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127. Thread Zombie Attack!

Reply to radicalliberal (Reply #126)

Fri Sep 6, 2013, 08:03 AM

Sep 2013

Batten down the hatches and circle the wagons!

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Another school shooting. Another bully shot. Another victim in police custody. [View all] Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 OP

Our system is designed to protect bullies. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #1

Your post makes my point. Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #2

That was what I intended. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #4

"It gets better" is not only a cold comfort... it is wrong, too. Zalatix Aug 2012 #7

True. The bullies just get more subtle. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #8

Completely true BuelahWitch Aug 2012 #27

The "quiet loner" is turning into a friggin trope. Zalatix Aug 2012 #111

you seem to be saying, in your exerpt, that those killed cali Aug 2012 #5

You're damn right. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #10

sickening and sick. cali Aug 2012 #21

Even worse than bullies Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #24

murderers are worse than bullies. cali Aug 2012 #29

No, trying to wedge an idea into a closed mind rarely does. renie408 Aug 2012 #45

+1 nt Javaman Aug 2012 #52

renie408 is right +1 Katashi_itto Aug 2012 #58

Thank you Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #68

Yes. I know that murder is more final than bullying. cali Aug 2012 #93

Terrible. I'm sorry this happened to you. ='( AverageJoe90 Aug 2012 #113

Bummer renie408 Aug 2012 #118

I'm so sorry that happened to you cali Aug 2012 #119

There is no 'real or fake' victim. Get it together. Both parties were victims. vaberella Aug 2012 #101

this is idiotic jumping to conclusions. cali Aug 2012 #106

Non-sense. n/t ellisonz Aug 2012 #31

???? What?! AlinPA Aug 2012 #37

I can't ever agree with that... Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #51

Wow. How ignorant. Dash87 Aug 2012 #56

"Wow. How ignorant." radicalliberal Sep 2013 #126

Thread Zombie Attack! Dash87 Sep 2013 #127

Idiot. Most of the victims at Columbine didn't even know the shooters. Xithras Aug 2012 #89

thanks...said it better than i did Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #99

^^^^ ellisonz Aug 2012 #103

I think you are misinterpeting things Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #11

I completely agree Drale Aug 2012 #30

I'm sorry you were bullied cali Aug 2012 #94

While I don't approve of shooting anyone, the tormentors of the Columbine shooters Flatulo Aug 2012 #59

I could suggest a solution but it would get me flamed. zeemike Aug 2012 #69

I hear ya - back in the day it was common for gym teachers Flatulo Aug 2012 #90

I saw the same damn thing. zeemike Aug 2012 #100

I was in the seventh grade in 1966. There was this big dumb fuck of a gym teacher Flatulo Aug 2012 #110

Thats a stereotype Drale Aug 2012 #95

Well that is a stereotype too...that bullies are just "bad" kids. zeemike Aug 2012 #97

Are you saying school bullies are never found in sports? radicalliberal Sep 2012 #125

could you post links to that? cali Aug 2012 #96

Wikipedia has both accounts - that they were bullied, and in turn bullied others Flatulo Aug 2012 #105

I understand what you are saying get the red out Aug 2012 #9

FWIW, I would bet anything that bullying predates the invention of the gun by millennia. Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #13

The gun actually ends things a lot quicker in these cases. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #17

I agree get the red out Aug 2012 #26

The bully theory for Columbine has been largely discredited. wickerwoman Aug 2012 #43

Bullying is the common thread in most school shootings. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #44

IMO Mr Dixon Aug 2012 #3

Which is also why so many school shooters don't survive the attack. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #6

Many of us were punished for defending ourselves against the bullies Odin2005 Aug 2012 #12

+1000000 Jamastiene Aug 2012 #19

You get the feeling a lot of schools out there are like "The Lord of the Flies" reformist2 Aug 2012 #14

Or hey, maybe kids in homes are w/o adult supervision? MichiganVote Aug 2012 #16

Or nineteen50 Aug 2012 #76

Wasn't that book inspired by British elite boarding schools? Odin2005 Aug 2012 #20

Bingo. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #22

I thought it was based upon the Prussian (German) school system. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #25

Which is also where the British system came from. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #28

THANK YOU Teachers for putting your lives on the line today MichiganVote Aug 2012 #15

