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67. This could have happened at a fourth of July parade or an Easter Parade

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #18)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 05:59 PM

Oct 2015

Or any type of Parade whatsoever.

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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