EPTsuch a depressing story and my heart goes out to those hurt by this unforgivable crime.
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The gun control argument stops now. I know it's fun to argue about it in the heat of the tragedy when you can get all worked up about it but it's pretty disrespectful and if you don't care enough about the issue to make a separate topic for gun control then you don't care enough to shit on the tragedy by exploiting it. A gun control topic can be found here http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=313472 Also stop posting links to his facebook. TL will be no part of an unconfirmed witch hunt. | ||
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Confuse
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such a depressing story and my heart goes out to those hurt by this unforgivable crime. | ||
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:08 PaqMan wrote: I would say it's worth the risk because it has the potential to save 20 young children's lives.. However I don't think that placing a police officer in an elementary school is exactly common sense. In a high school yes, but not an elementary school. No one could have seen this coming. Well, simply considering the fact that nobody knows for certain where the next psychopath will strike, putting a bunch of cops who could otherwise be doing police work on standby to prevent something that is highly unlikely to happen in exactly the same way again is not so much a risk as a misappropriation of manpower. They might be able to help there, but what about the infinite other places that could be targeted? This is not unlike any other terrorist act in that it could happen anywhere there are people and a deranged gunman. | ||
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Arghmyliver
United States1079 Posts
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ThomasjServo
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:15 Reaps wrote: Ah you're one of "those" guys :D makes sense now  Yes, one of "those" guys. I like to actually think something through a bit before I say it, and definitely before I call it common sense. You must be one of "those" guys that has a knee-jerk response every time something happens. | ||
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JeanLuc
Canada377 Posts
On December 15 2012 07:59 ssj114 wrote: It's the context that makes it sad. I understand your point, but you're being a little insensitive. These children weren't at "high risk" of being shot. Those 44,000 civilians were at high(er) risk. Not sure why you compared people born with HIV? Those people dying of hunger were at "high risk" of...dying of hunger. So in the end, it's the context that makes it sadder than most news out there. Human conditioning (God induced or evolutionary induced or whatever you believe) also makes us react more to such unexpected events. In a war, people die - that's normal. What's not normal is for kids to be gunned down for apparently no reason. It's fine to cry at these events, even though logically speaking events just as horrible are commonplace. But I don't agree that its any more or less sad for a child born with HIV to die than a child to be gunned down. These are equally tragic imo. | ||
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Reaps
United Kingdom1280 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:30 dUTtrOACh wrote: Yes, one of "those" guys. I like to actually think something through a bit before I say it, and definitely before I call it common sense. You must be one of "those" guys that has a knee-jerk response every time something happens. You obviously didnt think much when you felt the need to say "Welcome to the internet" because you could not think of proper reply. Try harder next time. | ||
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antelope591
Canada820 Posts
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cozzE
Australia357 Posts
I'm unsure what's more saddening, tragic events like this, or the callousness of the power-brokers within the upper echelons of the United States. | ||
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:35 Reaps wrote: You obviously didnt think much when you felt the need to say "Welcome to the internet" because you could not think of reply. Try harder next time. Try harder? Your suggestion to put police in elementary schools is daft. Do you even realize that a single police officer won't do much more than protect his/her own ass? A panic button in every classroom would make more sense, and cost less money. There, I spent 20 sec. thinking of a response that might be to your fancy. | ||
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Domus
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By the way, you don't solve this problem by trying to prevent someone from shooting people. You should think why there are people in the USA who think in a way that it is ok to do something like this, and why these people still walk around freely without medical care. | ||
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Reaps
United Kingdom1280 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:43 dUTtrOACh wrote: Try harder? Your suggestion to put police in elementary schools is daft. Do you even realize that a single police officer won't do much more than protect his/her own ass? A panic button in every classroom would make more sense, and cost less money. There, I spent 20 sec. thinking of a response that might be to your fancy. The diffrence between a panic button and an actual policeman would be the policeman would already be right near the scene, as with a panic button it would take time for the police to get there. Surely it is not hard to understand? I'm still waiting for why my suggestion is "daft". The only daft thing is your comment about the policeman only protecting himself when police all over the world put themselves in danger every single day. | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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Klipsys
United States1533 Posts
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Little Rage Box
United States84 Posts
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graan
Germany589 Posts
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Fenris420
Sweden213 Posts
How is that in any way relevant? The interviewer should be able to take responsibilities for his own actions. Obviously it is a sad event, but as a society, we should be capable of showing more respect to people than to force them to be on the news so that we can take part of it as well. The reason the reporter did that is because his boss knows it sells and it sells because people watch the stuff they pump out. | ||
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-Switch-
Canada506 Posts
On December 15 2012 03:35 Gatored wrote: Well, I'm betting this lunatic was extremely drugged out of his mind. That is the only explanation I can think of... People get extremely drugged out of their minds all the time. People don't shoot 20 children at a school all the time. | ||
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Nabes
Canada1800 Posts
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furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
On December 15 2012 09:47 Reaps wrote: The diffrence between a panic button and an actual policeman would be the policeman would already be right near the scene, as with a panic button it would take time for the police to get there. Surely it is not hard to understand? I'm still waiting for why my suggestion is "daft". The only daft thing is your comment about the policeman only protecting himself when police all over the world put themselves in danger every single day. It's not we don't understand, it's because we know it's ineffective and waste of resources. If every school there is a single armed security is stationed, those maniacs will just go for them first with ease. Your suggestion is a daft. | ||
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