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Va Tech Shooting

I'm a computer artist with Photoshop version CS2 and I want Photoshop version CS3, because my competitors have Photoshop CS3. Weapons are no different from any other technology. Things get updated and changed. Competition leads to change.

I understand the cultural things you bring up about guns in the UK, but, darn, whoever does have a gun there will sure be powerful- hope it's not someone evil. Your government is getting bigger everyday, with its ban on knives and its recent establishment of a National ID card. I hope you guys aren't too pacified and stupified (not to mention unarmed) to fight back when the time is right.
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Vigil antism FTL - seriously, if a government wants do somthing, having a gun won't make much difference :/ Having a vote might.
 
ninetales1234 said:
I can't stand it. I watch news on TV often, and now it seems that the media are covering this one issue and ignoring a lot of other things that are going on right now. What a waste.
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I personally believe this has been the situation ever since we went into Iraq.

They wouldn't shut up about Kobe with the young girl (R. Kelly as well)
They wouldn't shut up about Michael Jackson's trial
They definately didn't want to shut up about Anna Nicole Smith's death, her son's death, and this DNA test for her daughter.

And, obviously, they probably won't shut up about this as well for about another week or two (or less, assuming this new Johnson Space Center Issue is going to take it's place).

In other words, anything to get our mind off the war
 
LionheartEX said:
really, guys, lets not go off the handle with another debate here

my condolences to everyone involved in this tragedy- watching it on the news here was a huge shock.
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I agree...I'm gonna stop debating, simply because too many good topics get off-topic and locked because someone debates with Marril, and both go on and on, even if both just end up being wrong (i.e., that Pokemon PC game topic)...
 
Poliwag92 said:
Well the space center makes more sense since it's the 8th anniversary of Columbine.
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Huh?

How does anything like this 'make sense'...especially given that the person involved in the Houston incident is supposedly a 50 or so y/o male contract employee? What does that have to do with Columbine? =/

'mom
 
SD PokéMom said:
Huh?

How does anything like this 'make sense'...especially given that the person involved in the Houston incident is supposedly a 50 or so y/o male contract employee? What does that have to do with Columbine? =/

'mom
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Um, they wanted something bad to happen on the same day of the year as Columbine?
 
evil psyduck said:
How can it be a copycat of the VT shooting? That makes no sense. The space one was comitted by a guy that got fired from his job.
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No that's not what I mean. See people see how much publicity a guy got from shooting people then killing themselves. Well some other guy who is depressed and has nothing and is possibly suicidal may see the incident and repeat it themselves.
 
by copycat I don't me exact same thing I mean that the reason the space center thing happen was due to the VA tech shooting. If the VA tech shooting had not occured then the Space center shooting would not have happened
 
Absoltrainer said:
by copycat I don't me exact same thing I mean that the reason the space center thing happen was due to the VA tech shooting. If the VA tech shooting had not occured then the Space center shooting would not have happened
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Sorry, but unless you are a mind reader, you can NOT state that as a 'fact'...especially as reports are saying the Houston shooter had been fired from his job. Your opinion, sure...but you cannot say one definitively lead to the other.

'mom
 
IF everyone carried a gun, I don't see there being any crime at all.

Guy walks into a bank, fires an SMG at the roof, says get down, gets shot several times by different people.

Guy brakes into your house with a gun, he get's shot several times.
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Or, you know, you just get close to someone you don't like and shoot him point-blank. You get a bunch of your friends together and ventilate a couple of other guys. You break into someone's house quietly and shoot him before he can get his own gun.

If everyone carried a gun, petty violence would simply be a lot worse. There wouldn't be less crime; criminals would simply adapt to the situation. Just carrying a gun doesn't make you any safer. In fact, it can make you less safe.

Vigilantism FTL - seriously, if a government wants do somthing, having a gun won't make much difference :/
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If the army truly went hardcore on the American citizenship, no amount of guns owned by regular people would be enough. Last I checked, the armed forces have the capacity to roll tanks into bad situations, or call in air strikes, or any number of other fun options available only to the military. Would they? Probably not. It's about as likely as the government ever going tyrannical.

With the capacities of the American military, Tiananmen Square could be made to look downright peaceful.

too many good topics get off-topic and locked because someone debates with Marril,
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There needs to be a smirking smiley. I guess this one will have to do: :wink:

I don't intentionally ruin topics. I simply choose to either represent viewpoints that go woefully under-represented (usually I'm the voice of the left) or attempt to stem the spread of drastically biased or sometimes even false information.
 
Marril said:
If the army truly went hardcore on the American citizenship, no amount of guns owned by regular people would be enough. Last I checked, the armed forces have the capacity to roll tanks into bad situations, or call in air strikes, or any number of other fun options available only to the military. Would they? Probably not. It's about as likely as the government ever going tyrannical.

With the capacities of the American military, Tiananmen Square could be made to look downright peaceful.
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So ture.
 
Marril said:
If the army truly went hardcore on the American citizenship, no amount of guns owned by regular people would be enough. Last I checked, the armed forces have the capacity to roll tanks into bad situations, or call in air strikes, or any number of other fun options available only to the military. Would they? Probably not. It's about as likely as the government ever going tyrannical.

With the capacities of the American military, Tiananmen Square could be made to look downright peaceful.
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100% agreed
 
Send In The Clowns

In the aftermath of those terrible shootings at Virginia Tech, I found myself feeling numb. And this madman is only a minor symptom. The problems we face are HUGE.

No government (circus) will make our lives whole or joyful. None of the characters we watch on TV, or read about in the news (clowns), will make sense of it all. We're "chasing the wind" if we put our faith in mankind's goodness or ingenuity, aren't we?

