Shooting at Northern Illinois University
02-15-2008, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by matt_a
Originally Posted by HeathenBrewing
Originally Posted by matt_a
When something like this happens, we want answers. We want to do something about it..
We want a name. We want one name and we want it fast because it gives us our security back. We can say,"Here was the one man..unlike the rest of us. We named him and he's no more. And his reasons,they're gone too."
But the truth is,we don't know his reasons. We don't know why he did it,why it came to this. We can pretend we do--but we don't know and we'll never know.
And still, we feel safe...
Wish I could take credit for it, but its from the movie 'Arlington Road'. If you havent seen it, it is a great thriller.
The quote seemed quite fitting.
02-15-2008, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by tCTaco
I Feel bad for the victims, but why couldnt the guy just kill himself and be done with it!
Originally Posted by heathenBrewing
We accept violence in various forms all the time in our society: we glorify it, we encourage it, we ignore it.
02-15-2008, 07:55 PM
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This is what I mean about the price we pay for freedom.
Either we find out about the shooting and withstand coverage and opinions about every aspect of the shooter (what music he liked, movies, games) ad naseum, and possibly push others to do the same. Or we dont report it and live in ignorance.
Which is better? Which is worse?
There is no correct answer to that question, at least to me. It just is.
Either we find out about the shooting and withstand coverage and opinions about every aspect of the shooter (what music he liked, movies, games) ad naseum, and possibly push others to do the same. Or we dont report it and live in ignorance.
Which is better? Which is worse?
There is no correct answer to that question, at least to me. It just is.
02-15-2008, 07:56 PM
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We need to make a bingo scorecard, with items such as "mention of perpetrator's taste in music and subsequent targeting of said music/bands", "media turns it into gun issue" and "Westboro baptist church praises massacre as punishment for America's toleration of homosexuality".
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