Please pray for my fellow Aurora, CO citizens

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  • petejm043
    petejm043 Posts: 156
    I feel awful for the family and friends of the victim of this tragedy. My prayers go out to them.
  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Jesus Fucking Christ....

    I will never understand how someone can become so angry.

    I will just never understand.

    I know, it's awful. Maybe the shooter is schizophrenic?
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  • in eds tree
    in eds tree Denver Posts: 539
    I, too, live in Denver, about 3 miles from the booby trapped apartment. My sister and I went to the movies that night, luckily not that theater. Woke up to the news via news alert on my phone. It's just...surreal. This community just can't catch a break :(
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    iluvcats wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Jesus Fucking Christ....

    I will never understand how someone can become so angry.

    I will just never understand.

    I know, it's awful. Maybe the shooter is schizophrenic?

    According to the newspaper article I read this morning he was seen described as:

    Shy
    Reclusive
    Bright
    Aloof
    Having few close friends
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    iluvcats wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Jesus Fucking Christ....

    I will never understand how someone can become so angry.

    I will just never understand.

    I know, it's awful. Maybe the shooter is schizophrenic?

    According to the newspaper article I read this morning he was seen described as:

    Shy
    Reclusive
    Bright
    Aloof
    Having few close friends


    that just about describes me.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    catefrances wrote:

    that just about describes me.

    Same here haha.
    I felt depressed reading the article thinking people might see me as some potential killer.
    :(
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    catefrances wrote:

    that just about describes me.

    Same here haha.
    I felt depressed reading the article thinking people might see me as some potential killer.
    :(

    i couldnt care less if people see me as a potential killer. i know me and they dont. 8-)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Worst part about these crimes is that the media demonizes those with mental illnesses.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Worst part about these crimes is that the media demonizes those with mental illnesses.
    Not just the media I'm afraid.
    Since the beginning of time people thought mental illness was demons,
    I guess the stigma remains.

    I had asked in another thread if one could accept a returning vet doing something like this
    better than this killer.

    It was misinterpreted and taken to flashback illness that combat often causes.
    This not at all the purpose of my post.

    My purpose in mentioning was to compare the level of understanding and empathy.

    This changes when a rational mind has knowledge, experience, a way to process
    something like this, a way to forgive if even in the smallest way.
    By understanding what a vet had gone through, by accepting this could bring
    on mental illness, one might understand those who have empathy for this killer
    because of their own life experiences with mental illness.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,884
    catefrances wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

    According to the newspaper article I read this morning he was seen described as:

    Shy
    Reclusive
    Bright
    Aloof
    Having few close friends


    that just about describes me.

    Are you sure????? ;)
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    cincybearcat wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

    According to the newspaper article I read this morning he was seen described as:

    Shy
    Reclusive
    Bright
    Aloof
    Having few close friends


    that just about describes me.

    Are you sure????? ;)

    yep. 8-)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    Even though we can't bring back those who were killed but we can pray for their families who must endure sadly all of their loved ones. The victims who survived need prayers also who need to get through the pain of this tragedy.

    Peace
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Mentioned it in another thread but thought I would repeat it here as hopefully this thread will stay about the victims and their families.

    I went past the American consultate in Brussels yesterday and was at a military base today (in Belgium). Both had flags at half-mast. It surprised me and asked why - it was in honour of the victims of this terrible shooting.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Holy Crap!

    The killer sent detailed plans to his professor about the murders he was going to commit ... and it sat in the mail room for a week unopened! :(

    This could have been avoided ...

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/25/exclusive-movie-massacre-suspect-laid-out-plans-in-package-mailed-to/
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Holy crap indeed. I got goosebumps reading that.
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    g under p wrote:
    Even though we can't bring back those who were killed but we can pray for their families who must endure sadly all of their loved ones. The victims who survived need prayers also who need to get through the pain of this tragedy.

    Peace

    Very True G.
    I also can't help but to think about the several stories floating around of some of the men who were killed trying to protect their ladies. So sad. This poor girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ere8uKh ... re=related
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    Jason P wrote:
    Holy Crap!

    The killer sent detailed plans to his professor about the murders he was going to commit ... and it sat in the mail room for a week unopened! :(

    This could have been avoided ...

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/25/exclusive-movie-massacre-suspect-laid-out-plans-in-package-mailed-to/

    Oh man, this really could have been avoided...this bringd ANOTHER sad angle to this horrific story.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


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