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Prosecutors: This wasn't the first blow-up for Florida theater shooter Curtis Reeves [View all] warrior1 Jan 2014 OP

well FatBuddy Jan 2014 #1

You realize he shot someone for texting, right? nt geek tragedy Jan 2014 #2

I generally put other people first FatBuddy Jan 2014 #5

When you started you were pretty good at this...but now you are kind of starting to fail- snooper2 Jan 2014 #17

Do you have something substantive to add? FatBuddy Jan 2014 #27

Fuck Yeah! I've got a lot to add! snooper2 Jan 2014 #42

It's interesting how many people focus on the texting and not the shooting Fumesucker Jan 2014 #7

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Way to blame the victim! Duer 157099 Jan 2014 #18

he assaulted a senior citizen before he became a victim FatBuddy Jan 2014 #21

Uh huh Duer 157099 Jan 2014 #26

i never said i agreed or that what the ex cop did is appropriate FatBuddy Jan 2014 #30

"Consequences" in a civilized society implies Duer 157099 Jan 2014 #39

Agreed. Consequences should fit the behavior. riqster Jan 2014 #64

What have we come to? If you throw a bag of pop corn upaloopa Jan 2014 #102

Skinner canned him. pintobean Jan 2014 #103

I came late to this thread upaloopa Jan 2014 #104

The dangerous popcorn assault. pintobean Jan 2014 #32

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How do you know this?? RockaFowler Jan 2014 #43

I predict another tombstone in the very near future. pintobean Jan 2014 #45

If you shoot a woman in the hand NoGOPZone Jan 2014 #59

No, not at all... riqster Jan 2014 #76

Zimmerman still has billh58 Jan 2014 #116

Wrong...your NRA talking points...oh wait, you are a previously banned troll... Rex Jan 2014 #115

It is not a bit rude, it is extremly rude! HERVEPA Jan 2014 #47

Wasn't it during the previews? Dorian Gray Jan 2014 #110

Previews, darkened theater, very rude still in my opinion HERVEPA Jan 2014 #112

no kidding arely staircase Jan 2014 #142

Text-Shaming Blue_Adept Jan 2014 #41

So the punishment is death? rickford66 Jan 2014 #3

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Of course if assholish rude behavior meant an automatic death sentence Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #16

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Yeah the shooter was a real grown-up RockaFowler Jan 2014 #36

Hopefully the 'responsible' ex-cop spend the remainder of his life in Prison... Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #58

The fact that there is a pattern and the fact that bail was denied is telling Gothmog Jan 2014 #92

K, I'll be by shortly with a gun. jeff47 Jan 2014 #65

WTF?!?! Agschmid Jan 2014 #97

Sure it's only necessary to have the gun with you at all time malaise Jan 2014 #4

I don't carry FatBuddy Jan 2014 #8

I can tell your full of that spiritual creaminess Katashi_itto Jan 2014 #14

bless your little heart! FatBuddy Jan 2014 #15

True. earthside Jan 2014 #9

There's the ideal world FatBuddy Jan 2014 #12

On Sunday mercuryblues Jan 2014 #50

Wow. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #53

Grown-Ups, Fella, Mind Their Own Business The Magistrate Jan 2014 #54

FatBuddy is flagged for review pintobean Jan 2014 #68

And He Ought To Be, Sir The Magistrate Jan 2014 #69

I assume he will be. pintobean Jan 2014 #73

Make that three hidden posts... countryjake Jan 2014 #74

Draw two pintobean Jan 2014 #81

PPRed now pintobean Jan 2014 #101

And the tally keeps climbing, up to four hides... countryjake Jan 2014 #126

FatBuddy's posts were so bizarre, I expected him to say "I don't drink with you" arcane1 Jan 2014 #105

Lol. /nt pintobean Jan 2014 #106

Good n/t malaise Jan 2014 #148

The shooter seems to be the one with problems judging from his history Gothmog Jan 2014 #93

'Grown ups put other first and think of other people's comfort before their own.' Rex Jan 2014 #118

Yeah its terrible isnt it. Some bastard texting away has zero class, so shoot them. Katashi_itto Jan 2014 #11

Looks like i poked a little nest here! FatBuddy Jan 2014 #13

Is that what you're here for? pintobean Jan 2014 #23

You sure make a good argument countingbluecars Jan 2014 #28

The planet PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #24

The same planet as your parents FatBuddy Jan 2014 #35

How about PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #20

I take other people and their comfort into consideration in public gatherings FatBuddy Jan 2014 #25

Yep sure can tell Katashi_itto Jan 2014 #33

My thanks to the administrators for removing an irritant from this thread. (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #107

It's not necessary TO SHOOT PEOPLE Lex Jan 2014 #37

Post fail. Agschmid Jan 2014 #85

And finally someone has done something about that Shampoobra Jan 2014 #122

I don't like crying babies in restaurants either jollyreaper2112 Jan 2014 #127

As I suspected before Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #22

While death seems like overkill for texting during a movie.. magical thyme Jan 2014 #29

you said it better than me FatBuddy Jan 2014 #34

You go out in public, you risk being offended by others' behavior. Lex Jan 2014 #44

