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Posted by: A Lemur Monkey
While I agree that it is a terrible thing that happened, and my heart goes out to the victims' families, I think it is being a bit overhyped.

The media is calling it a national tragedy, a total of 28 dead (including the shooter and his mother)and it is suddenly a tragedy. Yes, a 22 of whom were children, but it still doesn't make it a tragedy.

And then Obama addresses the situation, gets a little teary and the media calls it "breaking down". First of all, he kept talking, after a few pauses, but he kept talking. He RUBBED HIS EYES a few times and the media calls it "bursting into tears"

I hate the media, I really do, they overhype everything they get their hands on. Yeah, its a very bad thing that happened, its terrible. But it is NOT a tragedy, I am sorry.
I think that is Just US media. The BBC commented on it by just saying he was "moved"

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Posted by: Sergeant omega

Posted by: A Deaf Boy

Posted by: A Lemur Monkey
While I agree that it is a terrible thing that happened, and my heart goes out to the victims' families, I think it is being a bit overhyped.

The media is calling it a national tragedy, a total of 28 dead (including the shooter and his mother)and it is suddenly a tragedy. Yes, a 22 of whom were children, but it still doesn't make it a tragedy.

And then Obama addresses the situation, gets a little teary and the media calls it "breaking down". First of all, he kept talking, after a few pauses, but he kept talking. He RUBBED HIS EYES a few times and the media calls it "bursting into tears"

I hate the media, I really do, they overhype everything they get their hands on. Yeah, its a very bad thing that happened, its terrible. But it is NOT a tragedy, I am sorry.

While the media does over exaggerate at times, this is without a doubt, a tragedy. To say otherwise is wrong. It's not even subjective. And this is by no means overhyped. At all. There hasn't been a shooting like this that I can remember. Ever.
V Tech. Breveik.

V tech was a college. While tragic, this is children we are talking about right now. It's just a whole new level of wrong and tragedy. What happened in Norway was also horrific, and that got a lot of press too. Granted, that was Norway. It's a different country and thus only so much will get reported since we aren't there.

  • 12.14.2012 6:27 PM PDT


Posted by: Sergeant omega

Posted by: A Deaf Boy

Posted by: A Lemur Monkey
While I agree that it is a terrible thing that happened, and my heart goes out to the victims' families, I think it is being a bit overhyped.

The media is calling it a national tragedy, a total of 28 dead (including the shooter and his mother)and it is suddenly a tragedy. Yes, a 22 of whom were children, but it still doesn't make it a tragedy.

And then Obama addresses the situation, gets a little teary and the media calls it "breaking down". First of all, he kept talking, after a few pauses, but he kept talking. He RUBBED HIS EYES a few times and the media calls it "bursting into tears"

I hate the media, I really do, they overhype everything they get their hands on. Yeah, its a very bad thing that happened, its terrible. But it is NOT a tragedy, I am sorry.

While the media does over exaggerate at times, this is without a doubt, a tragedy. To say otherwise is wrong. It's not even subjective. And this is by no means overhyped. At all. There hasn't been a shooting like this that I can remember. Ever.
V Tech. Breveik.

Columbine. Texas Tower (though that's due to my studying I wasn't alive for that one)

  • 12.14.2012 6:28 PM PDT

No matter how you view the Second Amendment, take a moment and just think about what occurred today. Think about how dozens of families, instead of celebrating Christmas with their family, instead have to purchase caskets and tombstones for their young children. I support our rights to bear arms, but something has to change. How many gun sales go through without background checks of any sort? Leave the issue of gun laws untouched for one day and just acknowledge the lives that were prematurely taken.

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Posted by: A Deaf Boy

Posted by: A Lemur Monkey
While I agree that it is a terrible thing that happened, and my heart goes out to the victims' families, I think it is being a bit overhyped.

The media is calling it a national tragedy, a total of 28 dead (including the shooter and his mother)and it is suddenly a tragedy. Yes, a 22 of whom were children, but it still doesn't make it a tragedy.

And then Obama addresses the situation, gets a little teary and the media calls it "breaking down". First of all, he kept talking, after a few pauses, but he kept talking. He RUBBED HIS EYES a few times and the media calls it "bursting into tears"

I hate the media, I really do, they overhype everything they get their hands on. Yeah, its a very bad thing that happened, its terrible. But it is NOT a tragedy, I am sorry.

While the media does over exaggerate at times, this is without a doubt, a tragedy. To say otherwise is wrong. It's not even subjective. And this is by no means overhyped. At all. There hasn't been a shooting like this that I can remember. Ever.


