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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:53 PM Original message |
Boy kills dad with sledgehammer after he refuses to let him play computer game |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Perhaps he thought his dad would simply get another life. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Yep, I always think that about some video games as well |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm going to Hell. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Oh, Stop! |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Yes, Yes, you are. |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Right there with ya |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. If only his father had been armed... |
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Rage Inc. (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Indeed |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Isn't it interesting how the immediate precipitant event is always |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Beat me to it. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. 100% Agreed |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Exactly. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. good point. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Several years ago, my friend decided to remove the television from his 12 year old son's bedroom. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I never threatened to attack my father with a baseball bat. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I removed the TVs from my kids bedrooms also. It was isolating them. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. How could father and son be fine |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Modern Warfare |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. 1-up !!! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. boo doo doo doo doo! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. That embargo on adoptions to USA might be a good thing |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Children shouldn't be playing with sledgehammers. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Agreed. |
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John1956PA (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. There was an attack similar to this one in Italy a few months ago. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. yep, boys who have mental probs find games as an outlet into freedom, and if you remove that freedom |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. An "outlet into freedom?" |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. I blame it on Sophocles |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. Ban them. Ban them all. |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Ban may be a little much, why not |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Hey!!! |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Thank God we have the right to bear arms and hammers |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. And There You Have It, Folks. |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. So does he get to play the games now? (nt) |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. Lizzie Borden redux. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. This is what the bush family has done to the world. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. And we were all getting worked up about Modern Warfare 2... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't blame video games for this. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. I want to adopt him |
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