Mass shooting in America, Democrat Congresswoman shot in the head

Tummy said:
No :rolleyes: this time?

Having read the article and a few more, it's sad that so many other people were hit.

A nine year old girl was killed, horrible, she'd hardly had chance to live.
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Since you are posting your thoughts now I shall grant you 3x:rolleyes: and a :p
 
The Halk said:
Hrm, if you're going to make jokes in poor taste, you'd do better to make them really funny. Otherwise you just come across as a dick. When Frankie Boyle does it, you laugh despite feeling bad about it. It doesn't work if it's not funny.
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What is there to feel bad about? A joke is a joke regardless of circumstances. For me to feel bad, I'd have to genuinely have wished negativity on the woman and I still don't. In fact, I wish her well. Don't infer malice where there is none.

Strange how humour is most perverse when circumstances terrible. Squaddie humour ring any bells? Humour is a survival mechanism, it's a part of human existentialism. Therefore when it comes to humour nothing should be off limits; we either have the ability to laugh at things or we don't.

Remember, offense is taken not given. If you're going to get offended over stupid things, then I'm going to do my best to antagonise you until you realise that you're being stupid and stop taking offense where none was ever intended.

Off of that high horse now please Halkipoos. Besides, Boyle isn't funny half the time, he's just perfected his delivery.
 
Nix said:
She's a woman, she's used to getting shot in the face.

Yeah, I went there.
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I lol'd a bit.

In all seriousness it really is a horrific incident, RIP to all of them. Congresswoman and a federal judge hit? Thank goodness Arizona has the death penalty (iirc), this guy deserves it 13 times over.
 
Nix said:
What is there to feel bad about? A joke is a joke regardless of circumstances. For me to feel bad, I'd have to genuinely have wished negativity on the woman and I still don't. In fact, I wish her well. Don't infer malice where there is none.

Strange how humour is most perverse when circumstances terrible. Squaddie humour ring any bells? Humour is a survival mechanism, it's a part of human existentialism. Therefore when it comes to humour nothing should be off limits; we either have the ability to laugh at things or we don't.

Remember, offense is taken not given. If you're going to get offended over stupid things, then I'm going to do my best to antagonise you until you realise that you're being stupid and stop taking offense where none was ever intended.

Off of that high horse now please Halkipoos. Besides, Boyle isn't funny half the time, he's just perfected his delivery.
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Yes, but you weren't funny. I'm not offended. You came across as Nelson without his charisma :)
 
Nix said:
She's a woman, she's used to getting shot in the face.

Yeah, I went there.
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The Halk said:
Hrm, if you're going to make jokes in poor taste, you'd do better to make them really funny. Otherwise you just come across as a dick. When Frankie Boyle does it, you laugh despite feeling bad about it. It doesn't work if it's not funny.
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I laughed, not like he had been thinking about it for a few hours then came back to write about it.

Nix said:
Boyle isn't funny half the time, he's just perfected his delivery.
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Quite right, speaks sh1te half the time!
 
Woah, where's your 99p gone?

The Halk said:
Yes, but you weren't funny. I'm not offended. You came across as Nelson without his charisma :)
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That's my angle, yo. :cool:

Oh, and being as I forgot to mention it earlier - althought it really should go without saying - RIP to all those poor sods. Hope she gets better without any complications.
 
Al Vallario said:
The alleged suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, is an outspoken atheist:
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You mean the suspect Jared Lee Loughner is an alleged outspoken atheist :p

Don't forget that atheism in the USA is looked down on harshly, so it's quite possible for that to be thrown around without any proper cause.

As I said my guess was it was a right wing christian thing, as the victim was a high profile opponent of them. But I certainly could be wrong!
 
Well, I'm not so sure Andy, another poster has linked something on YouTube which claims to be from the shooter, which would make him an atheist.

It'll all come out in the wash I guess.
 
Moses said:
It was never really intentional ;s. The Moses part was a nickname from way back, whilst the 99p bit was only added when signing up to Ebay/etc... then I foolishly used that version here :eek:.
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I like asking people how many of each animal you took onto the ark. :)
 
I was speaking to my relatives who live in America over Christmas, they said it was only a matter of time before there was an assassination attempt on a politician. The hysteria and fear whipped up by the Tea Party made their otherwise rational friends actually start making preparations for a civil war, there's actually an ammunition shortage in the state of Oregon right now because of a sharp spike in demand.

I think everyone should watch Keith Olbermann's thoughts on what has been going on in American politics recently and its links with yesterday's tragic events. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/#40983311
 
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