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Why does it matter about these things that really have no strong link to the current events? It seems to happen a lot in Australian news, where an event occurs in another country, and it has to be linked back to our own country. Does this happen elsewhere?

it sort of happens here. generally when something like this or a terrorist bombing in Malaysia or whatever happens the central focus is how many Canadians were injured/killed... maybe I just have no national pride but I don't really consider a Canadian death any more or less tragic than anyone else's.


Same. Only in this case the girl they reported on wasnt even injured. Which i find really weird.


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It's really sad to see the "discussion" here descend into a crusade on guns with so little attention given to the people that lost their lives in this tragedy. And yes, it is a tragedy, and should be treated as such rather than as a means for pushing a political agenda despite how many people insist otherwise...

To be honest, I only know a little of European countries, some more than others. I've never been outside the United States though I certainly would like to travel one day. Traveling, of course, isn't the same thing as living there either, however. The point is, I don't pick up on a newscast and start telling other people how to fix their problems without knowing about the situation or doing a little research first. Sure my country is involved in a disaster in Iraq, but I don't like that either, and I think it's incredibly wrong of us to try to force "democracy" on them (or anyone).

Guns really aren't the issue. But situations like this one are an easy target for the vultures to swoop in and tell everyone else what they should be doing. How many of those same people are reaching out to the families of those who lost loved ones? How many of them are really concerned about those still in the hospital with injuries? The ones that aren't, really don't care about the problem and the victims, and thus, they don't have any genuine motivation for solving it. They can, however, have an agenda.

Seriously, you want to talk about banning guns here? Okay. Tell me how you want to do it. Tell me how much your plan will cost, what kind of timetable you'd like to work with, who you want to trust and hire to carry it out, how you're going to rid the country of all the guns it already has within its borders, how you're going to ensure that criminals aren't getting guns illegally, how you're going ensure that more guns aren't illegally brought across our borders (gee, we can't even keep illegal immigrants out, guns are much smaller and don't need to pee) what you're going to do with all the people that lose their jobs, how people are going to have security in their homes, in their cars, in their schools, at work, how you're going to teach people to defend themselves, how you're going to convince them to look out for and work with each other... etc. Oh, and tell me how you're going to budget and pay for all this and what you're going to do in the interim while it takes the necessary time to fully implement your plan.

While you're at it, tell me how my girlfriend is going to feel more secure when she walks to class because of this. Tell me how this is going to stop people from harassing her or trying to force her into their car as they pass by. Tell me why some criminal won't break in while she's here alone and only steal our stuff (as if that's somehow right) and not rape and beat her as well. Tell my friend what he's supposed to do the next time 4 guys break down his door to rob and beat/kill him. Tell one of my other friends how he's no longer going to have to worry about another of his cousins getting stabbed to death on his way home. Tell my mom how it's going to help ease road rage and prevent people from trying to run her off the road or kill someone with their angry driving. Tell me how people aren't going to use cars, knives, bombs, baseball bats, crossbows, and anything else that can be used as a weapon because we've banned guns. ... What are you going to suggest when we start killing each other with plastic spoons?

There is so much to the problems here, but ultimately it has very little to do with guns. Oh sure, guns are an "easy" way to kill someone. But that works for the defender as well as the attacker. I shouldn't need to warn anyone of the impending disaster of having only the attackers with guns. Do you actually think having more easy targets is going to deter criminals? Do you think they ought to forget about schools, bus stops, and factories to go after well defended people because they want a challenge? ... If you're going to suggest taking guns away from responsible, concerned adults, you damn well better make sure you're taking them away from potential attackers first. ... Personally, I don't think it should be easy to get a gun, and if you own one, I expect you to know how to use it and handle the responsibility properly. Same as driving a car (though we really don't have any desire to instill that, yet another problem here). Legally purchasing a gun here is not like buying a hot dog from the convenience store, however. And being able to carry one is even more of a process. Obtaining one illegally... well that's already illegal isn't it? If someone is about to commit murder, they're not going to care about/observe the laws anyway. But as I said before, I don't think our problems have much to do with guns. Guns are an instrument, not a cause.

No, our problems are more firmly rooted in political issues, so many cultures and peoples trying to live together under the same rules, such a huge land area, the sheer number of citizens here (oh, and our illegals too), neighbors who compete rather than work together, consumerism, corruption, overwork, greed... and the list goes on. Tell me how banning guns is going to address these issues...

