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10 shot dead at Batman showing in Denver

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  • #122
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    For people wondering why the baby was at the cinema? Who cares why it was there, you need to be questioning why someone would do this to people in the first place.


  • #123
    Tombi!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    Lollipops23 wrote: »
    As someone who recently had a bereavement, I get the "humour as a coping mechanism" thing. But people have been murdered in horrific circumstances.

    Can you not keep the sick jokes to yourself right now?

    They're sick to you. Look if it bothers you that much, tell me and I'll delete the post.

    So far all I got was people being insulting and rude.


  • #124
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    smash wrote: »
    For people wondering why the baby was at the cinema? Who cares why it was there, you need to be questioning why someone would do this to people in the first place.

    because nut jobs have easy access to guns in america


  • #125
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    danniemcq wrote: »
    to quick and painless

    Yeah, brilliant idea. Violence and bloodlust. Revenge. Violence begetting violence.

    Somebody asked what's wrong with the world? Can't you see? :(


  • #126
    martingriff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,679 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    chin_grin wrote: »
    :pac:

    Hey the worlds a dark place brother/sister/whatever you are, the way people see and deal with situations is how we cope. Some do it with humour, you should laugh once in a while.

    But it's called "gallows humour", have you ever laughed at the death of someone/something? No? Oh you must be a perfect God-fearing citizen then.

    By the way I'm not laughing at the murder of twelve people. We're making a joke of the situation...and also the fact that the US has crazy gun laws. I don't know those twelve from Adam. I'll admit it's sad, but life goes on albeit up its own ar$e.

    But sure you just continue to judge me, I don't give a flying f*ck. I wonder do you voice your opinion of disgust at anyone you hear joking about these acts around you? If you're that ballsy here, then you should be in real life.

    And thats not the same thing seriously:(.

    I know you may not give a flying fcuk but guess what some respect would be good. So easy to be a d1ick when its anonymous aint it. Bet you would not be like this in front of people who could see you and know you.


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  • #127
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    can people debating what is or is not funny piss off and start their own thread


  • #128
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    A guy being interviewed at that stream above just said one of the images that'll stay with him was of a little girl with bullet holes in her back..

    .. jesus, it'd take me a long time to get over seeing an image like that!


  • #129
    Tombi!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    martingriff wrote: »
    And thats not the same thing seriously:(.

    I know you may not give a flying fcuk but guess what some respect would be good. So easy to be a d1ick when its anonymous aint it. Bet you would not be like this in front of people who could see you and know you.

    Actually I'm sure he would. Some people enjoy black humour.

    I've never seen such an idiotic argument as "I dislike your sense of humour, so you shouldn't have it".


  • #130
    humanji
    Registered Users Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    This is not the place to discuss what constitutes comedy. And this is neither the time or place for jokes. Stick to the topic.


  • #131
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    This obvioulsy wasn't a spur of the moment thing, someone actually sat down and planned this. Either way, the Americans will get their pound of flesh on this.

    I don't normally agree with the Death Penalty, but in an instance like this, even I'd say the person that did this should be fried.


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  • #132
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    Update: Loan gunman apparently. His apartment building has been evacuated too in case there's explosives planted there. Jesus!


  • #133
    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    old hippy wrote: »
    Yeah, brilliant idea. Violence and bloodlust. Revenge. Violence begetting violence.

    Somebody asked what's wrong with the world? Can't you see? :(

    What do you suggest instead as a matter of interest?


  • #134
    SantryRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭SantryRed


    You are all absolute cunts. You absolute ****. I hope all you in the first couple of pages who made sick jokes fcuking keel over and die. You absolute arseholes.


  • #135
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    Really? Making jokes about that now? Bad taste AH. RIP all the victims.


  • #136
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    can we close this thread and start again maybe, its getting ridiculous in here!


  • #137
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    A guy saying he was at that cinema a few weeks ago and the police were there checking people's tickets as they went in!!?! Strange.


  • #138
    danniemcq
    Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    Brutal Deluxe wrote: »
    According to him it means you'd get beaten up in person if you said a joke like that. I don't get it. They come to AH, they know what AH is like. And then they equate people making jokes with deserving to be beaten up. I think I know what I'd say is worse and it's not the jokes.

