Quote Originally Posted by Order View Post
I see a lot of people asking why it happened. Clearly, it happened because he is insane.
Martin, defend yourself about shit that matters, not the fact that you believe conversations on the internet should be officially sanctioned and broken into strict catagories.
Who gives a crap where the conversation goes. Few of us are experts on anything, so any moral, social or political discussion is inherently hypothetical or commentary.
If youre just trying to turn the discussion in a specific direction you want it to follow, try contributing.
The conversation naturally turned to gun control because thats what happens when there is a shooting in the US. Remeber columbine?

Also,
Has anything new been reported? Do the citizens of colorado get to watch him get eaten by bears yet?

Edit:
Alpha
Genuine question, simply stated:could he afford mental healthcare?

Clever.
Would it have stopped him?
Unfortunately, you and your brother Hobag have been turning it into an emotionally bias filled back-to-back response in a lot more than just this. I believe Hobaginator has very valid potential but it keeps getting dragged into name calling, anger-filled responses that any science-major would be laughed out at if he/she tried to use it as a means of justification.

Che was on point as he suggested ""But seriously, drop the "socialist" and "damn conversative" and "****in liberal" shit. I'm agreeing with you on an issue here, and I'm pretty far left and into socialism. Stop labeling shit, it looks ignorant.""
labels turn the conversation into boredom real quick and know one wants to read that *****-footing; this is why Fox News and Rush Limbaugh exist. just confirm it with sassyquatch....


I agree with Ragnatoad that this story relies on the media to relay the message. ""Every time there is no clear 'purpose' of what the killer in these incidents might want to accomplish, I always wonder how big the role of the media is. I think milking a story like this one and making the killers of similar incidents into infamous folk figures is just giving possible killers an incentive to do it: fame. I feel like every time the media forget to take responsibility and claim 'they are just observing and reporting', but **** that. I'm a journalism student, but you don't have to be to realise how huge the impact of media, and especially visual media like television, can be.""

Yes, we completely glorify these homicidal figures on the news and yet there's no warning label at the end of the broadcast reminding the youth 'Getting hung would be in your best interest but for the greater good of the many, you'd be better off being euthanized and letting us harvest your still beating heart in your last few breathes.'
I can watch late night TV before I go to bed and 6 nights out of the week there are always homicide shows that either leave you with the message that either throw that "one-liner poseur affirmation quote" or the one guy that made them all think a lil bit that had his name recognized before he was sentenced. Does this make more people that think they have lost it all more likely to want to commit irrational behavior or would it be more powerful to be irrational and make a scene?

I think it'd be wise to make an example and strip a few rights from these individuals.

Alpha: as far as I know the guy was discouraged because he couldn't find the money to pay his student loans. I don't think metal support works that fast unless you're prone to social conformity.