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7 dead, 7 wounded in Santa Barbara shooting rampage

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by mpcincal, May 24, 2014.

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  1. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Instead of using him, the cable news programs should help the father who can't help
    himself and not put him on.
     
  2. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Bingo.
     
  3. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    No, it's like having a family member killed by a drunk driver who had 15 vodka/Red Bullsmand then blaming the alcohol industry for not even being willing to pass a law prohibiting drunken driving because they claim that drunk drivers don't kill people, people kill people.
     
  4. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Please tell me about all these states that don't have drunk-driving laws.

    Or, failing that, please tell me why you're comparing drunk driving to a right guaranteed in the Constitution.
     
  5. DeskMonkey1

    DeskMonkey1 Active Member

    Isn't that the band that did the Wild Thing remake for Major League 2?
     
  6. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    They did.
     
  7. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Just a general point ... would it be too much for the board to move beyond the "I can't believe you're comparing X to Y" b.s.? I think we're all capable of recognizing that there's a mutatis mutandis facet to pretty much any analogy being made 'round here. As a token of my good faith in floating this proposal, I forswear commenting on the quality of any analogies being drawn by anyone* from this moment forward.

    *And believe me, in some cases this is going to take a Herculean effort. See, there I went comparing myself to Hercules. I can't believe I did that!
     
  8. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

  9. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Thank you for making my point. Why are there drunk driving laws? Because enough people decided that there was a problem. And even then, there are groups opposed to lowering the limit further:

    http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/2014/05/23/lower-drunk-driving-limit/9508293/

    Meanwhile, gun rights people don't think there's a problem. They've fought every single measure, even common sense ones like background checks.
     
  10. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

  11. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

  12. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    Paddle-out last night.

    http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2014/05/ucsb_students_paddle_out.php
     
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