Planetarion Forums - Hey , its American Media Paranoia time again

Kurashima · 22 Mar 2005, 02:04

And the NRA says "Guns dont kill people"

Knight Theamion · 22 Mar 2005, 02:09

true story, people kill people!

if we are to ban guns, lets ban cars too! cars kill people!

and electriciity! Electricity kills people!

Ste · 22 Mar 2005, 02:12

monkeys kill people too, if you give them a gun.

Knight Theamion · 22 Mar 2005, 02:24

or a nuclear bomb with a big red button as a trigger attached to a banana

Kurashima · 22 Mar 2005, 02:26

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Originally Posted by Knight Theamion

or a nuclear bomb with a big red button as a trigger attached to a banana

Why a banana.

JonnyBGood · 22 Mar 2005, 02:27

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Originally Posted by Ste

monkeys kill people too, if you give them a gun.

Racist.

lokken · 22 Mar 2005, 02:38

guns don't kill people, rappers do.

Edit: You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to JonnyBGood again.

Banned · 22 Mar 2005, 02:50

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Originally Posted by lokken

guns don't kill people, rappers do.

And here was me thinking it was shock-rockers.

lokken · 22 Mar 2005, 02:56

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Originally Posted by Banned

And here was me thinking it was shock-rockers.

the guitar is mightier than the sub machine gun my friend

Dace · 22 Mar 2005, 03:34

i thought it was the bullets

queball · 22 Mar 2005, 04:04

Not that I'm complaining, but isn't it customary to be slightly more tactful discussing school shootings until a day or so after?
"Hey , its American Media Understandable Paranoia time again" for example.

Banned · 22 Mar 2005, 04:21

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Originally Posted by queball

Not that I'm complaining, but isn't it customary to be slightly more tactful discussing school shootings until a day or so after?
"Hey , its American Media Understandable Paranoia time again" for example.

Violence in the media has desensitized us.

Knight Theamion · 22 Mar 2005, 04:27

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Originally Posted by Kurashima

Why a banana.

monkey see, monkey does, monkey eats banana

Tactitus · 22 Mar 2005, 04:27

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Originally Posted by queball

Not that I'm complaining, but isn't it customary to be slightly more tactful discussing school shootings until a day or so after?
"Hey , its American Media Understandable Paranoia time again" for example.

And why the reference to the American media when the link is to a BBC story?

I've been in Red Lake Minnesota by the way. :/

MrL_JaKiri · 22 Mar 2005, 10:45

That article doesn't mention "Video Games" as an explanation.

It must have been written by a temp.

Vaio · 22 Mar 2005, 12:05

Scary thought for the day #1

If the wounded survivors from all these school attacks get together and reproduce, then according to Darwin, eventually (after a few tests involving the offspring being shot a few times) the US WILL breed a gunshot resistant human in a few generations.

~Vaio~

Radical Edward · 22 Mar 2005, 12:09

well I already own half life 2, so I am not too worried. should I go and get far cry before they ban it?

Radical Edward · 22 Mar 2005, 12:09

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Originally Posted by Vaio

Scary thought for the day #1

If the wounded survivors from all these school attacks get together and reproduce, then according to Darwin, eventually (after a few tests involving the offspring being shot a few times) the US WILL breed a gunshot resistant human in a few generations.

~Vaio~

what use is a human with half a bulletproof vest?

wu_trax · 22 Mar 2005, 12:22

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Originally Posted by Radical Edward

what use is a human with half a bulletproof vest?

if that half is hit a lot

MrL_JaKiri · 22 Mar 2005, 12:23

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Originally Posted by Radical Edward

well I already own half life 2, so I am not too worried. should I go and get far cry before they ban it?

No, it's not very good.

Marilyn Manson · 22 Mar 2005, 18:13

How many days before my namesake or some other equally improbable person is blamed entirely for it?

I'm guessing 12 hours.

wu_trax · 22 Mar 2005, 18:30

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Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson

How many days before my namesake or some other equally improbable person is blamed entirely for it?

I'm guessing 12 hours.

already happened. apparently he liked Marilyn Manson and video games

(at least thats what they said in the news on the radio)

vampire_lestat · 22 Mar 2005, 20:22

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Originally Posted by Radical Edward

well I already own half life 2, so I am not too worried. should I go and get far cry before they ban it?

Get postal 2, that's more likely to get banned, and much more fun.

acropolis · 22 Mar 2005, 22:25

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He earlier shot his grandfather and his grandfather's partner, police said.

i'm surprised that i haven't heard faggotry reported to be the root cause of this event on fox news yet. possibly because i haven't watched tv in the intervening hours...

Yahwe · 22 Mar 2005, 22:30

it might be a woman

the phrase 'my grandfather has a girlfriend' is more likely to conjure pictures of an elderly dace ...

acropolis · 22 Mar 2005, 22:45

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it might be a woman

the phrase 'my grandfather has a girlfriend' is more likely to conjure pictures of an elderly dace ...

less reasoning and more grasping at anything to fight culture wars will make you a better news anchor.

ps:
english is shit for relationship nouns.

'girlfriend' means she's 16, fiance means you are a pompous ass, partner means you're gay, 'spouse' means you are filling out a tax form, and

wife means you are married to her.

which people rarely are anymore:/

Stew · 23 Mar 2005, 00:38

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Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson

How many days before my namesake or some other equally improbable person is blamed entirely for it?

In fact, they're blaming Hitler

But you're nearly right:

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Relatives said Weise was a loner who usually wore black.

Not to mention:

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The teenager had revealed his Nazi leanings on an internet chat room.