    I do make statements like my posts to mates. just like we all agree that the events are terrible and a tragic waste of life


  • #139
    Lumbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭Lumbo


    Bad Panda wrote: »
    A guy saying he was at that cinema a few weeks ago and the police were there checking people's tickets as they went in!!?! Strange.

    WTF was that going the achieve? Strange indeed.


  • #140
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    charlietheminxx wrote: »
    :eek: What is WRONG with the world??

    Rampant Wickedness and Evil in the Last Days.


  • #141
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,073 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    The movie is PG-13, there would have been lots of families at this,fcuking tragic.


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  • #142
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    kfallon wrote: »
    What do you suggest instead as a matter of interest?

    I suggest that revenge fantasies are not a million miles from what may have set off these guys in the cinema. And that's its ironic, people calling for revenge here, wouldn't you say?

    That's what's wrong with the world.


  • #143
    martingriff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,679 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Brutal Deluxe wrote: »
    So f**king ignore me then.

    People bitch and moan AH is too serious and then someone makes joke and they're bad people?

    Jokes are a f**king necessity at the worse of times. My apologies I tried to make myself laugh.

    10 people dead 50+ injured as they were waiting for a movie as 1 or more gumen opened fire

    Sometimes it best when to know to be respectful and serious. If you think there should be another forum for this please suggest one.

    If you want to make yourself laugh do it on your own


  • #144
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    SantryRed wrote: »
    You are all absolute cunts. You absolute ****. I hope all you in the first couple of pages who made sick jokes fcuking keel over and die. You absolute arseholes.

    More wishes of death and retribution. The tragic irony. :(


  • #145
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    Lumbo wrote: »
    WTF was that going the achieve? Strange indeed.

    I know eh.

    He said he knew it wasn't very safe. What a strange thing to say about a cinema, but maybe they had some threats there before...


  • #146
    Lumbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭Lumbo


    RTE are now reporting that 14 have died. 10 at the cinema and 4 later in hospital.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0720/ten-shot-dead-at-batman-premier-in-denver.html


  • #147
    carbon nanotube
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 994 ✭✭✭carbon nanotube


    Temaz wrote: »
    Jesus:eek:

    http://news.sky.com/story/962756/reports-10-shot-dead-at-batman-film-premiere
    Ten people have been shot dead at a Batman film premiere in Denver, Colorado, according to reports.
    More to follow...


    Shootings in the USA..

    Yawnnnnn.


  • #148
    Lollipops23
    Registered Users Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


    carbon nanotube wrote: »
    Shootings in the USA..

    Yawnnnnn.

    I feel sad for you that you can't empathise as a human being.


    Really, I do.


  • #149
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    martingriff wrote: »
    And thats not the same thing seriously:(.

    I know you may not give a flying fcuk but guess what some respect would be good. So easy to be a d1ick when its anonymous aint it. Bet you would not be like this in front of people who could see you and know you.

    It is a terrible thing to happen, but I'm equally shocked at the fact that it happened as well as the shooting. I meant no disrespect in my comments at all.

    For me there are three things equally wrong in this case.

    The fact that this took place.
    The fact that there are stupid gun laws in the US.
    The fact that whoever bought the gun wasn't "screened" (psychoanalysed) and/or thought this was ok to do.

    Please stop getting me wrong on this, I wasn't saying that it was a joke that this happened. I was trying to point out (I'll admit in a stupid way) that the lackadaisical attitude to guns in an old piece of paper that was important then, but not now in civilised society. So that "they do it to themselves" quote of mine was very much out of place...but again it related to guns. (Sorry for repeating myself).

    To anyone I've offended with my comments, I sincerely apologise. I wasn't trying to detract from the situation or get the most thanks or a rise out of people. And of course it's terrible for those affected and their families, I wouldn't like the same to happen to any of you.

    But we all treat instances like this differently, albeit in horrible ways ourselves.


  • #150
    InvisibleBadger
    Registered Users Posts: 134 ✭✭InvisibleBadger


    Bad Panda wrote: »
    A guy saying he was at that cinema a few weeks ago and the police were there checking people's tickets as they went in!!?! Strange.

    sauce?


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  • #151
    charlietheminxx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭charlietheminxx


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Rampant Wickedness and Evil in the Last Days.

    For once I actually agree with something you've said.

    I'm starting the see the world as a far more malevolent and unsafe place lately. I'd stick an "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" meme in here if it wasn't so highly inappropriate.


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