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noamnety

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70. Can you explain the relevance of the time of day?

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 04:23 PM

Jul 2012

If your complaint is about sound levels, shouldn't the question be what sort of idiot takes children to the movies?

I'm unclear on why a midnight movie would be worse for them than a matinee.

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The youngest victims were 6 yrs old and 3 mos old? [View all] proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 OP

Many infants sleep right through all sorts of things. If new parents feel they can get out and Brickbat Jul 2012 #1

It is a PG-13 movie. earthside Jul 2012 #4

Exactly. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #10

Excellent observation. earthside Jul 2012 #23

I have way too many examples to share proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #34

Great post Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #76

We hired babysitters proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #8

Key word in what you said is 'MANY' LynneSin Jul 2012 #28

Some won't, you're right. Brickbat Jul 2012 #35

So those for everyone else in the movie theater we just have to deal with it? LynneSin Jul 2012 #43

If parents have a baby that sleeps well and is generally placid, and who are responsible enough to Brickbat Jul 2012 #45

Many new parents are clueless morons Renew Deal Jul 2012 #42

Six year old children should be at movies, xmas74 Jul 2012 #56

KUSA Reporting the 3 month old has been released AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #2

He is no longer considered a suspect pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #14

Some people don't like to let the fact of having children impinge on their TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #3

When my kids were young, we didn't have much of a social life proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #12

Yep. We did take our first infant to a restaurant a few times, but he stopped sleeping through TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #17

Ditto, ditto, ditto. laundry_queen Jul 2012 #68

I don't think finding fault in the victims is the right place to put 2pooped2pop Jul 2012 #5

OP isn't saying this is the reason they got shot. cbdo2007 Jul 2012 #6

I do not 2pooped2pop Jul 2012 #7

Where do you get I'm finding fault with the victims? proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #9

the parents aren't victims? 2pooped2pop Jul 2012 #21

Were they injured? proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #22

There is something emotionally wrong with you jberryhill Jul 2012 #31

Sure is lillypaddle Jul 2012 #60

Hell yeah 2pooped2pop Jul 2012 #32

Victims who made a bad choice. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #39

Yeah, the stupid fuckers should have known that the theater would become a free fire zone! 11 Bravo Jul 2012 #63

They had a reasonable expectation not to have their children shot up at a movie theater Ed Suspicious Jul 2012 #51

their injury is probably greater than if they had been shot and killed themselves JI7 Jul 2012 #66

Thier infant was shot, probably intheir arms....yes they are victims. Marrah_G Jul 2012 #74

a 6 year old at a midnight movie is one thing laundry_queen Jul 2012 #69

Please don't blame the parents lillypaddle Jul 2012 #11

Well, perhaps they've learned a lesson. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #13

What's the lesson? Brickbat Jul 2012 #15

What lesson do you learn from having your 3 month old gunned down? Marrah_G Jul 2012 #16

Ugh - I agree with you that a 6 y.o. is too young for this movie cyberswede Jul 2012 #19

I'm sorry you feel that way. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #26

I think the consequence (child being shot) far outweighs the infraction (taking child to a movie) cyberswede Jul 2012 #44

Was the child shot? proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #46

WTF? The lesson that they shouldn't take their kids anywhere a maniac might shoot them. morningfog Jul 2012 #30

What???? lillypaddle Jul 2012 #50

Because everytying is truly this black and white GObamaGO Jul 2012 #58

A new low. Even for you n/t Pithlet Jul 2012 #72

They would have just slept right through it jberryhill Jul 2012 #18

Even asleep, that baby's hearing could be damaged. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #24

This is a really inappropriate subthread jberryhill Jul 2012 #27

Well, let's shoot the little mofo lillypaddle Jul 2012 #62

Having kids shouldn't be an end of your fun... Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #20

Get a babysitter then. Sirveri Jul 2012 #71

What role does desensitization to violence at a very young age play in these kinds of crimes? Romulox Jul 2012 #25

Yes, there's that too. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #29

At 6, I never lived in a such a dark world. My batman had "ZOW!" bubbles. I don't think I could've Romulox Jul 2012 #37

I imagine you teaching kids this exact age 2pooped2pop Jul 2012 #47

I believe the noise would be louder for a movie like Batman than for a cartoon. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #48

perhaps so but still cold to say in light of the circumstances. 2pooped2pop Jul 2012 #49

maybe they thought their kids would have fun Enrique Jul 2012 #33

I wondered that too.... Bettie Jul 2012 #36

at a casino near where I live, there are signs on each floor of the parking garages that read... scheming daemons Jul 2012 #38

+1 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #40

So true LiberalCatholic Jul 2012 #53

Let's blame the victims and their parents!1!! pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #41

This thread is violence against rational thought. I wouldn't let MY six year old in here. n/t Ed Suspicious Jul 2012 #52

I can't in good conscience, pretend I have enough relevant information to know LanternWaste Jul 2012 #54

+1 Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #73

The 3-month-old is fine. Not a victim as reported by Colorado TV news. n/t RebelOne Jul 2012 #55

This could just as easily have happened WCIL Jul 2012 #57

Sound at theaters today is twice as loud as when I was a kid Mimosa Jul 2012 #59

why should parents be inconvenienced by having small children? sigh... progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #61

Whatever. I took my kids out to a late night Harry Potter showing because we thought it would be Ed Suspicious Jul 2012 #64

This is like complaining about the salad on the Titanic. rug Jul 2012 #65

thank you Bucky Jul 2012 #67

Can you explain the relevance of the time of day? noamnety Jul 2012 #70

Here is the answer to your question, in another thread. woo me with science Jul 2012 #75