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pitohui

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36. c'mon everyone remembers brenda spencer
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 12:24 AM
Feb 2012

having someone write a song about you that is played endlessly and forever on pop radio will keep you forever in the public mind

the killers of today don't stop and think that they are just "me too's" and that no one gives a damn enough to sing about them

spencer i thought killed 5 people and got famous, the spa dude kills 5 people and will be forgotten tomorrow because there will be a new and more colorful killer tomorrow and every day thereafter and forever after that!

mass murder is no longer interesting, charles whitman, brenda spencer and the rest got in on the ground floor...the wanna-be's are just pathetic no matter how many they kill on the road to fame

how many did that guy at virginia tech kill? 30 or 40 and yet who remembers his name now? there have been too many mass killers, who bothers to remember their names any more, we've turned off that functionality

early adopters get the glory even if they're fuck-ups like spencer, but if you get in on the game too late it doesn't matter if you're the high achiever -- the funny thing is, you are probably right that she only succeeded in killing 2, her claim to fame is not being a great mass murderer but that she did it while it was still cool instead of something that some bored no-hoper loser did every day of the week...killing is for losers now, any glory attached to it is long gone

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Ho hum otohara Feb 2012 #1
Sure is. Those kind of things seem to be happening quite regularly. LisaL Feb 2012 #2
I know it may seem that way, but actually its happening less and less. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #3
What stats? LisaL Feb 2012 #6
You used to not hear about all of them. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #7
That's the truth. sofa king Feb 2012 #22
Not actually true Spider Jerusalem Feb 2012 #26
c'mon everyone remembers brenda spencer pitohui Feb 2012 #36
The FBI UCR cleanhippie Feb 2012 #10
I'm sure the victims and their families are reassured. Loudly Feb 2012 #11
It's like too much free speech for ordinary citizens. Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #14
I can understand your emotional response, but the fact is that gun crime has been decreasing cleanhippie Feb 2012 #16
Tell that to the five dead people Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #17
Tell that to the hundreds of people saved cleanhippie Feb 2012 #18
"Hundreds of people saved"? You're funny, aren't you? Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #19
I can only agree with you that in the here and now LanternWaste Feb 2012 #23
Columbine? Do tell. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #24
Two LEO were inside the building at Columbine Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #27
Source please. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #30
I'm not doing your research Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #32
Don't act stupid? AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #35
"I'll wait." ellisonz Feb 2012 #37
That's nice, I replied before that post was hidden. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #38
... ellisonz Feb 2012 #39
Not my problem. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #41
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #25
My facts are as valid as yours Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #28
Emotional, anecdotal evidence are not facts. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #29
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #31
Way to go. When you can no longer support your argument, resort to personal attacks. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #34
I live in Norcross wilt the stilt Feb 2012 #4
It's a Korean sauna-massage-body scrub establishment, with facilities for men and women, apparently. MADem Feb 2012 #5
"Health Spa"? Yeah, honey, I was at a "health spa" jberryhill Feb 2012 #8
Who really gives a fuck? Hugabear Feb 2012 #12
I can't imagine the relation between... jberryhill Feb 2012 #13
You know who typically owns and manages those types of establishments, right? Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #15
It is a health and beauty spa obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #20
It was family owned and totatlly legtimate. n/t RebelOne Feb 2012 #40
Is it a real spa or one of those Happy Ending places?? Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #9
It is a real spa obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author cleanhippie Feb 2012 #33
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