Orlando shooting/The non gun debate

[Brian37]

I've lived in Orlando all my life, and I can't decide if I'm just numb or disaffected. I know what most of you would say, but after 9/11 I did feel the impact of those events. even the Oklahoma city bombing felt different. This happened less than 10 mins from my church and honestly it feels like another news story. I am not suprise at the reaction or scale of reaction from the surrounding communities and the well wishing across the world, but again it's what you kinda expect from a 'news story of this type and scale.

And, before the haters say that I was rooting for the shooter or I think those people got what they deserve, I don't. It is a really bad thing for any one to shoot up a crowd of people period.

I'm not the only one here who thinks this way. Most people I've spoken who live here, have a similar view, in that it was a terrible thing, but like me tend to see this as another news story. I've even asked others what it had been disney or one of the other parks, and the reaction does indeed change at the thought of little children being caught in the cross fire, but this is all very different. Maybe it is because of the speed and willingness the news and politicians are willing to use this event to cash in or spread their views. (Like how quickly the other orlando thread turned into a gun debate) Idk..

So Im posting this to see what you all honestly feel. is this just another news item tailor made for the up comming election or is there/should their be a 9-11 feel to this?

"The non gun debate" 

Nope sorry, but as empathetic as you'd like to thing you are. This is the problem with our species, and part of this is your refusal to see life as it is. There is no polite way to say it IS about religion and it IS about weapons.

Just today, I was at my mom's retirement home. Looks from the outside like a two level 5 star hotel. It has a drive through overhang like a fancy hotel, so people don't get wet in bad weather dropping their parents off. It also has a wide long covered porch, which where the overhang meets the building, is perfect for a small bird to build a nest.

Well my mom moved in there almost 6 years ago, and at the first year, some birds figured out a nook they could make underneath the porch. Perfect place to build a nest, no enemies to contend with. The same family of birds comes back every year to use the same spot. But, sometimes that gets disrupted.

This morning while outside, I was saying hi to the parents, but it just so happened at the same time they were trying to train their babies to fly. Not a good idea to wave at them. They dive bombed me. Why did they do that? Not because I had ill intent, but because that is what life does. 

The problem isn't your intent. With humans, it is bad logic. The bird has an excuse, you don't. You don't protect your claims because you are right, anymore that that bird assumed I was dangerous. It did so because that it didn't know better. Just like you have been sold the idea of a god existing so long, the thought of being wrong  is foreign to you. Just like that bird didn't know I wasn't out to hurt it.

You are not resisting us because you are right. You are resisting us because you've been sold a script so long the thought of being wrong scares you. Just like that parent bird went after me. It didn't know better. I hope you are smarter than a bird.