"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good." -- Romans 12:9

SEND IN THE CLOWNS
Coach Dave Daubenmire

Circus -- a troupe of performers, esp. a traveling troupe, that presents such entertainments, together with officials, other employees, and the company's performing animals, traveling wagons, tents, cages, and equipment.

Clowns -- "Clowns can be seen just about anywhere, doing just about anything. What ties all clowns together is a keen sense of the absurd, and a willingness to perform."

I always loved to go to the circus. There was an excitement in the pageantry "under the big top." The action was daring and quick, designed to keep you on the edge of your seat. From the acrobats, to the animals, the circus was a perfect respite from the pressures of life.

The three-ring circus was the best. It was orchestrated with three different areas of action so that the patrons could move from one exciting show to another without missing a beat. While the scenery in one ring was being rigged, our focus bounced to another stage where the performers quickly collected our attention. It was a fast moving, highly captivating experience.

And what would a circus be without the clowns? The purpose of the clowns was to distract the viewer from the rapidly-changing scenery. If, perchance, an animal were to attack his trainer, or the man on the flying trapeze were to miss his grip, the ringmaster would "send in the clowns." The job of the clowns was to direct your attention away from the tragedy that was unfolding.

Life in America is becoming a circus. Tragedy is everywhere. And in a time when we need some serious answers, they are sending us the clowns. Like a room full of elementary-school boys, our leaders are praying that we all have ADHD. Send in the clowns. Watch and listen as they do their antics and distract us from all directions.

We will grow weary, they know, of asking for answers. Everything will be fine, our television tells us. The clowns are in control.

Why is it that we are no longer laughing?

Where are America’s leaders? No, not the ones you are thinking of, the ones being force-fed to you by the alphabet networks. They are the clowns, or at least part of the traveling troupe: Jackson, Sharpton, Newt, Giuliani, Obama, Hillary, Hannity, O’Reilly, Limbaugh, Pelosi, and Bush, are just a few of the jesters sent to distract us from the main event. From Natalie Holloway to Imus, Anna Nicole to Britney, they distract us from the real problems that we face.

My wife and I have a daughter who is a freshman in college. I can’t imagine the grief the parents of the Virginia Tech victims must be enduring. As can be expected the hue and cry for answers will cascade over the airwaves as the clowns are paraded before us to distract us from the real answers. And what will the clowns tell us?

"We need gun control. More tolerance. Fire the president. More metal detectors" ...ad infinitum.

Like Hans Brinker, the clowns dance around and suggest ways to stick our thumbs in the dam, holding back the deluge until America springs another leak, at which time they will direct us to another hole in need of another thumb. All the while the dam is ready to burst.

What a perfect time for the church to be the church. But let’s be honest. Our church leadership is the ones with the biggest thumbs.

America doesn’t need more gun control, we need moral control. Please Lord, send us men who will say that!

Instead we get the clowns. Those who will direct us away from the real problem facing society, sin, to a false solution of purpose and prosperity. America is soul sick, and our leaders refuse to call for radical surgery on the heart.

I was reading a story yesterday about the slaughter in Virginia and I was struck by one small throw-away sentence so common in stories like this. "School officials say counselors and ministers will be available to aid the grieving."

Here come the thumbs. Send in the clowns. I always find it ironic that when tragedy strikes, our schools "officials" are quick to call upon the "ministers" -- those with large thumbs -- to come and help deal with the aftermath of the carnage. Those same "ministers" who were not allowed in school to prevent the death, are now invited to school to explain the death.

And what is the message the "officials" send? That religion is only important AFTER one is dead.

Thirty-two children are dead, killed not by a gun, but by a young man with rot in his soul. On what can we blame his blatant intolerance?

"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." -- Teddy Roosevelt.

"Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education. The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effectual means of extirpating [removing] Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools." -- Benjamin Rush

"For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." -- Proverbs 23:7

Education is a heart issue. We have made it a head issue.

Here is a simple thought. Wasn’t America a better place when we taught Christian values to all of our children?

In 1962, the courts stripped God from education. In 1963, they removed His Word. We have been plugging leaks in America ever since.

How many more children will die, how many more parents will weep, how many more laws will we pass in an attempt to control the heart of a man?

Let’s face it. America is immersed in a culture of death. No amount of legislation or education will change that. The dam is about to break.

America is looking for answers. The Gospel is our only chance. We must teach it to our young. Why won’t somebody say it? Don’t we love our children?

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...

I’m tired of the clowns. All they do is make my thumbs sore.

Send in the King!
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"Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" "The most important one" answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." -- Mark 12:28-31
 
I'm sorry, but as a non-Christian parent I am DEEPLY offended by the statements "Wasn’t America a better place when we taught Christian values to all of our children?" and "Don't we love our children"...as IF morals and values are ONLY held by Christians, or only 'right' if from a Judeo-Christian tradition!

How DARE you assume that non-Christian morals are 1) 'wrong' and 2) the 'cause' of everything wrong with this country? For all we know the the VA shooter was Christian, as Korea is one of the most highly Christianized countries in Asia!

'mom :mad:
 
I GUARANTEE that Cho was not a Christian.

...How dare YOU??

I was wondering if you might be offended, because I noticed your Buddhist chants at the end of several of these posts. But that's not neither here, nor there. America needs to find its moral footing, and Christianity does have some "history" in this country.

NON-Religion is the cause of everything wrong with this country.

But maybe you'd prefer the direction we're currently going, eh?

I choose Jesus! DEAL WITH IT.
 
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