is obsessed with terrorism, it still seems too difficult for some people outside of the feminist movement to consider mass murders of women an act of terrorism. Moving along the corridor he shot at others, wounding one, before moving towards the financial services office where he shot and killed a woman through the window of the door she had just locked. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Laganière, who was 25 when she was killed, was a budget clerk for the school’s finance department. McIntosh, Andrew (August 22, 1990). Shortly afterwards, he took his own life. [13], Sometime after 4 p.m. on December 6, 1989, Marc Lépine arrived at the building housing the École Polytechnique, an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a hunting knife. The Globe and Mail. Hélène Colgan was 23 years old in early December 1989, just weeks shy of a planned trip somewhere warm with her friends to ring in the new year. Polytechnique… About sixty bullets remained in the boxes he carried with him. p. B9. These new terrorists want to punish and terrorize women because they deny them sex, which they claim as an entitlement. "Unbearable Witness: towards a Politics of Listening". One of the students, Nathalie Provost, said, "Look, we are just women studying engineering, not necessarily feminists ready to march on the streets to shout we are against men, just students intent on leading a normal life." Anne-Marie Lemay wanted, at least for a little while, to study medicine. [20] A year after the attacks, Lépine's three-page statement was leaked to journalist and feminist Francine Pelletier. It was Lemay, known for her ability to connect with people, who visited him weekly to help with his rehabilitation. p. A14. [9] Following the shootings at Dawson College on September 13, 2006, Globe and Mail columnist Jan Wong controversially suggested that Marc Lépine may have felt alienated from Quebec society as he was the child of an immigrant. Rathjen, Heidi; Charles Montpetit (1999). She was a quiet, undemanding person who grew up with five sisters and two brothers. Lépine was the child of a French-Canadian mother and an Algerian father, and had been physically abused by his father. Valpy, Michael (December 11, 1989). Edward was studying chemical engineering at the school and was known for being clever and stubborn. Read more about cookies here. 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