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Paladin

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1. Why in the hell should these incidents not be reported?

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 02:38 PM

Jan 2014

Back in 1966, I was in Austin when Charles Whitman did his shooting spree from the UT Tower; I had friends who lost family members that day. It made the covers of "Time" and "Life" magazines, and there was all manner of soul-searching on the TV networks, investigations all over the place. We're at a point now where shooting incidents barely make the news anymore, because they are so damned common. And you're advocating the discontinuance of reporting on shootings, altogether? As a substitute for doing something about the easy availability of guns and the difficulty in obtaining effective mental health care? No way.

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Shooting Reported on Purdue University Campus. [View all] elleng Jan 2014 OP

Why in the hell should these incidents not be reported? Paladin Jan 2014 #1

I'm concerned that too many unstable people seek the notoriety elleng Jan 2014 #2

"Hey, Ralph. Did you hear about the shooting at the neighborhood elementary school?" Paladin Jan 2014 #5

'Suicide plus ultra' does have an association with mental illness...but not all shootings do HereSince1628 Jan 2014 #4

I'm going to cut you some slack for the snarky response, because of my clairvoyance. (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #6

Lol. It wasn't meant to be snarky...rather to cover a broad range of possibilities HereSince1628 Jan 2014 #7

that's a simply terrible idea. it's news. it damned well should be reported. cali Jan 2014 #3

One person has died ChangeUp106 Jan 2014 #8

Oh wow, my daughter-in-law works at Purdue. B Calm Jan 2014 #9

anything but deal with the guns BainsBane Jan 2014 #10

Why on Earth would the media not report such crimes? MineralMan Jan 2014 #11

Mitch Daniels (ex R Indiana Governor) is the Purdue University President B Calm Jan 2014 #12