Lets take a look at this... America has a population of 313 million (aprox.) A total of 28 people died. That isn't even a percent of our population. Saying this is a tragedy is like saying the theater shooting was a tragedy. Yes, they were children, yes it is sad, yes the country should recognize what happened, but it is still not a tragedy. I am sorry if I sound heartless, but that is how I think it is.

  • 12.14.2012 6:30 PM PDT


Posted by: A Lemur Monkey

Posted by: A Deaf Boy

Posted by: A Lemur Monkey
While I agree that it is a terrible thing that happened, and my heart goes out to the victims' families, I think it is being a bit overhyped.

The media is calling it a national tragedy, a total of 28 dead (including the shooter and his mother)and it is suddenly a tragedy. Yes, a 22 of whom were children, but it still doesn't make it a tragedy.

And then Obama addresses the situation, gets a little teary and the media calls it "breaking down". First of all, he kept talking, after a few pauses, but he kept talking. He RUBBED HIS EYES a few times and the media calls it "bursting into tears"

I hate the media, I really do, they overhype everything they get their hands on. Yeah, its a very bad thing that happened, its terrible. But it is NOT a tragedy, I am sorry.

While the media does over exaggerate at times, this is without a doubt, a tragedy. To say otherwise is wrong. It's not even subjective. And this is by no means overhyped. At all. There hasn't been a shooting like this that I can remember. Ever.


Lets take a look at this... America has a population of 313 million (aprox.) A total of 28 people died. That isn't even a percent of our population. Saying this is a tragedy is like saying the theater shooting was a tragedy. Yes, they were children, yes it is sad, yes the country should recognize what happened, but it is still not a tragedy. I am sorry if I sound heartless, but that is how I think it is.

So a tragedy in your mind should be determined by the number of lives taken? If your mom died today, would you be saying those words? These are CHILDREN that were murdered in a school, a place of safety and learning. You downplay this way too much and it really is disrespectful to those involved.

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Posted by: A Lemur Monkey

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Posted by: A Lemur Monkey
While I agree that it is a terrible thing that happened, and my heart goes out to the victims' families, I think it is being a bit overhyped.

The media is calling it a national tragedy, a total of 28 dead (including the shooter and his mother)and it is suddenly a tragedy. Yes, a 22 of whom were children, but it still doesn't make it a tragedy.

And then Obama addresses the situation, gets a little teary and the media calls it "breaking down". First of all, he kept talking, after a few pauses, but he kept talking. He RUBBED HIS EYES a few times and the media calls it "bursting into tears"

I hate the media, I really do, they overhype everything they get their hands on. Yeah, its a very bad thing that happened, its terrible. But it is NOT a tragedy, I am sorry.

While the media does over exaggerate at times, this is without a doubt, a tragedy. To say otherwise is wrong. It's not even subjective. And this is by no means overhyped. At all. There hasn't been a shooting like this that I can remember. Ever.


Lets take a look at this... America has a population of 313 million (aprox.) A total of 28 people died. That isn't even a percent of our population. Saying this is a tragedy is like saying the theater shooting was a tragedy. Yes, they were children, yes it is sad, yes the country should recognize what happened, but it is still not a tragedy. I am sorry if I sound heartless, but that is how I think it is.

What? That makes zero sense. You can't compare the death toll to the total population when determining if the incident is a tragedy? That's completely absurd!

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We have to understand that there was literally nothing that could of been done to stop this. Unless you want to go ahead and heavily arm and defend every public facility in America, or could of predicted this way ahead of time, then the tradgedy still would of happened.

Even in the teachers present had a gun and could of killed the man ASAP, it still wouldn't be in time to save all of the children. No matter what someone would still have died.

I just don't understand what poccesses a human to do or even think of such a thing. To straight out and go end your life is one thing, but taking the lives of innocent children is, i don't know. I can't think of anything to describe it.

  • 12.14.2012 6:35 PM PDT


Posted by: Halfa55al
We have to understand that there was literally nothing that could of been done to stop this. Unless you want to go ahead and heavily arm and defend every public facility in America, or could of predicted this way ahead of time, then the tradgedy still would of happened.

Even in the teachers present had a gun and could of killed the man ASAP, it still wouldn't be in time to save all of the children. No matter what someone would still have died.

I just don't understand what poccesses a human to do or even think of such a thing. To straight out and go end your life is one thing, but taking the lives of innocent children is, i don't know. I can't think of anything to describe it.


Something HAS to be done. More than 40% of gun sales are done without any type of background check whatsoever. How many massacres have we seen happen in the past year? Does this not open peoples' eyes? Yet people still blindly defend the second amendment. I support the second amendment, but something HAS TO BE DONE.

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Posted by: A Lemur Monkey

Posted by: A Deaf Boy

Posted by: A Lemur Monkey
While I agree that it is a terrible thing that happened, and my heart goes out to the victims' families, I think it is being a bit overhyped.

