i just think censorship = bad... a bunch of essays from the 1700s explain why
or maybe you're not saying it should be censored by the gov't, and the news companies should refrain from reporting these events to stop copycat attacks... i highly doubt the copycats of such events have some revelation and become psychos when they read this kind of news... if it wasn't there they'd just find another violent way to be infamous attention whores. a lot of social forces are at work to create one of these individuals, but i don't think it's possible that the news is a major contributor. i don't think it's their responsibility to protect us by withholding certain information anyway.
Posted by Breeze on Feb-16-2008 05:56:
So sad but this is not surprising at all. Happens all the time in the US lucky we dont have guns everywhere in Australia.
Posted by zoogla on Feb-16-2008 18:07:
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Originally posted by DaRoZa
the news companies should refrain from reporting these events to stop copycat attacks
bingo
Posted by exstasie on Feb-16-2008 18:17:
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Originally posted by djshan
do they still sell guns in walmart in usa?
i saw on CNN today that the guy who did the NIU shooting and the guy from the Virgina Tech Shooting last year bought their weapons and ammo from the same company...
Posted by Surreal JRS on Feb-17-2008 05:14:
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Originally posted by fayraree
*paging AJ*
Posted by DaRoZa on Feb-17-2008 05:27:
did the preview frame HAVE to be the sweaty smoky sideways big black dude's face scene?
holy shit... that song is 13 years old
Posted by jon jon on Feb-17-2008 05:34:
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Originally posted by Surreal JRS
Such a hit, wow. I got gr. 10 goosebumps watching that clip. lol
Posted by Cro_Addict on Feb-17-2008 08:57:
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Originally posted by Dr. DAS
Right. You guys are too preoccupied with civil war and genocide.
Good thing your schools are safe.
Don't speak on shit, you know absolutely nothing about!
Posted by Jayx1 on Feb-17-2008 19:27:
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Originally posted by TheVrk
This is not a world problem fyi as it happens in a VERY small number of countries...
...thank God mine isn't one of them
I agree... id rather be stocking fruit on the sidewalk in Toronto or be leaving a strip joint on yonge st instead of going to school in the USA any day of the week!!
Posted by Yohan on Feb-17-2008 19:33:
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Originally posted by Breeze
So sad but this is not surprising at all. Happens all the time in the US lucky we dont have guns everywhere in Australia.
if someone wants to get a gun, there's always someone willing to sell one, anywhere in the world.
Posted by Cosmic Fur on Feb-17-2008 20:01:
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Originally posted by EvilTree
if someone wants to get a gun, there's always someone willing to sell one, anywhere in the world.
Yes, but using that logic to arrive at the conclusion that we should therefore make obtaining guns easy as possible (since those who want them will get them anyway) is stupid. Even if I can potentially get a gun if I really really wanted to, doesn't mean the government shouldn't try to make it nearly impossible for me to do so.
I may not have ever lived in a 'hood (although from what I see, people who live in the projects and have easy access to guns aren't the ones shooting up schools), but if wanted to get a gun right now, I'd have no idea where to even start. Do I ask my friends? That'll seem a little suspicious and awkward. Do I post a note on Facebook? Make a thread on TA? Google it? Drive to Scarberia and start asking random strangers? In other words, the difficulty of obtaining one is likely to force me to seek other methods of releasing anger. Like poetry. Or Guitar Hero.
On the other hand, if I was angsty and knew where the local gunshop was, the method of obtaining a gun would be pretty clear. If my dad already bought a gun from that gunshop, the method of obtaining a gun would be even more obvious.
So yeah, gun control DOES matter. Especially when we're talking about middle-class social rejects who feel that living in middle-class America is the hardest thing in the world.
Posted by TheVrk on Feb-18-2008 09:34:
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Originally posted by jon jon
Fine, it can be geographically distinctive to some countries, but are we not the same fucking human race? Is this not one of "our" issues as a civilisation?
Ok fine if u put it that way i can kinda agree.
As long as you feel that way about ALL problems that we have in OUR world, then yes.
But you can't expect ppl in Europe or Asia to concern themselves with school shootings
when they almost exclusively happen in the US.
Posted by TheVrk on Feb-18-2008 09:38:
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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Come on Vrk. We only have to go back 18 years to see some pretty crazy stuff going on in your country.
No homeland has an unblemished history.
Of course not and i'm not saying anything about being unblemished...
There are extremely good and bad ppl in every country in the world.
...but a completely different scenario, nothing like a random kid walking into a school
and killing as many ppl as possible and then himself.
War and random mass murders are completely different
Posted by TheVrk on Feb-18-2008 09:44:
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Originally posted by Dr. DAS
Right. You guys are too preoccupied with civil war and genocide.
Good thing your schools are safe.
Thats just ignorant so i don't blame you for your comments.
Fyi there was no civil war, but a war between 2 countries.
Croatians don't war with Croatians and never have in 1400 yrs.
For that matter, Serbs don't war with Serbs and never have either.
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