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Old 05-18-2018, 04:25 PM   #16
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A good look at the issue from the National Review:


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Writing in 2015, Malcolm Gladwell wrote what I think is still the best explanation for modern American mass shootings, and it’s easily the least comforting. At the risk of oversimplifying a complex argument, essentially he argues that each mass shooting lowers the threshold for the next. He argues, we are in the midst of a slow-motion “riot” of mass shootings, with the Columbine shooting in many ways the key triggering event.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corne...t-explanation/
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Old 05-18-2018, 04:52 PM   #17
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Right after the Parkland shooting, Rush pointed out that the next shooter is already out there. He probably already has his gun. He may even already have his target.

Any dicussion to stop school shooting needs to start at this point.
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Old 05-18-2018, 05:00 PM   #18
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Back to the main topic: Bad luck Gus, the shooter has been identified as Dimitrios Pagourtzis.
Yeah, I know...his family must be from one of the Greek islands. The rest of us are the peace-loving sort...
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Old 05-18-2018, 05:06 PM   #19
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The rest of us are the peace-loving sort...

...said the Spartan to the Athenian.
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Old 05-18-2018, 05:11 PM   #20
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...said the Spartan to the Athenian.
Things have changed in the last couple-thousand years. Do you think Greece would be in today's shape if the old Spartans were still around?
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Old 05-18-2018, 05:34 PM   #21
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Somewhere we sure managed to phuck up our teenagers

I hated some of the other kids growing up. I had access to guns. Why didn’t I shoot anybody? Hell if I know.......
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Somewhere we sure managed to phuck up our teenagers

I hated some of the other kids growing up. I had access to guns. Why didn’t I shoot anybody? Hell if I know.......
This was one of your favorite things on TV to watch, hundreds of other good programs instead of today's garbage right?

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Our kids aren't safe on the street...nor in school. What a world we are living in...

world is the wrong word.
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world is the wrong word.
I almost used the "right" word...but I didn't want to offend.
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World pretty much covers it.
You obviously have no clue what goes on in a lot of S-Hole countries.

In spite of your opinion of us, we are far more civilized than much of the world, and the civilization many country enjoy today rare because of our sacrifices of men and treasure.
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Old 05-18-2018, 06:51 PM   #26
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World pretty much covers it.
You obviously have no clue what goes on in a lot of S-Hole countries.

In spite of your opinion of us, we are far more civilized than much of the world, and the civilization many country enjoy today rare because of our sacrifices of men and treasure.
'us' is far too generalised.
you need a chill pill and a nice lie down!
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World pretty much covers it.
You obviously have no clue what goes on in a lot of S-Hole countries.

In spite of your opinion of us, we are far more civilized than much of the world, and the civilization many country enjoy today rare because of our sacrifices of men and treasure.
I lived for 40 years in a large city where a sizable portion of the place was held hostage by a small percentage of the population...making it unsafe to walk the streets at night. This shouldn't happen in the strongest country of the world. If we are going to sacrifice our men and our resources for the "safety and security" of the rest of the world...shouldn't we save and secure our own country FIRST?
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World pretty much covers it.
You obviously have no clue what goes on in a lot of S-Hole countries.

In spite of your opinion of us, we are far more civilized than much of the world, and the civilization many country enjoy today rare because of our sacrifices of men and treasure.

Like in Iraq and Afghanistan you mean?


With a President who behaves like this "
Trump told Howard Stern he would have 'nailed' 'crazy' Princess Diana but only 'if she took an HIV test'
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Santa Fe High School: Up to 10 dead in shooting
What can you say?
Just another sick tragedy in gun happy USA.
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What can you say?
Just another sick tragedy in gun happy USA.
Yeah, because there were never mass killings on earth before guns came to be.
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