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GaYellowDawg

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11. Because it's upsetting.

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 03:13 PM

Jul 2012

Because it strikes home. This could have happened to any of us, or anyone we love, at any movie theater. And why the hell do we need a shock patrol? "Ok, you've had less than 12 hours to be shocked by 70 people getting shot in a movie theater, back to Romney's issues. Nothing to see here, you've had time to react, move along." Don't be ridiculous. If you want limited discussion of topics other than politics, get onto the Politics 2012 forum and stay there. It's called General Discussion for a reason. Don't you think it's a bit presumptuous to tell others how they should react to a tragedy?

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Shooting in CO--and even here we allow that to distract us [View all] pinboy3niner Jul 2012 OP

Distract us from what? KurtNYC Jul 2012 #1

I've been afraid to write it JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #2

Not distraction BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #3

Aren't discussions on gun policy retricted to the gungeon? Kaleva Jul 2012 #8

I think spending a day on such a horrific event is not unusual--even the POTUS (and ROmney) have hlthe2b Jul 2012 #4

No,not unusual at all pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #5

As we've seen with the Giffords Tucson tragedy, that is likely to be the case. hlthe2b Jul 2012 #6

Bafflement seems to be our lot... pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #7

Well, holy fucking shit, dude. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #9

How many threads does it normally take to do news & updates? pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #10

Because it's upsetting. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #11

And yet our local movie theater tragedy was hardly even noticed pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #12

That's really poor argumentation. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #16

You raise good questions... pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #19

"Waaah! People are discussing something other than what I want!" (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #18

Touch� pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #20

I have no problem with the story receiving a lot of coverage, senseandsensibility Jul 2012 #13

That's where we agree pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #14

Pinboy, I think this story holds such morbid fascination in part because of its coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #15

Yes and no pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #17