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Another mass shooting.....
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 RE: Another mass shooting.....
November 5, 2017 at 6:53 pm
(This post was last modified: November 5, 2017 at 6:53 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
I can't quantify these things. 27 dead people is horrific. 4 dead people is awful enough. 1 person shot dead brutally is awful enough. None of this should ever happen, but it does, because this is the kind of world we live in, depressingly.
 (November 5, 2017 at 6:53 pm)Hammy Wrote: I can't quantify these things. 27 dead people is horrific. 4 dead people is awful enough. 1 person shot dead brutally is awful enough. None of this should ever happen, but it does, because this is the kind of world we live in, depressingly. Most of the world does not have this scale of problem, thankfully.  (November 5, 2017 at 5:59 pm)Cyberman Wrote: When does this end? Realistically, never. Not sure the motive yet, but the Las Vegas shooting probably inspired the shooter somehow. Police couldn't stop that one. They might not have been able to stop him. I dunno. I'm rambling.
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RE: Another mass shooting.....
November 5, 2017 at 7:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 5, 2017 at 7:20 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Certainly most of the world doesn't have as much mass shooting.
(November 5, 2017 at 7:16 pm)c172 Wrote:(November 5, 2017 at 5:59 pm)Cyberman Wrote: When does this end? I think it will either end after a nuclear war that ends everything . . . or after a distant transhuman utopian future that solves everything worth solving. Basically I think eventually technology will make or break us and we certainly can't rely on the good of humanity, sadly. I can't imagine a political utopia, I think politics is always going to be bad. I think science is our only hope but depressingly it also gives us more powerful tools to kill each other. 
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Devin Kelley, New Braunfels. Kind of nearby. 45 mins or so?
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 (November 5, 2017 at 5:59 pm)Cyberman Wrote: When does this end? When 'Murrica gets serious about fucking gun control. IOW, never. But since the shooter was a white guy with a gun it is obviously too soon to talk about it. https://heavy.com/news/2017/11/devin-kel...ick-kelly/  (November 5, 2017 at 7:16 pm)c172 Wrote:(November 5, 2017 at 5:59 pm)Cyberman Wrote: When does this end? Also by coincidence, this shooting happened on the 8th anniversary of the Fort Hood shooting. Just on the news: The shooter is a 26 year old white man by the name of Devin Patrick Kelly. Thought it was also said that he may be a veteran.
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Not confirming he's a veteran yet, but it's assumed at this point.
14-year old daughter of pastor first to be named dead.
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In 'Murrica, every day is the anniversary of some shooting. That's one of the disadvantages of living here.
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