+10000000!!!! shireen Aug 2012 #49

+ a million Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #72

I see a few posters up on the wall liberal_at_heart Aug 2012 #18

premeditated attempted murder is not bullying? nt msongs Aug 2012 #23

No, it's retaliation. ...nt TeeYiYi Aug 2012 #32

Not with escalating personal violence on the other side Mopar151 Aug 2012 #34

It's not exactly civilised but it isn't the same thing. sibelian Aug 2012 #42

We must not talk about easy access to guns as a social factor. n/t ellisonz Aug 2012 #33

Guns aren't the issue here. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #35

But he didn't... ellisonz Aug 2012 #38

No, your trying to make it a "gun issue" ignores the real problem. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #41

Your agenda is showing... ellisonz Aug 2012 #54

My "agenda" Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #98

By misrepresenting the Columbine shooting? ellisonz Aug 2012 #104

I misrepresent nothing. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #108

I would have been alright if he used a baseball bat former-republican Aug 2012 #47

Like it or not, that train has left the station Mopar151 Aug 2012 #36

And we can derail it... ellisonz Aug 2012 #39

Social responsibilities is how the hillbillies make it work Mopar151 Aug 2012 #107

The issue is high school sucks for a lot of people. Jennicut Aug 2012 #40

No sympathy for bullies former-republican Aug 2012 #46

In high school, I was bullied so badly that I dropped out. Akoto Aug 2012 #48

I dropped out, too. renie408 Aug 2012 #53

So true... Bullying made me shy and introverted. It took decades for me to Flatulo Aug 2012 #65

I agree. Same with me. Akoto Aug 2012 #92

Teachers are overworked, parents dumps their kids in school for babysitting. Remmah2 Aug 2012 #50

Adults are not modeling diffusion skills for kids in communities or at home MichiganVote Aug 2012 #61

Just watching TV should raise concern. Remmah2 Aug 2012 #66

I think it's ludicrous to make these sorts of conclusions about the victim who is in the hospital. LisaL Aug 2012 #55

So, Basically you are saying that the OP is a liar who pulled the summer bullying story renie408 Aug 2012 #60

I have no clue as to where he pulled his story from. Since he doesn't say how LisaL Aug 2012 #87

Shooting an unarmed person is probably bullying. Democat Aug 2012 #57

By the time someone chooses a weapon, the perp has surpassed bullying MichiganVote Aug 2012 #62

Very nuanced response, there. renie408 Aug 2012 #64

Huffpo is using this thread to tie the shooting to bullying krawhitham Aug 2012 #63

Police are saying they don't believe that vicitm was specifically targeted by the shooter. LisaL Aug 2012 #67

Where did you get that? I just read something that the police said it was a grudge renie408 Aug 2012 #70

It's in many reports. LisaL Aug 2012 #73

The admins might want to take notice of this. Could be bad. Ian_rd Aug 2012 #74

Sooo uhhhh how do you know this please? Ian_rd Aug 2012 #71

It pops up at his link Go Vols Aug 2012 #75

Even assuming for a second the suspect was actually bullied over the summer, there is nothing LisaL Aug 2012 #77

I freely admit renie408 Aug 2012 #81

What is the basis for your claim that this was a "bullied" kid? LisaL Aug 2012 #84

HuffPost is citing this thread, and this thread is citing HuffPost? Ian_rd Aug 2012 #78

Type in Perry Hall High School...it is all over Google. renie408 Aug 2012 #80

I can understand that but ... Ian_rd Aug 2012 #83

And that's how unsubstnatiated rumors and speculations become facts. LisaL Aug 2012 #82

The unconfirmed post they site is the OP. LisaL Aug 2012 #86

correct Go Vols Aug 2012 #88

the specifics don't matter? Enrique Aug 2012 #79

Where are you getting yr information from? MichiganVote Aug 2012 #85

For me the question is how do we teach empathy to our children? Flatulo Aug 2012 #91

There are exceptions to every rule...... AverageJoe90 Aug 2012 #114

Thanks for the kind words. I knew kids who were bullied far worse than I was. Flatulo Aug 2012 #115

Yours are Good questions that should be explored. Trillo Aug 2012 #120

Wow . . . the things that cause food fights. Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #102

lame, but then you knew that. MichiganVote Aug 2012 #109

No, it wasn't "lame" Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #112

No. It was lame. Your OP clearly stated ... Ian_rd Aug 2012 #116

That is what was being reported from the scene by the teevee news. Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #117

"The victim, a special needs student" pintobean Aug 2012 #121

Victim has Down syndrome. LisaL Aug 2012 #122

Thank you pintobean Aug 2012 #123

DU Rec TheManInTheMac Aug 2012 #124