12 killed, 50 injured in Colorado theater

Jason P

Snakeduck wrote:

At least the guy is in custody and didn't get killed or kill himself in the process. Not that I would really care if we has dead, but you can only second-guess motives with a corpse. Curious as to what this guy has to say. What can we learn from someone like this and better prevent a similar act when the warning signs are present? After we've figured out what we can, then feed him to my bear.

+1

Extract and learn what we can, then discard.

norm

in case anyone was wondering what hollywood thought of the tragedy

"It is a very real possibility this terrifying tragedy may affect The Dark Knight Rises‘s opening box office today and this weekend."

now nikii finke is one of the biggest scumbags in hollywood but 10 bucks says this was thought a lot as everyone here in la woke this morning

mydogmookieblaylock

norm wrote:

in case anyone was wondering what hollywood thought of the tragedy

"It is a very real possibility this terrifying tragedy may affect The Dark Knight Rises‘s opening box office today and this weekend."

now nikii finke is one of the biggest scumbags in hollywood but 10 bucks says this was thought a lot as everyone here in la woke this morning

don't they realize 'any press is good press'

Cliffy6745

Covered head to toe in body armor.

Jason P

mydogmookieblaylock wrote:

norm wrote:

in case anyone was wondering what hollywood thought of the tragedy

"It is a very real possibility this terrifying tragedy may affect The Dark Knight Rises‘s opening box office today and this weekend."

now nikii finke is one of the biggest scumbags in hollywood but 10 bucks says this was thought a lot as everyone here in la woke this morning

don't they realize 'any press is good press'

There is always the fear of a copycat doing this again this weekend which will hold some people back from going. Unfortunately, there are a few weirdos out there that may find this as motivation.

(note to weirdos: find tall bridge. jump.)

comebackgirl

now reports that he had his hair painted red and told police he was the joker :?

josevolution

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Covered head to toe in body armor.

Yeah all ready for war , so people can actually purchase everything you need for warfare :(

Cliffy6745

comebackgirl wrote:

now reports that he had his hair painted red and told police he was the joker :?

They wouldn't answer that in the briefing. He had body armor on every inch of his body.

Cliffy6745

josevolution wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Covered head to toe in body armor.

Yeah all ready for war , so people can actually purchase everything you need for warfare :(

AR-15 and all.

comebackgirl

Cliffy6745 wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

now reports that he had his hair painted red and told police he was the joker :?

They wouldn't answer that in the briefing. He had body armor on every inch of his body.

sounds like he definitely planned on coming out of this alive

also - makes sense that they don't want to confirm that yet. His defense team would likely use that to point to his mental status at the tie. He's either psychotic or wants people to believe he is.

norm

In honor of the victims of today's tragedy in Aurora, Colo., President Obama has just proclaimed that American flags are to be flown at half-staff until July 25.

chiquimonkey

comebackgirl wrote:

Apparently he recently dropped out from medical school and his only brush with the law had been a speeding ticket. I wonder what the rest of the story is given his mother's reaction. We try to predict and prevent things like this, try to control peoples' behavior, but ultimately we can't. Victim blaming gives us a bigger sense of safety - thinking this would never happen to my kid because I would never take them to a midnight movie. The reality is you can do everything right and this can still happen, like to all the kids whose parents sent them to school only to have them killed in a school shooting. The idea that it can happen to any of us and that we can't ultimately prevent or control it is terrifying, but that's the reality. We try to distance ourselves from the victims as much as possible to give us a larger sense of control (i.e I don't see comic book movies, I'd never go to a midnight movie, etc). The blame lies with the shooter. The victims and their families need our compassion and empathy.

That pretty much sums it up. It is good he didn't get killed in the sense that we can find out what motivated him to commit such horror.

Any time you leave your house you take a risk really, it's scary but true. I figure every day I make it home in one piece, I'm grateful.

DS1119

:(

josevolution

I'm still in a fog thinking about this what a sad sad day :(

marcos

comebackgirl wrote:

now reports that he had his hair painted red and told police he was the joker :?

This reminds us of Heath Ledger another tragedy associated with the movie. But movies or music is not the cause of human actions.

Buy I remember I thought a lot of the people that were so into The Dark Knight and Heath's Joker performance were fascinated by the fact Heath was dead. And I've heard of curses associated with movie with what happened to Heath, Morgan Freeman accident, the close calls with Christian Bale and the stuntman thing. But I never imagined this.

BinauralJam

Cliffy6745 wrote:

josevolution wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Covered head to toe in body armor.

Yeah all ready for war , so people can actually purchase everything you need for warfare :(

AR-15 and all.

I was on FB a few months back, and in a "Into the Wild page" a young guy who was self training in survival in the wild posed with one, so asked him why he would buy a gun that can take down an Elephant, he replied that this is America and you can own any gun you want, so i said, yes i agree, but that doesn't explain the Why? He Blocked me without answering. :roll:

ComeToTX

I keep reading people who say if they were there with their gun they would have stopped him. Body armor would have made that difficult.

chiquimonkey

josevolution wrote:

I'm still in a fog thinking about this what a sad sad day :(

Me too. The whole thing is so disturbing :(

oona left

chiquimonkey wrote:

josevolution wrote:

I'm still in a fog thinking about this what a sad sad day :(

Me too. The whole thing is so disturbing :(

It really, really is.

For some reason a part of me has been consciously appreciative of the fact that, if nothing else, at least we are not numb to an event like this. I don't know if that makes sense.

I've read about this on and off throughout the day, as many of us have. After just watching "Bowling for Columbine" 2 nights ago, the amount of emotion this has evoked in me is nearly too much to bear.

Peace please.

faceintheclouds

So fucking stupid and pointless. Hey kid, what the fuck is so wrong with your life that you would take the lives of children and others? You scumbag piece of shit. This world is fucked anymore.