The media is calling it a national tragedy, a total of 28 dead (including the shooter and his mother)and it is suddenly a tragedy. Yes, a 22 of whom were children, but it still doesn't make it a tragedy.

And then Obama addresses the situation, gets a little teary and the media calls it "breaking down". First of all, he kept talking, after a few pauses, but he kept talking. He RUBBED HIS EYES a few times and the media calls it "bursting into tears"

I hate the media, I really do, they overhype everything they get their hands on. Yeah, its a very bad thing that happened, its terrible. But it is NOT a tragedy, I am sorry.

While the media does over exaggerate at times, this is without a doubt, a tragedy. To say otherwise is wrong. It's not even subjective. And this is by no means overhyped. At all. There hasn't been a shooting like this that I can remember. Ever.


Lets take a look at this... America has a population of 313 million (aprox.) A total of 28 people died. That isn't even a percent of our population. Saying this is a tragedy is like saying the theater shooting was a tragedy. Yes, they were children, yes it is sad, yes the country should recognize what happened, but it is still not a tragedy. I am sorry if I sound heartless, but that is how I think it is.

So a tragedy in your mind should be determined by the number of lives taken? If your mom died today, would you be saying those words? These are CHILDREN that were murdered in a school, a place of safety and learning. You downplay this way too much and it really is disrespectful to those involved.


Yes, I am using death tolls to judge tragedies. Let me say this, 9/11 was a tragedy, okay? Lets compare this event to 9/11. I could argue that calling this a tragedy is disrespectful to the victims of 9/11.

It is a truly terrible thing that happened today. We can only be happy that the victims did not suffer, but their families will.

Don't get me wrong, I think it is a great loss. But worse things have happened, even in schools. See "Bath Massacre".
The media did not call it a tragedy. In my eyes, this is just another school shooting, and that there will be more, and there will be worse ones. History repeats itself.

Yes, it was awful what happened, it is even worse that they were mostly children, it is even worse that nobody saw it coming.

  • 12.14.2012 6:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: Halfa55al
We have to understand that there was literally nothing that could of been done to stop this. Unless you want to go ahead and heavily arm and defend every public facility in America, or could of predicted this way ahead of time, then the tradgedy still would of happened.

Even in the teachers present had a gun and could of killed the man ASAP, it still wouldn't be in time to save all of the children. No matter what someone would still have died.

I just don't understand what poccesses a human to do or even think of such a thing. To straight out and go end your life is one thing, but taking the lives of innocent children is, i don't know. I can't think of anything to describe it.


Something HAS to be done. More than 40% of gun sales are done without any type of background check whatsoever. How many massacres have we seen happen in the past year? Does this not open peoples' eyes? Yet people still blindly defend the second amendment. I support the second amendment, but something HAS TO BE DONE.
Can you give me a citation for that statistic without quoting the Brady Campaign?

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Posted by: Elfionnio11
I don't understand why American let's people own a gun and carry it round it's madness as you know you could easily piss off the wrong person and face the maximum punishment for it.


Oh look, another on who doesn't comprehend the criminal mind.

Look bub, if a criminal wants a gun, he'll get a gun whether or not they are legal or not.

I know what you mean but if someone snaps (and you know this does happen) if there is a gun in there pocket it will be a whole lot easier. Also it's usually better to make it harder for criminals


You pick up 100 things a day that make 'killing easier'.

Take away the guns and we'll stab each other. Take away the knives and we'll beat each other to death. Blame the people and violence, not the weapons.

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Posted by: A Lemur Monkey

Yes, I am using death tolls to judge tragedies. Let me say this, 9/11 was a tragedy, okay? Lets compare this event to 9/11. I could argue that calling this a tragedy is disrespectful to the victims of 9/11.

Yes, we wouldn't want people to throw around the word 'tragedy' too much.

Who cares that examples in my dictionary are'It's was a great tragedy that she died so young' and 'Their holiday ended in tragedy when their hotel caught fire'. Obviously they should take 9/11 into consideration and compare all bad events forever afterwards to that one day.

20 kids getting gunned down isn't a tragedy to you, but I bet for the parents and families it's just as bad as for those who lost loved ones on 9/11. Maybe losing a child is worse than losing someone else... who knows?

It's tragic that someone won't consider something a tragedy unless the body count lives up to their lofty expectations.

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You pick up 100 things a day that make 'killing easier'.
please list all 100.

  • 12.14.2012 6:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: A Blind Wolf

Take away the guns and we'll stab each other. Take away the knives and we'll beat each other to death. Blame the people and violence, not the weapons.
A 5 year old couldn't kill me with a knife.

