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HereSince1628

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62. ya, for some reason I find this very sad

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 05:16 PM

Oct 2015

We all heard the warnings about booze as younf people, but many (most?) of us pushed the envelope

Some of us were lucky, but in Stillwater, something near the worst of -ALL- possibilities, comes true.

Completely preventable, no doubt. But, in America almost inevitable.

Very very sad.

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STILLWATER, OK: 3 dead as car plows into crowd at football game parade in Stillwater, OK... [View all] ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2015 OP

Sad Tragedy - Preventable - It Were Not For The American Religion - Called Football cantbeserious Oct 2015 #1

What? Android3.14 Oct 2015 #2

Yes Exactly - A Spectator Nation - With These Tragedies Just Waiting To Happen cantbeserious Oct 2015 #7

It would be better if we all just stayed at home and never congregated Cal Carpenter Oct 2015 #50

Dumbest post of the year---and there's been plenty. trumad Oct 2015 #61

+1 treestar Oct 2015 #66

the year? Maybe the decade. onenote Oct 2015 #73

I have been a member here since 2005. Initech Oct 2015 #92

Plenty of events have happened without tragedy. What is your point? Initech Oct 2015 #64

Well then, I guess we better not do kentauros Oct 2015 #80

Political rallies, memorials, funerals, voting lines, crowds rushing to work...nt Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2015 #103

Please, you can't be serious. Raine1967 Oct 2015 #89

I suspect some clever teabagger Turbineguy Oct 2015 #104

Yes. If only people's feet were amputated at birth, mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #20

What a ridiculously ignorant and insensitive thing to say. CBGLuthier Oct 2015 #3

Tragedy Recognized Fully - Tragedy Preventable Fully cantbeserious Oct 2015 #8

preventable if we got rid of cars, too onenote Oct 2015 #74

Prevent alll tragedy by never doing anything CBGLuthier Oct 2015 #91

Your posts on this thread have got to be the stupidest fucking posts GGJohn Oct 2015 #94

I don't believe football is the cause of this horrible thing jberryhill Oct 2015 #4

Tragedy Recognized Fully - Tragedy Preventable Fully cantbeserious Oct 2015 #10

I see why you chose that user name. n/t Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #87

You win the thread malaise Oct 2015 #109

Maybe just pause for a few seconds .... 11cents Oct 2015 #6

Tragedy Recognized Fully - Tragedy Preventable Fully cantbeserious Oct 2015 #9

A meaningless non-defense of your original post. 11cents Oct 2015 #15

Consider The Possibility That One Is Right - No Football - No Parade - No Deaths cantbeserious Oct 2015 #18

I believe you are deriving way too much smug self-satisfaction from this tragedy. Paladin Oct 2015 #22

I Believe You Are Impugning My Character - Ad Hominen Attack cantbeserious Oct 2015 #24

It's Ad Hominem, sport. Not Ad Hominen. Paladin Oct 2015 #38

Once Again - Ad Hominem Attack - Thank You For The Spelling Correction cantbeserious Oct 2015 #43

Not an Ad Hominen Attack, GGJohn Oct 2015 #95

Yeah, they were asking for it jberryhill Oct 2015 #25

Now That Is A Twisted Perspective - The Sickness Is A National Worship Of Sports cantbeserious Oct 2015 #27

No Gay Pride Parade, No Stabbing: jberryhill Oct 2015 #46

Different Country - Different Sickness - Nice Try At A Red Herring Diversion cantbeserious Oct 2015 #47

I see... the sickness being gay? jberryhill Oct 2015 #51

Can't be serious? mentalsolstice Oct 2015 #65

So the way to stop school shooti gs is to do away with school ripcord Oct 2015 #129

This could have happened at a fourth of July parade or an Easter Parade treestar Oct 2015 #67

So it's actually PARADES that are the problem... cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #70

I wouldn't want to be sitting way up there on that turkey! treestar Oct 2015 #71

And if there was no sun, there would be no life on earth mythology Oct 2015 #75

Sounds like a gun-control discussion. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #120

uh, you cant be serious - LiberalElite Oct 2015 #11

Ad Hominen Attacks - Attacking A DUers User Name cantbeserious Oct 2015 #13

. LiberalElite Oct 2015 #16

Ad Hominen Attack cantbeserious Oct 2015 #17

You're losing.... quickesst Oct 2015 #126

Plus 1 rusty fender Oct 2015 #21

Ad Hominen Attack cantbeserious Oct 2015 #26

Yes, that's the problem sarisataka Oct 2015 #14

Football Is A Sport - Turned National Spectacle - Turned National Spectator Sickness cantbeserious Oct 2015 #19

Then the answer is a simple sarisataka Oct 2015 #30

and ban cars Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #49

reinstate sarisataka Oct 2015 #52

Serious contender for Dumbest Post of the Year. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #28

No Football - No Parade - No Tragedy cantbeserious Oct 2015 #29

Gosh, we'be best ban all public gatherings, then. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #35

no alcohol - no auto - no tragedy DrDan Oct 2015 #36

Exactly! treestar Oct 2015 #68

I am just stunned that someone would be that impaired at 10:30 in the morning and attempt to drive DrDan Oct 2015 #72

so true! maybe stayed up real late last night and treestar Oct 2015 #76

I guess - alcohol and fatique . . . . that would be a deadly combo DrDan Oct 2015 #81