If you're from outside the US, try living here for a few months and actually observe what is happening here. Or at least, do a little research and look outside of the major media entertainment... err whoops, I meant coverage. The US is not Finland is not Britain is not Denmark is not China is not Japan, etc. If you are from the US and don't understand or agree with what I'm talking about in this post, open your eyes.

The situation here is rapidly coming to a head. Guns or no guns. Now, if anyone has a real solution or a real idea on how to at least improve the situation here, I'm all ears. But neither I, nor any other concerned, educated citizen here that I know is interested in hearing more juvenile rants about guns. ... If you live in a place that doesn't have the problems we do right now, that's really terrific. I mean it. Be proud, but be wary. Don't assume it can't happen to you someday...

*Takes a few moments to think about the people who lost their lives and their families and imagines what that horrible scene must have been like, something I've done several times over the last day or so*

And those who mentioned the teacher that died while trying to give his students a chance to escape, that was a really heroic, courageous thing. Too bad certain members of the media focused as much on him being a "holocaust survivor" as they did on what he actually did, yet another opportunity to further another agenda.

-Tyrion


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It's really sad to see the "discussion" here descend into a crusade on guns with so little attention given to the people that lost their lives in this tragedy. And yes, it is a tragedy, and should be treated as such rather than as a means for pushing a political agenda despite how many people insist otherwise...

To be honest, I only know a little of European countries, some more than others. I've never been outside the United States though I certainly would like to travel one day. Traveling, of course, isn't the same thing as living there either, however. The point is, I don't pick up on a newscast and start telling other people how to fix their problems without knowing about the situation or doing a little research first. Sure my country is involved in a disaster in Iraq, but I don't like that either, and I think it's incredibly wrong of us to try to force "democracy" on them (or anyone).

Guns really aren't the issue. But situations like this one are an easy target for the vultures to swoop in and tell everyone else what they should be doing. How many of those same people are reaching out to the families of those who lost loved ones? How many of them are really concerned about those still in the hospital with injuries? The ones that aren't, really don't care about the problem and the victims, and thus, they don't have any genuine motivation for solving it. They can, however, have an agenda.

Seriously, you want to talk about banning guns here? Okay. Tell me how you want to do it. Tell me how much your plan will cost, what kind of timetable you'd like to work with, who you want to trust and hire to carry it out, how you're going to rid the country of all the guns it already has within its borders, how you're going to ensure that criminals aren't getting guns illegally, how you're going ensure that more guns aren't illegally brought across our borders (gee, we can't even keep illegal immigrants out, guns are much smaller and don't need to pee) what you're going to do with all the people that lose their jobs, how people are going to have security in their homes, in their cars, in their schools, at work, how you're going to teach people to defend themselves, how you're going to convince them to look out for and work with each other... etc. Oh, and tell me how you're going to budget and pay for all this and what you're going to do in the interim while it takes the necessary time to fully implement your plan.

While you're at it, tell me how my girlfriend is going to feel more secure when she walks to class because of this. Tell me how this is going to stop people from harassing her or trying to force her into their car as they pass by. Tell me why some criminal won't break in while she's here alone and only steal our stuff (as if that's somehow right) and not rape and beat her as well. Tell my friend what he's supposed to do the next time 4 guys break down his door to rob and beat/kill him. Tell one of my other friends how he's no longer going to have to worry about another of his cousins getting stabbed to death on his way home. Tell my mom how it's going to help ease road rage and prevent people from trying to run her off the road or kill someone with their angry driving. Tell me how people aren't going to use cars, knives, bombs, baseball bats, crossbows, and anything else that can be used as a weapon because we've banned guns. ... What are you going to suggest when we start killing each other with plastic spoons?

There is so much to the problems here, but ultimately it has very little to do with guns. Oh sure, guns are an "easy" way to kill someone. But that works for the defender as well as the attacker. I shouldn't need to warn anyone of the impending disaster of having only the attackers with guns. Do you actually think having more easy targets is going to deter criminals? Do you think they ought to forget about schools, bus stops, and factories to go after well defended people because they want a challenge? ... If you're going to suggest taking guns away from responsible, concerned adults, you damn well better make sure you're taking them away from potential attackers first. ... Personally, I don't think it should be easy to get a gun, and if you own one, I expect you to know how to use it and handle the responsibility properly. Same as driving a car (though we really don't have any desire to instill that, yet another problem here). Legally purchasing a gun here is not like buying a hot dog from the convenience store, however. And being able to carry one is even more of a process. Obtaining one illegally... well that's already illegal isn't it? If someone is about to commit murder, they're not going to care about/observe the laws anyway. But as I said before, I don't think our problems have much to do with guns. Guns are an instrument, not a cause.