Guns are great for making weak people feel stonger.

And guns are great for making killing someone unpersonal and super-easy.

I would feel like a pathetic weakling if I needed to carry a gun around to feel safe. Give a gun to an ape, it can easily use it. Guns are made for dumb people.

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Posted by: A Blind Wolf

Take away the guns and we'll stab each other. Take away the knives and we'll beat each other to death. Blame the people and violence, not the weapons.
A 5 year old couldn't kill me with a knife.

Guns are great for making weak people feel stonger.

And guns are great for making killing someone unpersonal and super-easy.

I would feel like a pathetic weakling if I needed to carry a gun around to feel safe. Give a gun to an ape, it can easily use it. Guns are made for dumb people.


Okay then...

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Posted by: Halfa55al
We have to understand that there was literally nothing that could of been done to stop this. Unless you want to go ahead and heavily arm and defend every public facility in America, or could of predicted this way ahead of time, then the tradgedy still would of happened.

Even in the teachers present had a gun and could of killed the man ASAP, it still wouldn't be in time to save all of the children. No matter what someone would still have died.

I just don't understand what poccesses a human to do or even think of such a thing. To straight out and go end your life is one thing, but taking the lives of innocent children is, i don't know. I can't think of anything to describe it.


Literally nothing could have prevented this? Are you -blam!- stupid? Here's an idea: The American collective ends its perverted fetish with guns. The government has moral suasion and it's proven to be effective. What happened with tobacco needs to happen with guns.

You wanna stop this from happening? You support strict gun regulation like other civilized nations that don't see this happen. You endorse a huge campaign to disown guns like tobacco. Ridicule those making the argument for more guns.

  • 12.14.2012 6:56 PM PDT

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Yeah but it's hardly going to make it easier for them.
Doesn't stop Mexican cartels. They seem to be getting their guns quite easily.


Then quit manufacturing guns... oh wait, they can't stop doing that, because humans are bent on greed and power and have no common decency for those around them. War is all humans know. They kill eachother over stupid reasons, for stupid things, rather than working toghether to see what humans as a species can accomplish. Humans are all about personal gain, not advancement of a species. It's sickening.

Where there are humans, there will be war... -blam!- humanity, I wanna be a cat. Everything is simpler when you're a cat.

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Posted by: Halfa55al
We have to understand that there was literally nothing that could of been done to stop this. Unless you want to go ahead and heavily arm and defend every public facility in America, or could of predicted this way ahead of time, then the tradgedy still would of happened.

Even in the teachers present had a gun and could of killed the man ASAP, it still wouldn't be in time to save all of the children. No matter what someone would still have died.

I just don't understand what poccesses a human to do or even think of such a thing. To straight out and go end your life is one thing, but taking the lives of innocent children is, i don't know. I can't think of anything to describe it.



Here's a thought. Rather than making firearms legal for "self defense" and making them more accessible than ever, how about we teach self defense?

Make it a mandatory class in high school through college. Everyone should be able to defend themselves from harm, without the use of a firearm.

Oh wait, they won't do that, because they fund the manufacturing of guns, and then profit when people buy them. It's not about making sure humans live, it's about how much money can they make.

-blam!-.

Humanity.

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He turned the gun on KIDS!? ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS?! There NEEDS to be strict gun control. We had the rights to bear arms to protect us from the wilds, now we need them to protect us from another guy with a gun. We should become like the UK and ban this -blam!- from ever happening again.

  • 12.14.2012 7:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: A Lemur Monkey
While I agree that it is a terrible thing that happened, and my heart goes out to the victims' families, I think it is being a bit overhyped.

The media is calling it a national tragedy, a total of 28 dead (including the shooter and his mother)and it is suddenly a tragedy. Yes, a 22 of whom were children, but it still doesn't make it a tragedy.

And then Obama addresses the situation, gets a little teary and the media calls it "breaking down". First of all, he kept talking, after a few pauses, but he kept talking. He RUBBED HIS EYES a few times and the media calls it "bursting into tears"

I hate the media, I really do, they overhype everything they get their hands on. Yeah, its a very bad thing that happened, its terrible. But it is NOT a tragedy, I am sorry.
you really have to think about the circumstances of the whole thing. a well thought-out plan by a terrorist organization is pretty much guaranteed a kill toll in the hundreds, but this wasn't thought out; this was a deranged young man that killed his mother and innocent people, most of those that have barely reached the point where they know what is going on.

a tragedy is not defined by how many were killed. if it affected a man who runs an entire country and has trained all his life to be a leader enough to make him show enough emotion to shed tears, then i definitely consider that a tragedy

  • 12.14.2012 7:08 PM PDT