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Eleanors38

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14. These shootings are prime celebrity stuff, and the media will exploit it for all its worth.

Reply to tavernier (Reply #12)

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 01:33 PM

Jun 2016

If for no other reason than to "gain an understanding " of or "study the people" engaged in these acts.

Heh. Reminds me of the Japanese who continue whaling for "research" purposes.

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Maybe we should start teaching our children to play dead, [View all] tavernier Jun 2016 OP

That's part of the problem...we've been taught to roll over and wait for it. ileus Jun 2016 #1

I've lived here 70 years tavernier Jun 2016 #2

No machine gun was usd in Orlando. More to the point, maybe it Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #6

Jesus! lunatica Jun 2016 #4

Frankly, we should take a more serious look at what our actions will be... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #8

Everyone knows that lunatica Jun 2016 #11

Unlike controllers with their hand-crank repetition, I am suggesting some new thinking... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #15

Or get them bulletproof blankets. KamaAina Jun 2016 #3

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2016 #7

I agree, this seems more for the parents than the kids... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #10

Vests or Vote csziggy Jun 2016 #13

A bedtime ritual we had at home with the kids was they would hide and I would seek Fumesucker Jun 2016 #5

The arm was semi-automatic. Playing dead might work given tis situation... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #9

I was being facetious with the play dead comment. tavernier Jun 2016 #12

These shootings are prime celebrity stuff, and the media will exploit it for all its worth. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #14