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The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:23:51 AM

I thought I was commenting in my role as an American? I'm speaking as a Bostonian. I'm socialized to have an abhorrence to firearms, but recognize that it is a regional necessity.

It was just an example.  It was an illustration that everyone thinks they know what's best for everyone else.
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Nephew Twiddleton

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:23:36 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:21:14 AM

I'm still avoiding speculation, but I can't see any flaws.

I can.  I'm speculating.  I am also not an expert.  I have some counterinsurgency training, way the fuck back in the stone age, but that was in terms of infantry in suppression of, not political motivations for, terrorists.

But it's a good guess, I think, and I'm sort of sticking to it until facts either prove me right or cause me to publicly wallow in my shame.

No, I think you're probably right. I just want to be damn sure who to be mad at.
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Pergamos

I think lone nut is also a distinct possibility, i doesn't have to have been politically motrivated, or if it is those motivations don't have to make any sense to anyone but the bomber.

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:25:09 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:23:36 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:21:14 AM

I'm still avoiding speculation, but I can't see any flaws.

I can.  I'm speculating.  I am also not an expert.  I have some counterinsurgency training, way the fuck back in the stone age, but that was in terms of infantry in suppression of, not political motivations for, terrorists.

But it's a good guess, I think, and I'm sort of sticking to it until facts either prove me right or cause me to publicly wallow in my shame.

No, I think you're probably right. I just want to be damn sure who to be mad at.

I'm not mad at anyone. 

This was a slow day in Kabul.  Evil shit happens.  When you find the guy that did it, you deal with them in a court of law, in front of everyone.

There's no point in getting mad about rabid dogs.  They can't help being vicious and insane.  You still have to shoot them, though.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Nephew Twiddleton

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:24:43 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:23:51 AM

I thought I was commenting in my role as an American? I'm speaking as a Bostonian. I'm socialized to have an abhorrence to firearms, but recognize that it is a regional necessity.

It was just an example.  It was an illustration that everyone thinks they know what's best for everyone else.

Oh, I get that. What's good for Massachusetts is good for Massachusetts. I'm not going to weigh in on other states. I was just agreeing with Faust insofar as that I live in a place where guns would do more harm than good. Only criminals and concerned homeowners have guns here in Boston. And the latter will probably never fire a round outside of the practice range.
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The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Pergamos on April 17, 2013, 04:26:35 AM
I think lone nut is also a distinct possibility, i doesn't have to have been politically motrivated, or if it is those motivations don't have to make any sense to anyone but the bomber.

This is absolutely correct.

The date of the attack, though, makes me think the lunacy has a right wing flavor.  If it was Wall Street on May Day, I'd assume it was anarchists or lefties.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Nephew Twiddleton

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:27:49 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:25:09 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:23:36 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:21:14 AM

I'm still avoiding speculation, but I can't see any flaws.

I can.  I'm speculating.  I am also not an expert.  I have some counterinsurgency training, way the fuck back in the stone age, but that was in terms of infantry in suppression of, not political motivations for, terrorists.

But it's a good guess, I think, and I'm sort of sticking to it until facts either prove me right or cause me to publicly wallow in my shame.

No, I think you're probably right. I just want to be damn sure who to be mad at.

I'm not mad at anyone. 

This was a slow day in Kabul.  Evil shit happens.  When you find the guy that did it, you deal with them in a court of law, in front of everyone.

There's no point in getting mad about rabid dogs.  They can't help being vicious and insane.  You still have to shoot them, though.

I'm mad and I don't feel ashamed in admitting because it was in my backyard.

I will say that whoever it is, I don't want them executed. I just want them to be caught.

I recognize that evil shit happens, but this time it was us. I remain rational in my desire for the proper application of justice, but it's close to home, and there's one person I still haven't heard from yet. I'm assuming she's ok, because I can do nothing else until she responds or I see her name in the news.
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TIM AM I, PRIMARY OF THE EXTRA-ATMOSPHERIC SIMIANS

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:31:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:27:49 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:25:09 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:23:36 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:21:14 AM

I'm still avoiding speculation, but I can't see any flaws.

I can.  I'm speculating.  I am also not an expert.  I have some counterinsurgency training, way the fuck back in the stone age, but that was in terms of infantry in suppression of, not political motivations for, terrorists.

But it's a good guess, I think, and I'm sort of sticking to it until facts either prove me right or cause me to publicly wallow in my shame.

No, I think you're probably right. I just want to be damn sure who to be mad at.

I'm not mad at anyone. 

This was a slow day in Kabul.  Evil shit happens.  When you find the guy that did it, you deal with them in a court of law, in front of everyone.

There's no point in getting mad about rabid dogs.  They can't help being vicious and insane.  You still have to shoot them, though.

I'm mad and I don't feel ashamed in admitting because it was in my backyard.