I've been around for 60 years now. magical thyme Jan 2014 #62

So you shot the kids, right? jeff47 Jan 2014 #75

the man who was shot was not a "kid today" magical thyme Jan 2014 #82

Your example of rude kids in the theater were. jeff47 Jan 2014 #91

my example of the kids was a degree of rudeness I've never experienced magical thyme Jan 2014 #95

And one day you might stop blaming the victim. (nt) jeff47 Jan 2014 #99

and one day you might realize that the victim in this case magical thyme Jan 2014 #124

Who started to confrontation here? Lex Jan 2014 #145

Two points: riqster Jan 2014 #83

obviously, the shooter is the bigger bully because he created the bigger disturbance. but both are magical thyme Jan 2014 #90

And With That Admission, Sir, Your Entire Position Collapses The Magistrate Jan 2014 #98

texting was not bullying. refusing to stop when asked to, not once but multiple times magical thyme Jan 2014 #119

Again, Ma'am, You Are Assuming The Man Who Killed Behaved Properly From The Start The Magistrate Jan 2014 #121

no, I am not. I am assuming nothing beyond what I have read. magical thyme Jan 2014 #131

The Man With The Gun, Ma'am, Began the Confrontation, And Pressed It The Magistrate Jan 2014 #134

not according to the Zimmerman case magical thyme Jan 2014 #136

If You Consider Zimmerman Correctly Decided, Ma'am, I Suppose That Says All That Needs Saying The Magistrate Jan 2014 #137

I don't consider Zimmerman correctly decided, but that is Florida law not mine magical thyme Jan 2014 #139

You Are Tying Yourself In Knots, Ma'am, Which Often Happens When Defending the Indefensible The Magistrate Jan 2014 #141

we are talking about 2 different things. magical thyme Jan 2014 #143

No, Ma'am, we Are Talking About One Thing The Magistrate Jan 2014 #147

I would have to say, that I agree with The Magistrate notadmblnd Jan 2014 #135

I don't care whether it's the 70 year old man who sets the example or the 40 year old man who does magical thyme Jan 2014 #138

The flaw in your logic rests in your premise riqster Jan 2014 #100

Actually, the advertisement to turn off the phones comes on before the previews BuelahWitch Jan 2014 #114

Every Theatre I have been in says "during the movie". riqster Jan 2014 #132

The guy Dorian Gray Jan 2014 #117

I didn't say he was talking. Texting can be quite disturbing, since it sets of a bright light. magical thyme Jan 2014 #120

Blaming the victim in this situation is really poor form on your part. (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #125

Never forget... Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #79

Can they still text during the previews? without being shot? please? Shampoobra Jan 2014 #123

Ya know? Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #130

He was texting during the previews. The lights were still up. truebluegreen Jan 2014 #140

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Texting isn't the isssue. The shooting is the issue. Lex Jan 2014 #40

+1 Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #48

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Yeah, and I wonder if you think that a wife being beaten by her husband Lex Jan 2014 #52

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It was the victim's wife exboyfil Jan 2014 #70

Pop-Corn, Sir, Was Supposedly Tossed.... The Magistrate Jan 2014 #72

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You Present, Sir, a Repellent And Disgusting Spectacle By Your Comments The Magistrate Jan 2014 #80

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bye. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #87

Waste Your Day As You Please, Sir: This Will Be Shut Down As Quickly As The Other Was The Magistrate Jan 2014 #88

High-Test Barn-Yard Product, Sir The Magistrate Jan 2014 #67

"High-test Barnyard Product". Excellent. riqster Jan 2014 #84

This is very troubling for our society Ahpook Jan 2014 #144

Texting is not the issue. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #49

Which is the worse offense? countryjake Jan 2014 #57

A stalker... polichick Jan 2014 #46

with an itchy trigger finger lunasun Jan 2014 #56

And a seething anger that's boiling over. polichick Jan 2014 #61

Does texting even make any noise? I suppose the little light in the phone glows a bit... Tikki Jan 2014 #55

And it was during the previews anyway when people are often Lex Jan 2014 #60

Sounds like he went beyond standing his ground with Jamira Dixon. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #63

+1 & - I agree with you. We seen it lunasun Jan 2014 #128

Why did he follow the texting woman to the Ladies Room? HockeyMom Jan 2014 #71

The judge had some good grounds to deny bail to the shooter Gothmog Jan 2014 #94

This was just an old man with an anger issue. Ganja Ninja Jan 2014 #77

"Looking for trouble". That is so true. riqster Jan 2014 #89

Retired cop who was used to telling 'civilians' what to do, and having them comply. Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #108

Yup thought he was Judge Dredd. n/t Ganja Ninja Jan 2014 #111

We have a winner! atreides1 Jan 2014 #133

There are so many now that are angry lunasun Jan 2014 #129

I wonder how many people he shot when he was an active cop malaise Jan 2014 #96

Exactly! How dare the other theater goers not follow his orders. Ganja Ninja Jan 2014 #109

+1,000 malaise Jan 2014 #113

Is anyone else wondering if he might have been using testosterone supplements? redqueen Jan 2014 #146