No, our problems are more firmly rooted in political issues, so many cultures and peoples trying to live together under the same rules, such a huge land area, the sheer number of citizens here (oh, and our illegals too), neighbors who compete rather than work together, consumerism, corruption, overwork, greed... and the list goes on. Tell me how banning guns is going to address these issues...

If you're from outside the US, try living here for a few months and actually observe what is happening here. Or at least, do a little research and look outside of the major media entertainment... err whoops, I meant coverage. If you are from the US and don't understand or agree with what I'm talking about, open your eyes.

The situation here is rapidly coming to a head. Guns or no guns. Now, if anyone has a real solution or a real idea on how to at least improve the situation here, I'm all ears. ... If you live in a place that doesn't have the problems we do right now, that's really terrific. I mean it. Be proud, but be wary. Don't assume it can't happen to you someday...

*Takes a few moments to think about the people who lost their lives and their families and imagines what that horrible scene must have been like, something I've done several times over the last day or so*

And those who mentioned the teacher that died while trying to give his students a chance to escape, that was a really heroic, courageous thing. Too bad certain members of the media focused as much on him being a "holocaust survivor" as they did on what he actually did, yet another opportunity to further another agenda.

-Tyrion


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Whatever people say, the death of innocents is a tragedy. None of the people killed deserved it.

What does puzzle me is this obstinacy Americans have. Like us British, but to a fascist level. We moan about foreigners, most of our tabloid press is dedicated to how immigrants ruin the lives of us whities. For Americans, whose country has been built from the start on immigrants, to start saying things like, hey, maybe we should be careful who we let in the country, is a sad sign of the times.


Who said America was considering anything about restricting immigration?

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Another way this obstinacy comes out is through the highly controversial issue of guns. Let's face it, you guys have had students being shot since the 60s, and then by state police quashing 'rioters'. Does it count as an improvement that at least it isn't the coppers doing the killing this time? Oh, excuse me, I'm trivialising the deaths of the innocents. Of course, change nothing, learn nothing, and continue to allow any Tom, Dick or Harry to buy weapons capable of killing many just because, well hey, we needed them back then to kick them goshdarned Brits out, who knows, maybe that Tony Blare guy'll invade again?

I hate to say it, but if having two elections stolen by a right-wing, Bible-bashing corporation sycophant isn't going to cause a bloody uprising, then you're all fucked. I understand. Might as well give up, the collective inhabitants of that mighty country aren't going to give up their God-given right to keep sub-machine guns just because a few goddamn commies and satanisers shoot a few kids. Oh, excuse me, I'm trivialising the deaths of the innocents.


I hated GWB from before day one, but he won both elections fairly. Should only the popular vote be counted? Of course.
I don't own a gun, never will own a gun, and don't know anyone personally that owns a gun. Your myths about America are pretty amusing though, on the other hand I visited your country a few years ago and would jump at the chance to go back. Castles= :dio:

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What will it take? How many will have to die? You look at countries like England or Holland, and then say, well, just because there's no guns doesn't mean that there are less deaths! You see, there are MORE PEOPLE in America, and these extra people think different. So you, with your pot cafes and Monarchy, can't tell us what to do. You agree with each other, well, it's because you fags will agree to any old liberal nonsense that gets ejaculated out. Look at Follow The Reaper, he agreed with that pot-smoking unMetal fag what does the modellin', so he must be automatically derided.


Misha made an insensitive remark considering what happened. FTR appears to be a pretty impressionable young fellow and considers Misha to be quite the music guru. He is eager to agree with him on many other things as well, such as Misha's offensive remark---that he claimed was to stir things up.

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We understand you, us Euros. You think an ocean makes our poor little brains melt, what with all the pot, lack of religion and moderately honest politicians, well, sad to say, you're wrong. Adam, you'd honestly send your daughter to a school where a shooting may take place because, gosh, that's just the way it is? Are you fucking sane? Sure, we might be looking at it a little differently because the worstest thing that happens at schools is drugs and the odd stabbing, but wait, we're not qualified to tell Americans what to do. We had our revolution before you did. We used to rule your country back in the days before your biological ancestors had even thought of emigrating from eastern Europe. And we can't suggest, hey, lose the shooters, because ... what? It just won't work? How goddamn arrogant you all are.


