Time for yet another "Mass Shooting" thread

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by argentine soccer fan, Jan 11, 2015.

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  1. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I know, cowardly UEFA they should have kicked England out of the Euros.
     
  2. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Fortunately for Dems, America is never healthy & scandal-free when Republicans get a hold of things.
     
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  3. KCFutbol

    KCFutbol Moderator
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    Jun 14, 2001
    Overland Park, KS
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    A high school classmate of mine, and friend of Mrs. KCFutbol and her sister, went to Australia after graduating college. Australia was offering a two year contract to lure teacher. She went there, found a fella’, got married, and has been there ever since.

    She taught high school in Grafton, NSW. I haven’t had a chance to contact her and see if she taught the shooter. Teaching in Grafton was quite an experience. She was physically assaulted (punched) on two occasions. Sounds like a rather rough and tumble town.
     
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  4. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is this tripling down, or quadrupling down? I'm not sure if the progression goes by multiplication or addition.
     
  5. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Yeah, a salt-of-the-earth place, according to my Aussie coworker. Although he used a less polite term.
     
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  6. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    So this was merely a case of economic anxiety?
     
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  7. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    ftfy
     
  8. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I've lost count of what they say, so I can't even make the call at this point.
     
  9. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Unfortunately for Dems they suck at taking advantage of that
     
  10. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fibonacci sequence
     
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  11. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    What's the point? Might as well humiliate them on the field. It's not like they are a threat to win it. ;)
     
  12. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    An unforeseen aspect of a mass shooting is how to deal with the kids

    No way was I letting them watch the rolling TV coverage,

    We had to hide the saturday morning front section of the paper.

    Social media for us was not to bad as the kids german friends were not sharing cray

    But kids at school in the lockdown were directly plugged into to wild info on social - i looked at Twitter myself and thank god i am no longer on FB

    Very hard for teachers and parents to cope with irresponsible media and social platforms
     
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  13. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    ...and now imagine violence as a regular thing that nobody bothers to bat an eye at.
     
  14. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    3 dead in Utrecht. The suspect is Turkish.
     
  15. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Olympia
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Thoughts and prayers
     
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  16. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    No cute baby pic in the British tabloids coming
     
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  17. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Students HIT her?
    Three words come to mind... Held Without Bond
     
  18. KCFutbol

    KCFutbol Moderator
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    Jun 14, 2001
    Overland Park, KS
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes, hit her. She's now retired and glad to get out of that environment.

    Grafton sound like it's a real $@!#hole. To paraphrase our moronic President.
     
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  19. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    That was the word my Aussie workmate used. Think of Trumplandia, moved halfway across the world -- rural white lads with an intense dislike of big-city ways, and a liking of politicians who "tell it like it is." That would be Grafton.
     
  20. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Does anybody have insight into the flyover mindset? Why do some of them feel their needs are different from those who live in the large metro areas?
     
  21. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bruh, they were white students,so no.
     
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  22. KCFutbol

    KCFutbol Moderator
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    Jun 14, 2001
    Overland Park, KS
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not surprisingly, neither of her two children stayed in Grafton after graduating from Uni.
     
  23. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's a toxic mix of planter/rancher ownership mentality,fear of difference (not restricted to race),misplaced pride,and small penis size.
     
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  24. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was brutally honest with my daughter about Sandy Hook when she was in kindergarten and continue to be. To me, any other tack is dishonest. Kids can handle bad shit.
     
  25. KensingtonSC

    KensingtonSC Still Lazy After All These Years

    FC Vaduz / Philadelphia Union
    Jan 7, 2010
    Andalusia, PA
    Club:
    FC Vaduz
    As a father of two young children, I dread the day when I have to explain things like this to them, but I do know that I will approach it with the sense that while, yes, awful things like this sometimes do happen, the world is more than what we are shown on TV or read about online. Things like this are done to frighten people, for one reason or another, and the best thing to do is try to live the best life you can live, and live it without fear because when you live your life in fear the bad people win. Or something like that.
     

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