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brihard 
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 Topic: Developing- Orlando shooting.Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:15pm |
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...And now some guy's gone Ape in Orlando. Currently reporting 2+ dead, 17+ wounded. Suspect believed still at large.
Found Whale on Twitter, he's in class right now, nowhere near the scene. Probably doesn't know about it yet- I imagine his next day or two will be busy.
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__sneaky__
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:20pm |
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What is the deal? This is insain.
(INB4 someone turns this into a debate too.)
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"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." -Albert Einstein
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Benjichang
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:21pm |
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Jesus Christ...
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(on FE vacation until: TBA) <Markhoff> arrrr... the laws of physics be a harsh mistress |
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__sneaky__
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:27pm |
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"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." -Albert Einstein
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FreeEnterprise
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:49pm |
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I wonder how the media will react to this story, and if the rush to judgement will be different if there is no muslim angle...
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When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily. But with wise and knowledgeable leaders, there is stability. - Prov 28:2
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__sneaky__
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:52pm |
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brihard
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:54pm |
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Of course the coverage will be different. A disgruntled worker walking into an office building and killing a couple of people differs greatly in the public mind from a Muslim member of the military gunning down 12 of his own, on base, in a facility full of people about to deploy. the Orlando killing appears to be a 'typical' murder, whereas Ft Hood is seen as vastly different and inherently political in nature.
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FreeEnterprise
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:54pm |
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Hey, its just my public education kicking in...
"survival of the fittest" and all...
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Eville
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:56pm |
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It is called the Copycat effect. It has been well documented. |
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__sneaky__
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:56pm |
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Considering you don't think we humans are animals to begin with, why do you insist on us acting like them?
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brihard
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:59pm |
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Completely and utterly irrelevant to the subject at hand, as well as to the media coverage of it. Very classy of you to attempt to cheaply politicize a tragedy that has, it would seem, zero political content. Just two days ago I was castigating members of the forum who react childishly to your posts, yet you're not really acting in a manner befitting any other reply in the past day or two...
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FreeEnterprise
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 2:04pm |
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I'm just following Obama's lead... Since I watched this press conference he held about the shooting and saw firsthand how we now deal with tragedy...
Even NBC was shocked. But, this is how we "now" act in America, according to our leader.
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ParielIsBack
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 2:12pm |
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Because we haven't been essentially ignoring the servicemen and women dying every day in the greater Middle East.
This was tragic, no doubt about it. It wasn't another 9/11, or Katrina, it doesn't somehow require the resources and eyes of our nation to be fixed upon it. |
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BU Engineering 2012
Human kind has a perfect record in aviation. No one has ever been left up there. |
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brihard
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 2:17pm |
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That's crap. To point out flaws in another individual's behaviour, and then emulate them based on 'he did it so it's OK if I do it' even as you backhandedly criticize him is just hypocrisy on your part. That's the exact kind of partisan B.S. that's slipping into everything these days, and even here you've insisted on dragging threat about a multiple shooting in an office building into a chance to slag Obama and rail about radical Islam.
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High Voltage
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 2:21pm |
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As long as nobody beats Cho's high score.
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In a world gone mad, we won't spank the monkey, the monkey will spank us.
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Peter Parker
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 2:32pm |
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Saddest true statement I have read in a while.
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"E Pluribus Unum" does not mean "Every man for himself". Pop Quiz: What do all the Framers of the Constitution have in common? |
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oldpbnoob
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 2:44pm |
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My moneys on sleeper Puerto Rican terrorist cell. |
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JMAC3:Vehicular homicide/manslaughter is'nt the same thing as killing somebody. Just because a law/definition says it is.
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__sneaky__
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 2:50pm |
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"You know what, you know what I noticed? Nobody panics when things go according to plan. Even if the plan is horrifying. If tomorrow I tell the press that like a gang banger, will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it’s all, part of the plan."
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choopie911
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 4:11pm |
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Mmm, smell the ignorance. It's a strong blend with a heavy touch of "I'm better than you" |
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FreeEnterprise
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Posted: 06 November 2009 at 4:19pm |
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Wait, aren't you the guy that blamed the census worker being killed by "tea party" members?...
whoops.
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