Eastren Europe? :unsure: Yes, congrats on your ancestors ruling America, you Brits had a heck of an empire! You keep mentioning drugs but even in America a heck of a lot of pot is smoked. Again, the shooter wasn't even a US citizen, and many US citizens---like Adam have a right to be extremely upset at what happened.

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Yes, of course the deaths of the children was a tragedy. And of course, people scratch their heads and say, well, duh, no guns no corpses, and hey, these words may be coming from the mouths (hands, whatever) of people that are younger than you. Does that mean they're worthless? Should I listen to the Pope because he's older than me, and hell, all that life experience must count for something? Fuck that, fuck the pope, and fuck those who won't listen to sense. LOSE THE FRIGGING GUNS. It worked everywhere else, and you're as human, sadly, as the rest of us.

And now watch: Zad hates America, Zad hates freedom, Zad hates the American way. All I can do is :rolleyes: and say, the world keeps turning, the truest thing ever written. More children will die of stupid reasons, and people can say what they like about the reasons. Not taking the first steps, however, is leaving it to God, or the American people. Or are they the same thing...?


I'm against guns but guns aren't the only reason Americans like to shoot each other. Canada, for example, has a lot of guns but hardly any gun murders. I think America has some severe cultural problems that possibly contribute to gun murders along with access to handguns such as: the drug trade, despair in the underclass, or generally a violent, angry culture. I'm quite cynical about my home country and I was against the Iraq War from day one (I thought since when did Afghanistan become Iraq and Osama Bin Laden become Saddam?) but kicking Americans on a day when we many of us are collectively depressed and disgusted isn't fair.

Zad-I'm not quite sure what your point was in your mostly incoherent rant. But at least you got a chance to participate in your favorite pastime, self-aggrandizement.


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Congratulations for missing the point. I was saying, not to type it all out again but, Americans can't take criticism without being convinced the person giving it is a hater. Like Jews but worse. I agree with you, it's a tragedy. I am sorry for the dead and injured, as I said to Adam, I cry at dead babies.

Self-aggrandizement?! Whatever. "He That Hath Ears, Let Him Listen".

And Tyrion, I hate to stir up past shit, but if your girlfriend is still unable to walk the streets without carrying a gun for fear of rape, she's in a sorry condition. And please quit the bullshit about how if you take guns away from people, well, they'll just kill with plastic spoons instead! Ridiculous. If you as a nation are really that fucked, there's nothing anyone can do for you.


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And Tyrion, I hate to stir up past shit, but if your girlfriend is still unable to walk the streets without carrying a gun for fear of rape, she's in a sorry condition. And please quit the bullshit about how if you take guns away from people, well, they'll just kill with plastic spoons instead! Ridiculous. If you as a nation are really that fucked, there's nothing anyone can do for you.


Zad, it's not that she goes out of the house shaking like a leaf that something bad is going to happen, it's that she (and she's not alone - nor is this city even that bad compared to some) has to think about what might happen. People get raped or murdered here more days than not. We would be foolish not to consider what could happen and what we might try to do if it did. Are you there to see how many times someone harasses her or tries to get her in their car or follows her while she walks home? No you're not. ... No, you don't have a solution. No, you really don't know what you're talking about.

Same with guns. You don't like my example of plastic spoons? Fine. Way to really miss the point and skirt the real issue here. How come you pull out one point to use for your "side" instead of answering any of my questions? ... How about you tell me why some guy kidnapped his own 8 year old daughter, took her up in a small plane and crashed the both of them into his former mother in-law's house?

Yes, it is really starting to look like we are that fucked. I don't expect you or anyone else to come over here and try to solve our problems, but if you or anyone else has any reasonable suggestions, let's hear them. Ultimately, though, we're going to have to do the actual fixing on our own or continue to live in the nightmare we're creating for ourselves.

Edit - She doesn't even carry a gun, by the way. In fact, neither of us owns one. She does carry some very potent pepper spray. Even if she were able to obtain a permit to carry a handgun, she still couldn't carry it on school grounds (legally). If she did and was caught, she'd be, at the very least, expelled from the university.

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Actually the guy was a citizen and had a green card and lived in the US since 92 (or since he was 8)


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Congratulations for missing the point. I was saying, not to type it all out again but, Americans can't take criticism without being convinced the person giving it is a hater.

Actually I think that applies to you know, practically everyone.


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Congratulations for missing the point. I was saying, not to type it all out again but, Americans can't take criticism without being convinced the person giving it is a hater. Like Jews but worse. I agree with you, it's a tragedy. I am sorry for the dead and injured, as I said to Adam, I cry at dead babies.


