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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:34 AM Original message |
OK, we have a name for the shooter, do we really have to know the names of the victims? |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. The dead don't have a right to privacy |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. what about their families? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. They routinely publish death notices in the newspaper. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Heck, one of the funeral homes near me has a marquee out near |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. Here from the VT newspaper site |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Four professors. Thus far. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. I agree. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Utter hogswill. Really. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. And hogswill back at ya. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not voyeurism, but empathy. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. You can't feel empathy without knowing the names? |
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VTMechEngr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. what an asshole response. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Professional colleagues deserve to know. Many of them will want |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why? So we can weep for what we've lost. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. Why should it be a secret? n/t |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. Its a small world - some may be past friends of yours |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. To remember them as more than victims. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. Because we want to ensure that police records remain public. |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. the NY Times did that for months after 9-11 |
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maggiegault (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I DO THAT, TOO! |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. To be honest |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. I have neighbors' kids who go to VT. If any were shot, I want to |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You think you would only find out your neighbors kids were dead if the media |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Exactly. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. I understand your point - because of media sensationalism, we've become a |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Many people may have known someone there well enough to |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. "Community" is a relative term not limited to geography. n/t |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. We're obsessed with information |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. I can't believe what I'm seeing in this thread. |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Yes, you are right. Just as we must know and respect the names |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Exactly. I also wish the names of the Iraqi victims would be |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Me neither! |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. Naming them is recognizing and honoring them |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Exactly right. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. "As long as someone speaks his name, he will never be truly gone" |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. Should we let them be Faceless Numbers? Mere Statistics? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. My feeling as well |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. I've seen some bizarre VT threads |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. You'd rather people remember the killer? Pfft! What a dumb thread! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
35. Sounds like an attempt to simply manufacture outrage out of thin air to me.... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. family members choose to or not to have an obituary in the paper |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. And it's not a matter of public record when somebody (not a cia noc, perhaps) dies? |
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ends_dont_justify (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. They should be known. We should remember them as more than statistics |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't know about all of the victims names, but I'm glad to know of this one |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. I heard an interesting interview with a friend/family (?) of the victims' ... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. Do we really need to know the name of the shooter? |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. I don't have a right, but as an ex-Hokie and someone who grew up in VA, I'd like to know. |
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VTMechEngr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Exactly. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. ....umm... |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. Murder victims' names need to be on the public record. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yes we do. |
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