I will say that whoever it is, I don't want them executed. I just want them to be caught.

I recognize that evil shit happens, but this time it was us. I remain rational in my desire for the proper application of justice, but it's close to home, and there's one person I still haven't heard from yet. I'm assuming she's ok, because I can do nothing else until she responds or I see her name in the news.

This isn't unreasonable.  I've just become a little desensitized to violence over the years.  In THIS case, the problem is in MY head.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.

You know, in my part of PA, growing up, everyone had at least six or so guns. But shooting wasn't a big thing. If we were going to kill someone, we just bludgeoned them to death or ran them over with a tractor. Hunting accidents happened, but they were almost always actual accidents.

Living in IA, gun violence was more common, but I was in a city (sort of), not a redneck backwater in the toe-cleavage of the Appalachians.

. . . I wonder at what point on the population density chart bombs become the go-to for expressing one's ire.
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Nephew Twiddleton

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:32:52 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:31:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:27:49 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:25:09 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:23:36 AM
Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:21:14 AM

I'm still avoiding speculation, but I can't see any flaws.

I can.  I'm speculating.  I am also not an expert.  I have some counterinsurgency training, way the fuck back in the stone age, but that was in terms of infantry in suppression of, not political motivations for, terrorists.

But it's a good guess, I think, and I'm sort of sticking to it until facts either prove me right or cause me to publicly wallow in my shame.

No, I think you're probably right. I just want to be damn sure who to be mad at.

I'm not mad at anyone. 

This was a slow day in Kabul.  Evil shit happens.  When you find the guy that did it, you deal with them in a court of law, in front of everyone.

There's no point in getting mad about rabid dogs.  They can't help being vicious and insane.  You still have to shoot them, though.

I'm mad and I don't feel ashamed in admitting because it was in my backyard.

I will say that whoever it is, I don't want them executed. I just want them to be caught.

I recognize that evil shit happens, but this time it was us. I remain rational in my desire for the proper application of justice, but it's close to home, and there's one person I still haven't heard from yet. I'm assuming she's ok, because I can do nothing else until she responds or I see her name in the news.

This isn't unreasonable.  I've just become a little desensitized to violence over the years.  In THIS case, the problem is in MY head.

I hope I never become desensitized.
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Soy El Vaquero Peludo de Oro

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The Good Reverend Roger

And the shooting the rabid dog was a metaphor.  I think the person should get whatever the state prescribes for any other murderer.

Because that's what this was, in the end.  Gratuitous murder.  This isn't some evil mastermind supervillain.  It's just a murderer.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on April 17, 2013, 04:34:10 AM
You know, in my part of PA, growing up, everyone had at least six or so guns. But shooting wasn't a big thing. If we were going to kill someone, we just bludgeoned them to death or ran them over with a tractor. Hunting accidents happened, but they were almost always actual accidents.

Living in IA, gun violence was more common, but I was in a city (sort of), not a redneck backwater in the toe-cleavage of the Appalachians.

. . . I wonder at what point on the population density chart bombs become the go-to for expressing one's ire.

I think it's when you reach Crazytown, population:  1-3 maniacs.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Nephew Twiddleton

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:35:16 AM
And the shooting the rabid dog was a metaphor.  I think the person should get whatever the state prescribes for any other murderer.

Because that's what this was, in the end.  Gratuitous murder.  This isn't some evil mastermind supervillain.  It's just a murderer.

I know what you meant. I know that you've changed your mind about capital punishment.

The person in question is one of my exes. She and I are still friends, and she very much approved of me being with Villager.
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The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Queef Erisson on April 17, 2013, 04:35:05 AM


I hope I never become desensitized.

Well, then, Doktor's prescription:  Avoid violence unless there really is no other option.  There is almost ALWAYS another option.  Certainly don't go looking for it.  Stay home, live life, get hitched and maybe have some kids (or not), die in bed at the ripe old age of 90 or so.  Eulogy should read:  "Was a really nice guy, smiled a lot".



" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 17, 2013, 04:36:25 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on April 17, 2013, 04:34:10 AM
You know, in my part of PA, growing up, everyone had at least six or so guns. But shooting wasn't a big thing. If we were going to kill someone, we just bludgeoned them to death or ran them over with a tractor. Hunting accidents happened, but they were almost always actual accidents.

Living in IA, gun violence was more common, but I was in a city (sort of), not a redneck backwater in the toe-cleavage of the Appalachians.

. . . I wonder at what point on the population density chart bombs become the go-to for expressing one's ire.

I think it's when you reach Crazytown, population:  1-3 maniacs.

Damn.
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Slick and Deranged Wombat of Manhood Questioning
Hulking Dormouse of Lust and DESPAIRâ„¢
Gatling Geyser of Rainbow AIDS

"The only way we can ever change anything is to look in the mirror and find no enemy." - Akala  'Find No Enemy'.