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pinboy3niner

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17. Yes and no

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #15)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 03:51 PM

Jul 2012

A killer "taking down" multiple victims in a public place is news--again.

Then comes the endless speculation about the perpetrator's politics.

And our crucical presidential campaign finds itself taking a back seat to the headline news of the day--and even moreso, to the idle speculation.

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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