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Post by cliffs on Aug 14, 2019 12:32:12 GMT
If it is video games, then why does Korea and Japan, let's add China, not have mass murders by the boatload? They have many more video gamers than we do per capita.
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Post by ray on Aug 14, 2019 13:28:42 GMT
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Post by gregfordyce on Aug 15, 2019 13:34:41 GMT
From this Story: "“If the El Paso shooter had been a Muslim,” Bayoumi wrote in the British Guardian newspaper on August 6, US President Donald Trump “would be lobbing accusations such as ‘Islam hates us’ in the direction of Muslims and not lecturing the public about video games.” Bayoumi was referring to the double standards that define much of western official and media discourses regarding violence. When the alleged perpetrator of violence is a Muslim, then the case becomes a matter of national security and is categorically dealt with as an act of terrorism. When the perpetrator is a white male, however, it is a whole different story. On August 3, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius carried out a mass shooting in a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, killing 22 innocent people. Neither US authorities nor media used the term “terrorism” in describing the heinous act. Instead, the Justice Department is “seriously considering” bringing federal hate crime charges against the killer, CNN reported. On the other hand, Trump reasoned that “mental illness and hatred pull the trigger, not the gun,” in another attempt at whitewashing violent crimes by white individuals. The “mental illness” explanation, in particular, has served as the convenient rationale for all similar violence. For example, when 28-year-old Ilan Long opened fire on college students in Thousand Oaks, California, in November 2018, killing 12 people, Trump offered this logic. “He was a very, very mentally ill person,” he said, referring to Long. “He’s a very sick — well, it’s a mental health problem. He is a very sick puppy. He was a very, very sick guy." The mental illness argument was infused repeatedly, including last March, when Brenton Tarrant opened fire on Muslim worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 51 people. “I think it’s a small group of people that have very, very serious mental problems,” Trump said of Tarrant’s anti-Muslim terrorist attack. Compare this to Trump’s response to the killing of 14 people in San Bernardino, California, which was blamed on two Muslims. Trump immediately assigned the word “terrorism” to the violent act, while calling for a “total and complete shutdown” of the entry of Muslims to the United States, “until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on”. |
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Post by boffo on Aug 21, 2019 20:02:03 GMT
In just over a week I'll be going on a two week long road trip of the US(Route 66 primarily). Now I'm trying to put together a checklist of the places we should avoid if we want to minimize our chances of being shot. Off the top of my head I've got schools, Wal-Mart, churches, nightclubs, movie theatres, outdoor festivals, Chicago. I'm sure I've missed many. My wife likes zoos. Zoos have seemed safe up until now, right?
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Post by paulus on Aug 21, 2019 20:28:37 GMT
Shooting ranges and gun fairs are fun and safe!
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Post by cliffs on Aug 21, 2019 21:28:55 GMT
Deserts.
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Post by boffo on Aug 21, 2019 22:13:30 GMT
We should avoid them or they're probably safe? |
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Post by paulus on Aug 21, 2019 22:31:41 GMT
Totally safe. Unless you or your wife are called Vinny, in which case it looks a bit sketchy.  Oh you mean deserts..... |
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Post by cliffs on Aug 22, 2019 1:40:47 GMT
We should avoid them or they're probably safe? Said tongue in cheek seeing as Rt 66 crosses much desert. As much I like desserts paulus, that cake sucks. |
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Post by karma4u on Sept 1, 2019 0:25:50 GMT
And another one, this is just insane.
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Post by cliffs on Sept 1, 2019 0:40:44 GMT
But mental institutions are the answer.
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Post by karma4u on Sept 1, 2019 0:53:46 GMT
Hey, it's not a matter of "if" anymore, it's a matter of "when"........SMFH
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Post by paulus on Sept 1, 2019 2:08:54 GMT
I agree with cliffs, it's high time that you start locking up any white men that look or act a bit funny or weird or something. It's not the gun pulling those gun triggers, it's the gun trigger pulling triggered young gun on the end of the gun. A lot of good profit in mental institutions. I mean it's time to really help these men and fix this problem. It's all about the insanity, that's what's most important here.
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Post by karma4u on Sept 1, 2019 3:02:00 GMT
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Post by cliffs on Sept 1, 2019 11:48:28 GMT
He sees no need for gun control as his State has ZERO mass shootings. Look at this link for where they all occur, look at New Hampshire up in the right hand corner (for all those who failed geography) rockinst.org/gun-violence/mass-shootings-by-region/Only 3 States have ZERO shootings, all in the same region of the USA. |
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