Have you ever known a hard-core alcoholic? MH1 Oct 2015 #113

10;30 am? 10;30 pm? All the same to serious alcoholics. Throd Oct 2015 #117

There is no logic.... quickesst Oct 2015 #127

Actually it's because of the American religion called automobiles tularetom Oct 2015 #31

No Automobiles - No Tragedy - All Too True - Another Icon Of American Worship cantbeserious Oct 2015 #34

Yeah right. And if the Wright brothers never got off the ground, cwydro Oct 2015 #44

Post removed Post removed Oct 2015 #82

you really want to blame this tragedy on football - not alcohol? DrDan Oct 2015 #32

Yes - America - Has Become Obsessed With A Game - With Hero Worship - No Game - No Tragedy cantbeserious Oct 2015 #37

so that is what caused the driver to drink - you cantbeserious DrDan Oct 2015 #42

LOL!!!! TransitJohn Oct 2015 #33

Both Equal In Practice - Just Different Versions Of Reality Avoidance cantbeserious Oct 2015 #40

Uh, what? cwydro Oct 2015 #41

Seriously... this is a small college town celebrating itself. Also, huge amounts of alumni come JCMach1 Oct 2015 #48

You might want to delete that Warpy Oct 2015 #54

The other Merican religion was the problem ; booze. elehhhhna Oct 2015 #57

ya, for some reason I find this very sad HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #62

You're being a dick. Brickbat Oct 2015 #58

Blaming football? Why not blame the drunk femail driving the car. Waldorf Oct 2015 #59

It was a Homecoming parade. NutmegYankee Oct 2015 #60

Yeah let's blame the victim and not the DUI driver. Great idea! Initech Oct 2015 #63

This might actually be the stupidest post I've ever read, and not only have I READ some stupid shit cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #69

Perfectly said! arcane1 Oct 2015 #77

+1 stonecutter357 Oct 2015 #110

what an asinine post Takket Oct 2015 #78

Oh good LORD! Texasgal Oct 2015 #88

No. The parades are the real problem. whopis01 Oct 2015 #90

Football caused this? GGJohn Oct 2015 #93

No silly... it was Football (the American kind) cars (the American kind), AND sidewalks (all kinds). cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #97

... Quackers Oct 2015 #108

are you mentally challenged? stonecutter357 Oct 2015 #111

So, how are you on things like The Hajj or the running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #112

mustbeajoke GeorgeGist Oct 2015 #115

They seem to be the only one in on it kcr Oct 2015 #131

After ten years on DU, I declare this hands down, THE STUPIDEST POST EVER. Throd Oct 2015 #116

+100000000000 Initech Oct 2015 #118

username checks out fishwax Oct 2015 #123

Post hoc ergo prompter hoc. Please try to think rationally. LanternWaste Oct 2015 #128

Living up to your user name? n/t kcr Oct 2015 #130

DUI arrest made, according to local news NT Ex Lurker Oct 2015 #5

:( nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2015 #12

Cranking up the affluenza defense exboyfil Oct 2015 #23

If she doesn't just admit guilt, I'd guess something rather more like the "twinkie defense" HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #39

It's not going to work, because the lady isn't rich. LisaL Oct 2015 #101

You are right exboyfil Oct 2015 #102

Been to this parade many times... it's not just about football, it's a College Town JCMach1 Oct 2015 #45

Aw Geez BlueJazz Oct 2015 #53

Mugshot Oilwellian Oct 2015 #55

Post removed Post removed Oct 2015 #56

ok is no. 6 worst in nation for drunk driving restorefreedom Oct 2015 #79

Thank you for making a serious post Jim Beard Oct 2015 #98

sadly drunk driving remains a serious issue restorefreedom Oct 2015 #100

A 4th vicitim has died - a 2 year-old. NutmegYankee Oct 2015 #83

Well shit :( ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2015 #84

Poor little thing. lonestarnot Oct 2015 #85

Dammit. Rond Vidar Oct 2015 #86

Tragic Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #99

A sad day. Behind the Aegis Oct 2015 #96

From MADD website exboyfil Oct 2015 #105

Wow. If that's true, Oklahoma needs to change their driving under the influence penalties, because LisaL Oct 2015 #106

I did some research exboyfil Oct 2015 #107

I suspect there will be an attempt to sue, and probably a settlement MH1 Oct 2015 #114

They should also sue the dealer that sold her the car oneshooter Oct 2015 #119

Perfect example of why you-know-what that we aren't supposed to talk about Vinca Oct 2015 #122

It is a mass murder oneshooter Oct 2015 #132

Except it doesn't hold true for that other industry. They're protected. Vinca Oct 2015 #133

If they can proove a "malfunction" that was not caused oneshooter Oct 2015 #134

There's no debating you. You will only agree something should be done when Vinca Oct 2015 #135

Are you willing to hold makers of knives, whiskey, and autos oneshooter Oct 2015 #136

How many people can each of the above easily kill in under 30 seconds? Vinca Oct 2015 #137

This very post is about a woman who killed 4 and injured many more in 30 seconds or less. oneshooter Oct 2015 #138

The point is that cars, among other things, are highly regulated. Vinca Oct 2015 #139

You are avoiding the question oneshooter Oct 2015 #140

You have no common sense. It's like talking to a brick. Conversation over. Vinca Nov 2015 #141

Commen sense? oneshooter Nov 2015 #142

This is so sad. Brings back memories of four similarly killed in Austin. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #121

You have wonder how some people can so ignorant of the real facts..... imanamerican63 Oct 2015 #124

Please, folks, dont drink and drive. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #125