Jive Turkey
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So i understand why you'd want him to commit "hari kari"
Pretty sure this refers specifically to disemboweling yourself with a sword
So i understand why you'd want him to commit "hari kari"
Just my speculation, but it seems highly unlikely the 26-year-old brother did all this by himself without any outside guidance. I doubt the younger one has much information, but hopefully he has some.
Pretty sure this refers specifically to disemboweling yourself with a sword
You know what they really are, right?
They're Caucasians.
I don't mean to say that those people who have been shot dead in an isolated event deserved it or something, but overall it should be no surprise that an act of terrorism is a much bigger deal.
Jive Turkey said:Pretty sure this refers specifically to disemboweling yourself with a sword
Logically that makes sense, but it's maddening. We should care as much. We can take extreme measures to try and prevent terrorism, but we can't take common sense measures to try and prevent even one domestic massacre?
what about kids going to school?? or going to the cinema??
Since 9/11, there has been one - one - terrorist act on U.S. soil, while there were seven mass shootings in 2012 alone. That's not even mentioning the hundreds of thousands of gun deaths since 2001.
So acts of terrorism are really the "isolated" events, while gun violence is an unfortunate and sad daily reality that Americans everywhere have to live with.
I laughed at this.
There will be universal background checks for pressure cookers after this week's events before any meaningful gun laws in the U.S.
Thank you. I'm not sure everyone got it, but I figured if you read it, you'd be one of the few.
And certainly no pressure cookers on airplanes.
"but they're not white, they're Muslins."
I actually made a similar joke when I got to work, and one of the kids here said "but they're not white, they're Muslins." My IQ immediately dropped 10 points.
Not sure how I got quoted there...
You also fail to mention that these types of events get a lot of attention worldwide just for the sole fact that they happen in the US.Since 9/11, there has been one - one - terrorist act on U.S. soil, while there were seven mass shootings in 2012 alone. That's not even mentioning the hundreds of thousands of gun deaths since 2001.
So acts of terrorism are really the "isolated" events, while gun violence is an unfortunate and sad daily reality that Americans everywhere have to live with.
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I'm including mass shootings in the whole bunch. Newtown, Fort Hood, etc.
To me, terrorism is something that is intended or achieves making you fear living a normal life. I think mass shootings are certainly included. You know... parents now fear sending their kids to school. People now fear the Boston Marathon. etc. etc.
How in the hell was James Holmes (aka the Aurora shooter) not a "terrorist"?
He is the epitome of a terrorist.
56 people were killed in bombings in Iraq the very same day of the Boston shooting.
Pretty sure this refers specifically to disemboweling yourself with a sword
I actually made a similar joke when I got to work, and one of the kids here said "but they're not white, they're Muslins." My IQ immediately dropped 10 points.
I really hope they caught the right suspect.
http://twitter.com/peterogburn/status/325404302711607297/photo/1
Terror has a political agenda / motive.
The Dark Knight movie shooting and Sandyhook were not terror.
I have had ex-girlfriends terrorize me, they were not terrorists.