If you had just posted "Americans can't take criticism without being convinced the person giving it is a hater", I would have agreed to an extent. Instead you ranted about pot, goofy stereotypes of America, ancestors from Eastren Europe?, Misha being a model fag, England's colonial history, and so forth.

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Self-aggrandizement?! Whatever. "He That Hath Ears, Let Him Listen".


I refer to a line from the last section of your post:

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And now watch: Zad hates America, Zad hates freedom, Zad hates the American way.


It's all about Zad according to Zad, isn't it? Your outrageously high post count, your propensity to get into every major argument ever made on this forum, and your group of fawning sycophants might have some of us deceived; but, the truth of it is you are just one poster with a pretty warped worldview.



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Actually the guy was a citizen and had a green card and lived in the US since 92 (or since he was 8)


I stand corrected, that basically made the guy 100% American.


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I was watching the news last night, and there was a story about an Australian girl who went to the uni but was not hurt, and a story about how this shooting had made people involved in the Port Arthur massacre remember that event. Does anyone find that weird?

Why does it matter about these things that really have no strong link to the current events? It seems to happen a lot in Australian news, where an event occurs in another country, and it has to be linked back to our own country. Does this happen elsewhere?


Yup. Here in Wales the amount of times that happens is insane.
On a more serious note, I think it's very sad that posters feel the need to use this thread as a soapbox to espouse their political views. You want to discuss politics, start a thread on it

As much as I'd like to be a total hypocrite and chip in with my metaphorical two cents about gun control, i'm going to bite my tongue on this.

Well, rant over, I'm trying to be neutral so please don't use this as an opportunity to call me a Euro-fag or summat.


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i apologize for taking the occasion to discuss gun control (or similar topics).

i disagree/agree with some stuff said here, but i will too "bite my tongue".

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of course restricting guns (not outlawing all together, just stoping the circulation of the weapons with no legit purpose) may not bring an end to all gun violence but if it stops a few people from dieing is it not worth at least looking into?

I saw on the news that he had the words "ishmael ax" carved into his arm. Any one know what that was about?

On this same news program they had a guy that was trying to use this as a reason to restrict immigration because (according to this man) every school shooting has been commited by an alien. Its amazing How quickly do the journalists forget almost every school shooting in America was done by a caucasian male and some where around three have been done by foreign born citizens.

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I saw on the news that he had the words "ishmael ax" carved into his arm. Any one know what that was about?


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there's several theories, heh:

1: In the book "The prarie" Ishmael Bush flees from civilization with an axe and a gun. Isolating himself.

2: Abraham destroys some fake idols with an axe. Ishmael is the son of Abraham

3: He just wanted to seem mysteries and thereby get the attention he didn't get while being alive.

4: There's a korean account on a webpage whose name is Jo Sung Ho, but his account is named Ishmael.

there u go. More than that i do not know.


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proof of the awe inspiring strength of /b/tardation

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i don't think www.4chan.org has anything to do with him :wink:


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I was wondering when someone would mention the goings-on at 4chan. Strangely enough, I don't find it offensive, since they do that to everything and everybody ever.

By the way, Tyrion, no offense, but your girlfriend is completely off her rocker.

I'm just glad that none of the people I know who go there died.


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If you had just posted "Americans can't take criticism without being convinced the person giving it is a hater", I would have agreed to an extent. Instead you ranted about pot, goofy stereotypes of America, ancestors from Eastren Europe?, Misha being a model fag, England's colonial history, and so forth.


Yeah, well, I may have been drunk when I wrote it, but it makes sense. American crititisms of Europe, in this thread - potheads, immigration, Misha being derided, FTR ditto...

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I refer to a line from the last section of your post:

Zad wrote:
And now watch: Zad hates America, Zad hates freedom, Zad hates the American way.


It's all about Zad according to Zad, isn't it? Your outrageously high post count, your propensity to get into every major argument ever made on this forum, and your group of fawning sycophants might have some of us deceived; but, the truth of it is you are just one poster with a pretty warped worldview.


Actually, you completely missed the point there. I was predicting the response, which I knew was coming. And what would that response be? That I hate America, etc. Speaking of myself in the third person doesn't make me egocentric.

And yes, high post count. You post here as long and consistently as I have, that's what happens. And what, my getting into arguments is my fault? I have an opinion, I post it - I don't stand back and think that ignoring it makes me a better person, as some clearly do.

