Another shooting at a college in Texas.

Burning Down · 01-22-2013, 01:42 PM

VIDEO: Multiple people shot at college in Houston | KETK | East Texas News, Weather and Sports | Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville

Terrible. I wonder if this will ever stop.

duga · 01-22-2013, 01:49 PM

Lovely.

The Batlord · 01-22-2013, 01:49 PM

These things tend to happen in waves. Copycat syndrome I guess. I'm assuming that in a year or so it will settle down.

SATCHMO · 01-22-2013, 02:13 PM

Lone Star Community College is about 30 minutes north of me. I haven't heard too much about it yet though.

hip hop bunny hop · 01-22-2013, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Terrible. I wonder if this will ever stop.

No, it won't.

Face · 01-22-2013, 06:09 PM

The more media coverage a shooting gets, the more likely another shooting will happen within the following months.

wiggums · 01-22-2013, 10:26 PM

I read an article that the number of shootings havent increased, just the number of shootings that the media cover have increased.

Insane Guest · 01-22-2013, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Face

The more media coverage a shooting gets, the more likely another shooting will happen within the following months.

So true, it's not just on everyday, it's on multiple places and they will plaster it everywhere they damn well can. You can't "raise awareness" on an issue we all know is very real, possible and unpredictable. But when you have so much media coverage, everyone is conscious of it, and unfortunatly he have some f'ed up people who are unstable. The mind can go into a loop if the information is repetitive and traumatic, but the media will suck all the money out of the stories cause they're nothing but a business.

Hitch · 01-22-2013, 11:19 PM

I'm more annoyed at the complete shutdown of the brain by the media in deciding to cover every single one of these incidents. For the past two weeks in the NY Times, you were bound to get at least a couple of editorials a day regarding guns. At the cost of sounding 'insensitive', somebody wake me up when the debate is over.

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Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	Another shooting at a college in Texas. VIDEO: Multiple people shot at college in Houston \| KETK \| East Texas News, Weather and Sports \| Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville Terrible. I wonder if this will ever stop.

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Lovely. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Lone Star Community College is about 30 minutes north of me. I haven't heard too much about it yet though.

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Face Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: UK Posts: 306	The more media coverage a shooting gets, the more likely another shooting will happen within the following months.

01-22-2013, 11:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
Hitch Music Addict Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 80	I'm more annoyed at the complete shutdown of the brain by the media in deciding to cover every single one of these incidents. For the past two weeks in the NY Times, you were bound to get at least a couple of editorials a day regarding guns. At the cost of sounding 'insensitive', somebody wake me up when the debate is over.