12 dead, 58 injured in Colorado at midnight showing of Dark Knight

Bob Slydell · Jul 20, 2012

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Baron Scicluna said:

Bubbler said:

I haven't read this entire thread, so this may have been addressed, and I know I'm vastly missing the plot here, but I read that a 4-month-old baby was among the wounded?

Who takes a 4-month-old to a midnight movie?*

* Please don't interpret that as some sort of justification for what happened. There is no justification for what happened.
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There are also reports that there was a 6-year-old in there.

What kind of stupid parent keeps their 6-year-old up all night to see a movie?

And yes, I'll repeat the *
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Not just a midnight movie, but this movie. Who would let a 6 year old watch such a violent movie?

And of course, repeat the * I can't imagine the hell these families are going through right now.

93Devil · Jul 20, 2012

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Dick Whitman said:

So ... a couple we're friends with had their three-week-old at a wedding the other night.

Different?
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Was the wedding Batman themed with gunfire and explosions?

JBHawkEye · Jul 20, 2012

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Armchair_QB said:

And after walking the assembled media through the police timeline, the second questions to the police chief was "can you walk us through the timeline."

And after describing what the suspect was wearing, the fourth question was "what was he wearing."
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The look the cop gave to the timeline question was priceless.

Stitch · Jul 20, 2012

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dog eat dog world said:

Personally I have no use for an AR-15 but I'm not ready to nanny the NRA other than to put in place a clear set of laws and consequences for any fuckup. If anyone needs government focus, it's the mental health industry to track down and contain people like this whenever possible.

This guy had no more than a traffic ticket, so it's pretty damn clear that something set a screw loose. Wasn't that the extent of the record of the nutcase that took down Giffords and others in Arizona?
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The Giffords shooter was known to school officials as someone with mental health issues.

Azrael · Jul 20, 2012

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dog eat dog world said:

RickStain said:

dog eat dog world said:

Rick: That makes it look like random shit, like this crap is determined by the mental nut case lottery winner of the week. I do believe and I think there's proof that kids from 25 years ago are mentally tougher than kids of the last 10 years.
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Okay, I'm game. What proof?
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Just saying it's out there to get. I'm just hearing this from someone who works in education and mental health and has seen it over the course of 30 years.
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Whitman, 1966 and Starkweather, 1957, dispute your premise.

93Devil · Jul 20, 2012

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JBHawkEye said:

Armchair_QB said:

And after walking the assembled media through the police timeline, the second questions to the police chief was "can you walk us through the timeline."

And after describing what the suspect was wearing, the fourth question was "what was he wearing."
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The look the cop gave to the timeline question was priceless.
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People, stop fucking blogging while I am speaking and listen to me. Put your fucking phones down.

Johnny Chase · Jul 20, 2012

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Here's a tweet from @celebboutique roughly an hour ago. Still hasn't been taken down.

@celebboutique: #Aurora is trending, clearly about our Kim K inspired #Aurora dress Shop: http://buff.ly/LCU1wb

Ace · Jul 20, 2012

Re: 20 Shot in Colorado at midnight showing of Dark Knight

Johnny Chase said:

Here's a tweet from @celebboutique roughly an hour ago. Still hasn't been taken down.

@celebboutique: #Aurora is trending, clearly about our Kim K inspired #Aurora dress Shop: http://buff.ly/LCU1wb
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They're OK because they used the "just a joke icon."

dog eat dog world · Jul 20, 2012

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Azrael said:

dog eat dog world said:

RickStain said:

dog eat dog world said:

Rick: That makes it look like random shit, like this crap is determined by the mental nut case lottery winner of the week. I do believe and I think there's proof that kids from 25 years ago are mentally tougher than kids of the last 10 years.
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Okay, I'm game. What proof?
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Just saying it's out there to get. I'm just hearing this from someone who works in education and mental health and has seen it over the course of 30 years.
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Whitman, 1966 and Starkweather, 1957, dispute your premise.
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Psychology Today, 2004: Note the bottom of page 1.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200411/nation-wimps

Stitch · Jul 20, 2012

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dog eat dog world said:

Azrael said:

dog eat dog world said:

RickStain said:

dog eat dog world said:

Rick: That makes it look like random shit, like this crap is determined by the mental nut case lottery winner of the week. I do believe and I think there's proof that kids from 25 years ago are mentally tougher than kids of the last 10 years.
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Okay, I'm game. What proof?
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Just saying it's out there to get. I'm just hearing this from someone who works in education and mental health and has seen it over the course of 30 years.
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Whitman, 1966 and Starkweather, 1957, dispute your premise.
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Psychology Today, 2004: Note the bottom of page 1.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200411/nation-wimps
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Need something better than a takeout piece. At least find peer-reviewed article.

LongTimeListener · Jul 20, 2012

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I don't know. Ninth-place ribbons and in-school volunteerism sound like a way better explanation than a deep-seated problem with the brain's physiological makeup that has vexed humanity for centuries and most commonly surfaces among males in their early 20s.

Point of Order · Jul 20, 2012

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I'm glad this thread has finally gotten to the heart of the matter.

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