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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:22 PM Original message |
A 13 year old is tragicly shot, causes cries for more gun control |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Typical knee-jerk reaction to failed parenting. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like an argument for enforcing the existing laws on the books |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. so -- typical Gungeonites can't be bothered with a nanosecond's empathy for the dead child |
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caballero (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. "Our"? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. as I was saying, about the empathy... |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And heres one vote for gibbeting |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. as I was saying about the empathy... |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. For the longest time it was reserved for murderers |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. okay -- nice way to dodge the question, or its context here... |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Were there sheep or espionage involved in the OP ? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. so you're a destructionist then? A post-modernist? A situationist? |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Pugilist , ethnobotanist , machinist , notary public |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I'm thinking "situationist" |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. But not a murderist |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. which I guess is where you came in, yes? |
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Blu_Statr (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Is empathy ....or should we focus on really helping prevent the next one?? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. give a damn about guns? Sure. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. but why don[t people post |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well because swimming pools are fun toys of course! |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Empathy troll for da whiiiine! |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. I have empathy for the boy. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Of course there is not a hint of empathy in your own post, Villager. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. Whereas you showed *buckets* of empathy before savaging other posters |
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caballero (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. The comments on that story are well taken. |
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Blu_Statr (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. There's so much they're not reporting, questions not being answered... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. What causes this tragedy is easy access to guns |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. You got that right.... |
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Blu_Statr (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. America in the 1970s - or the 1930s-40s wasn't Utopia either |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Deleted message |
PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Can you point out... |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Thankfully, you don't have the votes to outlaw guns. N/T |
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caballero (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. And little chance of ever having them, fortunately. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I don't want to outlaw guns, and have never said that. |
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caballero (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Okay, what is -your- solution and how will you implement it? Use as many words as necessary. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I don't claim to have a solution |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Easy access to guns in NEW YORK CITY?!?!?!?!? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Hahahahahahahahahaha! |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Somehow I think an existing law (or two) was already violated. What would another do? |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. What they needed was a sign |
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caballero (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. +42 |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. a local high school has the following sign |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Reminds me of the 20 mph speed zone |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. The death is tragic indeed - We really need to outlaw moronic street disputes |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. +1 |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Hey now... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. Knee-jerk of course. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. Thoughts and prayers to Kevin's family. I hope the other boy fully recovers. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Amen. n/t |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm all for increasing the investigation of illegally possessed guns and harsher punishments to help |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. "The NYPD ... Must keep up the stop-and-frisks that so outrage civil libertarians." |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. A simple microchip imbeded |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's a normal reaction with gun deaths. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
51. Thank god he wasn't carrying a fencepost. Someone might have been hurt. |
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