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Everwood Melting Pot (OT3) #26: Cultural Exchange
Everwood Melting Pot This thread is for discussing different cultures and customs around the world. Current events are welcome. Politics related discussions are allowed. As moderators we enjoy the atmosphere and environment and we would like to keep it like that. We know that sometimes in the heat of the moment we can cross the line so we would kindly ask you to follow the rules below: 1. Discuss opinions and ideas. Do not bash people (both posters or celebrities) 2. Respect the opinion of fellow posters even if you disagree 3. Attack ideas. Do not attack people 4. Accept that someone having different opinion does not mean that they hate you or dislike. They just disagree with you. 5. If you feel that someone shows any disrespect towards anyone please do not engage in arguments. Contact us and we will handle it Most important of all...we need to be open-minded and show respect for our fellow posters. We (Michelle, Betty and I) thank you for reading and complying to those rules and hope that you will have fun posting here! |
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Thanks for the new thread.
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Thanks, Michelle!!
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The man who perpetrated the last shooting had been planning it for a while. He knew how the school would react and how to counter it. He purchased the gun legally a year ago. All the proposed gun laws wouldn't have stopped him from getting a legal gun, and honestly, if he had the wherewithal to plan to that level, if he hadn't had a legal gun available to him, he'd have obtained one illegally. We should be more worried that someone that is obviously mentally disturbed was able to pass the background check. We should worry that the FBI didn't investigate any better after receiving a tip about him. We should be worried that the police were called to his house dozens of times for shooting related crimes without him being charged with anything...but mostly, we should be worried about the fundamental change in society that has led to not only this person, but multiple others in the past few years to think it's a good idea to take a weapon to school and murder innocent people. Yes, a gun makes it easier to kill people from a distance, and I don't disagree that making it more difficult to obtain a gun won't hurt anything, but I don't really think that tougher gun laws will end school shootings or the escalating violence in society. Not like gun-control advocates like to imply. __________________
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Alan, I completely agree with your second paragraph. I also don't really think that tougher gun laws will end school shootings or the escalating violence in society.
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Sadly, this is what happens whenever there's a mass shooting:
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I don’t know what the solution is. I’ve seen arguments on both sides of the gun debate, but I’m so horrified and heartbroken when so many innocent lives are lost. I saw a video last night where the father of one of the victims of this latest shooting said that he’ll never see his daughter again. It broke my heart. __________________
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So sad.
My nieces went to high school today not knowing what was going on. Last night a rumor was floating around that a sophomore kid was going to blow up their school. My sister didn't know what to do. It was anxious moments. However, thankfully the police got involved issuing a long statement this morning stating that everything was secure and apparently it was just that... rumor and not valid. I appreciate the police jumping on the situation with a statement of reassurance. If this is now happening in Midwest USA (and the high school my nieces go to!) then we have a major problem. It's everywhere. Last edited by jediwands; 02-22-2018 at 11:21 AM |
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This problem really is everywhere. __________________
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Seriously...even if it doesn't help..it's worth a try if it just prevents one nut from getting his/her hands on one. One student eloquently stated that she realized that a mentally iillness caused a person to shoot her friends, but it was not his mental illness that actually did the killing..it was the AF that killed them. Let's not make it any easier for people acquire these assault weapons. That doesn't take away from our 2nd amendment rights. Last edited by everwoodfan52; 02-22-2018 at 12:18 PM |
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I’ve driven by the high school twice today (can’t help it) and I didn’t see police cars there. |
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Here is the shortened version the police posted on FB... going to keep out city and stuff:
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