And what the fuck?! My "group of fawning sycophants"?! Like, WHO? Follow The Reaper, since he's a scapegoat for everything else? What, Tlaloc's a fawning sycophant now? Or are Ken and Adam now my backing crew? Talk sense.


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Tyrion wrote:
Zad, it's not that she goes out of the house shaking like a leaf that something bad is going to happen, it's that she (and she's not alone - nor is this city even that bad compared to some) has to think about what might happen. People get raped or murdered here more days than not. We would be foolish not to consider what could happen and what we might try to do if it did. Are you there to see how many times someone harasses her or tries to get her in their car or follows her while she walks home? No you're not. ... No, you don't have a solution. No, you really don't know what you're talking about.

Same with guns. You don't like my example of plastic spoons? Fine. Way to really miss the point and skirt the real issue here. How come you pull out one point to use for your "side" instead of answering any of my questions? ... How about you tell me why some guy kidnapped his own 8 year old daughter, took her up in a small plane and crashed the both of them into his former mother in-law's house?

Yes, it is really starting to look like we are that fucked. I don't expect you or anyone else to come over here and try to solve our problems, but if you or anyone else has any reasonable suggestions, let's hear them. Ultimately, though, we're going to have to do the actual fixing on our own or continue to live in the nightmare we're creating for ourselves.

Edit - She doesn't even carry a gun, by the way. In fact, neither of us owns one. She does carry some very potent pepper spray. Even if she were able to obtain a permit to carry a handgun, she still couldn't carry it on school grounds (legally). If she did and was caught, she'd be, at the very least, expelled from the university.

-Tyrion


So, as I suspected, nothing has ever actually happened to her. I've been the victim of racist attacks, in earlier days when my Jewliness was more apparent. Has she been spat on, cursed, chased by gangs of skinheads, threatened with knives? No. So, please, don't imagine that America is a death trap. You give people over here guns, there'll be a second holocaust. As Bill Hicks said, the worst crime we generally get is some yobs kicking dustbins over, but don't go to a football match! Arm the working classes of this country?! I'm leftie-inclined, but that would be a bloodbath.

And so, according to you, arming the students would have saved exactly no lives. According to statistics I saw quoted, 0.8% of crime is stoppedby the victim pulling a gun. Man, that works.

I know I'm talking to walls here, but it'd be nice if you could acknowledge that the world isn't out to get you.


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emperorblackdoom wrote:
If you had just posted "Americans can't take criticism without being convinced the person giving it is a hater", I would have agreed to an extent. Instead you ranted about pot, goofy stereotypes of America, ancestors from Eastren Europe?, Misha being a model fag, England's colonial history, and so forth.


Zad wrote:
Yeah, well, I may have been drunk when I wrote it, but it makes sense. American crititisms of Europe, in this thread - potheads, immigration, Misha being derided, FTR ditto...


Well at least you admitted to being drunk when you posted that. And maybe what you wrote makes sense to you...but really other than Lee did anyone engage in bashing Euros? Misha said something offensive and FTR agreed with it---thus the response from some, end of story.

emperorblackdoom wrote:
I refer to a line from the last section of your post:

Zad wrote:
And now watch: Zad hates America, Zad hates freedom, Zad hates the American way.


It's all about Zad according to Zad, isn't it? Your outrageously high post count, your propensity to get into every major argument ever made on this forum, and your group of fawning sycophants might have some of us deceived; but, the truth of it is you are just one poster with a pretty warped worldview.


Zad wrote:
Actually, you completely missed the point there. I was predicting the response, which I knew was coming. And what would that response be? That I hate America, etc. Speaking of myself in the third person doesn't make me egocentric.


You wrote your drunken rant to get a rise out of some people but it never came. No one flipped out and said "Zad hates America!" Maybe you aren't that important.

Zad wrote:
And yes, high post count. You post here as long and consistently as I have, that's what happens. And what, my getting into arguments is my fault? I have an opinion, I post it - I don't stand back and think that ignoring it makes me a better person, as some clearly do.


For weeks on end this forum was ruined by you and Ken's constant fighting. Playing "lets see who can get the last word in for 20 pages" was immature and pointless.

Zad wrote:
And what the fuck?! My "group of fawning sycophants"?! Like, WHO? Follow The Reaper, since he's a scapegoat for everything else? What, Tlaloc's a fawning sycophant now? Or are Ken and Adam now my backing crew?


Ok, you got me here, that was a gratuitous insult that I shouldn't have said. I am sorry about that.

Zad wrote:
Talk sense.


Words to take heed the next time you want to post a drunken rant.


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