[Tarheel]

But all the news reports say it was a ransom."

Can the shooting of the schoolkids, that was supposedly threatened in the note, be considered as a method of extortion and from this the concept of 'ransom' evolved because of poor reporting by some newsies? Somehow the shooter asking for money so far into the killings just does not make sense.

The Tarheel

[SCR1]

Does the 'RANSOM' have to be Money or could it be Money and something else?

[StJulian Perlmutter]

But all the news reports say it was a ransom."

Ransom isn't always money. What if the "ransom" is the release of some such individual from Gitmo??? Notice how the Feds rushed to "interview" internees??? These guys have been locked up for quite a while. Doesn't fit.

"information is the ULTIMATE weapon"

[ChasingFletch]

"Somehow the shooter asking for money so far into the killings just does not make sense."

Exactly! You said it all! Gee, I killed all these people. Oh, now I think I'll ask for money for doing it. Nah!!!!!

This whole thing is absurd. ALL the networks should just report on any killings, and leave all these GUESSERS abd Psuedo-Experts OFF THE AIR. There is so much going on in the world, and all their guessing, posing, and divining is severely obnoxious!!! Just shut up, you a$$holes.