Falstaff
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Law enforcement officials originally released the name to the press so... blame them. It's the police who are recanting.
I do agree with your sarcasm though.
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I do agree with your sarcasm though.
Merkinz4Brazil, I don't have the answers for the so-called glorification of these events, but from what I saw, the guy who asked the little boy a couple of brief questions didn't hurt the child.
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Don't mind me I am blind raging atm. Days like today I hate the Media. Next I'll blame Lucas for the Anakin vs. the Younglings scene in his POS movie.
They can't recant something they never officially said. When an anonymous person says something off the record and the media runs with it, that's not the same thing as a department stance. The official word still is and has been "shooter unidentified" even though within minutes of finding him they thought he was Ryan Lanza and then someone blabbed that 'unofficially'.
Don't blame just the media, it's human nature. It's no different than people on this very thread posting information as soon as they get it without any verification. Some people just like to share information like a stream of consciousness the moment it occurs to them, others will be more reserved and check and recheck their facts before sharing. The media is just an extension of that. The media is dumb because guess what? So is the majority of humanity, I'm sorry to say, including and especially the ones controlling the media.
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This is not even comprehensible. Just babies, and he went after the youngest specifically.
I don't really want to weigh in on the politics. Mass shootings in France, Germany, Norway...It just happens. No one can see the demons someone is carrying around in their head. The only comment I would make though, is that people have been killing people, and commuting suicide in schools for a long time. Except in most of the decades before the late 80's, the gunmen usually just shot one person, then killed himself. In fact, the incident rate of suicide/murder hasn't really gone up, as far as a cursory glance at the list of school shootings can tell me--what's changed is the amount of people who die before the psycho kills himself.
I know it's not scientific, but I really think that lends itself to what the forensic psychologist was saying about how the Mass Media essentially idolizes these guys 24/7. Maybe that, combined with lower access to health care, or a poorer outlook on life in general (Bad economy, Less parent time at home due to longer hours, lower quality of life/education--tons of things have changed) has created a kind of pressure cooker around people , that before the last few decades, would have just blown their own heads off and been done with it.
But who knows? Like I said...these were just babies. It's just so disgusting to think about that even the normal rational debate that comes from these things is difficult.
I don't really want to weigh in on the politics. Mass shootings in France, Germany, Norway...It just happens. No one can see the demons someone is carrying around in their head. The only comment I would make though, is that people have been killing people, and commuting suicide in schools for a long time. Except in most of the decades before the late 80's, the gunmen usually just shot one person, then killed himself. In fact, the incident rate of suicide/murder hasn't really gone up, as far as a cursory glance at the list of school shootings can tell me--what's changed is the amount of people who die before the psycho kills himself.
I know it's not scientific, but I really think that lends itself to what the forensic psychologist was saying about how the Mass Media essentially idolizes these guys 24/7. Maybe that, combined with lower access to health care, or a poorer outlook on life in general (Bad economy, Less parent time at home due to longer hours, lower quality of life/education--tons of things have changed) has created a kind of pressure cooker around people , that before the last few decades, would have just blown their own heads off and been done with it.
But who knows? Like I said...these were just babies. It's just so disgusting to think about that even the normal rational debate that comes from these things is difficult.
Is it relevant that another guy in China stabbed and injured 22 children and 1 adult today at another school?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...nada&ir=Canada
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I really honestly doubt there is conscious rational decision making going on when you order from Mcdonalds, if there was a truly informed and educated populace the place wouldn't sell 1 meal. Don't underestimate the power of public relations (propaganda).
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we should outlaw all knives. We should also outlaw all lighters too they can cause forest fires.
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Unfunny since it looks like the Mom and her class of kindergarteners is all dead.
Incredibly, given that it resulted in no (or very few) fatalities. The multiplier of a gun is enormous, as there is a big difference between being injured (severely) and being dead.
There is a neighbor kid (21?) who is a raging alcoholic friendless fuck who has made threats to elderly people on our block. Cops have been sent to that house regularly for years. I told his dad a few months back "first time your kid hurts someone, I am gonna beat your ass for letting this fly in your house", the kid claims he is in AA now.
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This is where I'm at, can't seem to get past him going after the youngest. Just tragic.