The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

Pet_Sounds · 03-22-2016, 11:05 PM

This may sound selfish and privileged, but I really, really love the Atlantic Ocean right now.

OccultHawk · 03-22-2016, 11:25 PM

No doubt.

And Mexico and Cuba are much better southern neighbors than Algeria and Libya.

Neapolitan · 03-22-2016, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

I thought that was pretty much spot-on. Although, I'd also add a few items to the list... the usual makeshift shrines of cards, flowers & teddy bears... candlelight vigils, photo ops & vacuous speeches by elected officials, the usual phrases like "dropped the ball", "failure to connect the dots", "we must learn from our mistakes to insure that this doesn't happen again", etc.

Until the next terrorist atrocity starts it all over again and the process repeats ad nauseam.

I agree with some points in the article, but I don't believe in making light of the situation.

I don't see the big deal with the "cards, flowers & bears... candlelight vigils" if you don't like it, ignore it, turn off the news and listen to music or whatever. If that is how friends and family of the victims deal with the depth of their pain of loosing a loved one in a terrorist attack then let them have that. Live and let live.

OccultHawk · 03-23-2016, 12:04 AM

I think the point is not to pass judgement on anyone but rather to point out how horrific it is that these things have become ritualized and routine. We're becoming battered into accepting it as a norm and that can be taken as a very serious indicator that we're losing. We're stuck in a specific response cycle and that response is obviously an ineffectual deterrent because it keeps happening again and again.

Pet_Sounds · 03-23-2016, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

No doubt.

And Mexico and Cuba are much better southern neighbors than Algeria and Libya.

My southern neighbour is the US. My northern neighbour too. Actually, my only neighbour.

OccultHawk · 03-23-2016, 06:33 AM

You should get Trudeau to build a wall.

OccultHawk · 03-23-2016, 07:14 AM

Santa Clarita girl taken from foster family because she is 1.5% Native American | Daily Mail Online

Really? 1.5% invokes tribal rights? This child is Choctaw? WTF is this really about?

RoxyRollah · 03-23-2016, 08:41 AM

Tribal rights?

OccultHawk · 03-23-2016, 09:22 AM

Yeah, I mean tribal sovereignty or whatever you want to call it.

Psy-Fi · 03-23-2016, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

I agree with some points in the article, but I don't believe in making light of the situation.

I don't see the big deal with the "cards, flowers & bears... candlelight vigils" if you don't like it, ignore it, turn off the news and listen to music or whatever. If that is how friends and family of the victims deal with the depth of their pain of loosing a loved one in a terrorist attack then let them have that. Live and let live.

I wasn't making light of the situation, nor did I say I didn't like the way friends and family of the victims respond to their loss.

03-22-2016, 11:05 PM	#2921 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,489	This may sound selfish and privileged, but I really, really love the Atlantic Ocean right now. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

03-22-2016, 11:25 PM	#2922 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	No doubt. And Mexico and Cuba are much better southern neighbors than Algeria and Libya.

03-23-2016, 12:04 AM	#2924 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	I think the point is not to pass judgement on anyone but rather to point out how horrific it is that these things have become ritualized and routine. We're becoming battered into accepting it as a norm and that can be taken as a very serious indicator that we're losing. We're stuck in a specific response cycle and that response is obviously an ineffectual deterrent because it keeps happening again and again.

03-23-2016, 06:33 AM	#2926 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	You should get Trudeau to build a wall.

03-23-2016, 07:14 AM	#2927 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Santa Clarita girl taken from foster family because she is 1.5% Native American \| Daily Mail Online Really? 1.5% invokes tribal rights? This child is Choctaw? WTF is this really about?

03-23-2016, 09:22 AM	#2929 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Yeah, I mean tribal sovereignty or whatever you want to call it.