LHC · 23 Mar 2005, 00:40

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...314813,00.html

Indeed, it has it's own story now.

Kurashima · 23 Mar 2005, 00:47

Id like the NRA to consider this

Code:

 
US SCHOOL SHOOTINGS 
April 2003: Teenager shoots dead headteacher, then kills himself, at Pennsylvania school
April 1999: Two teenagers shoot dead 12 pupils and a teacher, then kill themselves at Columbine School, Colorado
May 1998: Fifteen-year-old shoots dead two pupils in a school cafeteria in Oregon
March 1998: Two boys, aged 11 and 13, kill four girls and a teacher in Arkansas
October 1997: Teenager stabs mother, then shoots dead two pupils at a school in Mississippi

And then tell me that Guns make society a safer place to live, and work, and that Guns dont kill people.

(anyone care to compare the murder rate for under 18's for countries with strict gun control in comparison to the USA?)

JonnyBGood · 23 Mar 2005, 00:51

How in the blazes did you get that scroll bar kura?

NEWSBOT3 · 23 Mar 2005, 00:52

code tags.

Kurashima · 23 Mar 2005, 00:53

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Originally Posted by NEWSBOT3

code tags.

JonnyBGood · 23 Mar 2005, 00:54

Usually for me it doesn't work like that though

Edit: o wait i geddit you posted long sentences lol!

Rids · 23 Mar 2005, 01:14

With that many headshots I think he was aimbotting.

MrL_JaKiri · 23 Mar 2005, 01:22

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Originally Posted by Kurashima

And then tell me that Guns make society a safer place to live, and work, and that Guns dont kill people.

(anyone care to compare the murder rate for under 18's for countries with strict gun control in comparison to the USA?)

Anyone care to compare the murder rate for under 18's for countries with similar gun control legistlation to the USA? Like Canada?

Kurashima · 23 Mar 2005, 08:53

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Originally Posted by Rids

With that many headshots I think he was aimbotting.

I can just imagine the victims lying there, on the verge of death, and screaming "OMG HAX!!!!!!!!!!!11112*"

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*obviously this isnt true, since nobody actually says 111112

wu_trax · 23 Mar 2005, 13:06

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Originally Posted by Kurashima

Id like the NRA to consider this
And then tell me that Guns make society a safer place to live, and work, and that Guns dont kill people.

(anyone care to compare the murder rate for under 18's for countries with strict gun control in comparison to the USA?)

they allow death penalty for children, that makes it right again. also, why blame guns if you can blame marilyn manson, video games and the nazis? they just like to shoot each other, let them be happy. arguing doesnt change anything anyway.

Tactitus · 23 Mar 2005, 15:08

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Originally Posted by wu_trax

they allow death penalty for children

Not any more. Juvenile murderers in the US have to kill themselves now. :/

demiGOD · 23 Mar 2005, 16:17

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Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson

How many days before my namesake or some other equally improbable person is blamed entirely for it?

I'm guessing 12 hours.

2 days - and they'll blame Marilyn Manson and the movie Elephant.

Marilyn Manson · 23 Mar 2005, 16:59

The most ridiculous thing is this fellow's apparent admiration for Hitler. The photos I've seen of him seem to show him as a distinctly ethnic looking, un-Aryan Idi lookielikie.

Moral of story: Don't let fat kids that need to get out more near guns.

Tactitus · 23 Mar 2005, 17:47

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Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson

The most ridiculous thing is this fellow's apparent admiration for Hitler. The photos I've seen of him seem to show him as a distinctly ethnic looking, un-Aryan Idi lookielikie.

Racial purity--it's not just for Aryans!

Since he was living on the Red Lake Indian Reservation I think it's probably safe to assume that he was at least part native American.

I read some of his posts he supposedly made on a forum (billed as a 'Libertarian National Socialist Green site' (I think they managed to cover all the bases there)). He may have been into the racial purity/homeland thing.

The local newspaper also described him as a 'goth' (which I took pains to point out to my son, who's taken to wearing mostly black and who I now refer to as a 'proto-goth').

Marilyn Manson · 23 Mar 2005, 18:08

I just checked on wikipedia and they say he was Indian to some degree. Can't remember whether he was mixed-race or whatever tho.

P.S, I'd describe your local newspaper as 'ill-informed.'

JonnyBGood · 23 Mar 2005, 18:34

I'd really like to find out where a libertarian national socialist green stands on speaking out against anti-pollution laws.

Kurashima · 23 Mar 2005, 19:29

Id describe almost all journalistic content coming from the US as "Ill Informed" and for the most part "Poorly researched, inflammatory propaganda"

LHC · 23 Mar 2005, 19:42

http://img77.exs.cx/img77/8970/guns3pk.jpg

Tactitus · 23 Mar 2005, 19:49

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Originally Posted by Kurashima

Id describe almost all journalistic content coming from the US as "Ill Informed" and for the most part "Poorly researched, inflammatory propaganda"

Not unlike your posts then?

Kurashima · 23 Mar 2005, 19:53

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Originally Posted by Tactitus

Not unlike your posts then?

Ive never claimed to be a journalist , a professional , or ever got paid for a story.

Hence i can talk bollocks and not worry about it

NEWSBOT3 · 23 Mar 2005, 19:54

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Originally Posted by Kurashima

Ive never claimed to be a journalist , a professional , or ever got paid for a story.

Hence i can talk bollocks and not get paid for it

fixed.

Kurashima · 23 Mar 2005, 19:59

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Originally Posted by Newsbot3

Ive never claimed to be a programmer , a coder , or ever got paid for a program.

Hence i can code bollocks and not worry about it

Super-Fixed