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Fri Apr-08-11 07:40 AM
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Brazilian victim of school shooting rampage: " It was like America." |
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Edited on Fri Apr-08-11 07:57 AM by elehhhhna
Just now on ABC(GMA).
I'm ashamed for "America".
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Fri Apr-08-11 08:03 AM
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:01 AM
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2. Reporting that smear is despicable. |
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ABC should be ashamed of itself.
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:17 AM
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:18 AM
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5. It's not a smear if it's the truth. |
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Make a list of the 100 worst shooting rampages in history, not connected to a war. How many were by Americans?
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:26 AM
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7. The worst was in Russia |
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Edited on Fri Apr-08-11 09:27 AM by WatsonT
http://listverse.com/2008/01/01/top-10-worst-school-massacres/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2007/04/22/the_list_the_worlds_worst_shooting_rampagesI will agree that there is a huge difference in perception. But it isn't necessarily warranted. We live under 24 hour surveillance by the rest of the world, of course we seem to have a lot of problems. How many kidnappings in Germany do you hear about? Rapes in China? Shootings in Korea?
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:46 AM
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11. Seriously? You believe that? You are aware that Brazil had death squads that would torture and |
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murder (massacre) homeless children, right? Spare me the "it's just like America" bullshit.
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:48 AM
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14. There's a difference between kids killing kids, |
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and death squads. When it comes to kids killing kids in schools, there's no place like the United States.
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:56 AM
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15. So you are asserting that Brazillian kids don't kill each other? |
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I'd love to see some kind of evidence of that.
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Fri Apr-08-11 10:01 AM
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17. In school massacres, like in the US? |
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Fri Apr-08-11 05:28 PM
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23. True, but I'd take school shootings over death squads ;) n/t |
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Fri Apr-08-11 05:33 PM
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25. It's funny how sensitive some people get when "America" is criticized. ;) nt |
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Sat Apr-09-11 10:14 AM
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42. People live in a vacuum, kind of believe their own countries are so much better than the U.S.... |
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when each country has it's problems. Brazil, for one, doesn't seem to acknowledge the murder of it's children. It seems to be swept underneath the carpet.
Yes, when you think of school shootings, you think the U.S. But violence happens everywhere, in all forms. :(
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Sat Apr-09-11 11:03 AM
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44. Is that what people "kind of believe"? |
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Haven't run into too many of those halfhearted souls in my travels abroad. On the other hand, there are plenty of people in the U.S. caught in a most exceptional nationalist vacuum. They can't accept an earnestly expressed fact about their beloved "America" without getting defensive and offensive.
The ability to gracefully accept legitimate criticism is a sign of maturity. The ability to learn from one's mistakes and improve oneself is a sign of wisdom.
"What about you!" and "You're worse!" are the responses of children and fools.
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Sat Apr-09-11 11:30 AM
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48. You are so mature, wise, and I'm foolish beyond words. Gotcha. |
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Sorry for expressing my opinion. :eyes: :sarcasm:
Oh, I've been abroad, too.
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Sat Apr-09-11 11:35 AM
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My comments on maturity and wisdom were not delivered with you in mind, but if the shoe fits...
Relax, Darth_Kitten.
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Sat Apr-09-11 11:12 AM
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46. You mean like the OP being "ashamed". It is funny. |
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Sat Apr-09-11 11:15 AM
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47. Yeah, that was a bit much. nt |
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Fri Apr-08-11 11:22 AM
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18. Brazil shooting said to be first school massacre in nation's history |
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'What happened has no precedent,' says Military Police Colonel Djalma Beltrame, as he guarded the school in Brazil where 11 students were gunned down today. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0407/Brazil-shooting-said-to-be-first-school-massacre-in-nation-s-history*Thus the comment, like America, there was nothing said suggesting people live violence free in Rio.
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Sat Apr-09-11 08:08 AM
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38. You're aware that Brazil... |
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Edited on Sat Apr-09-11 08:09 AM by a la izquierda
had the tacit approval of the US to do it's dirty deeds in regards to death squads? ETA: Think about it this way, people in Brazil may not have an inkling what was happening during those days, just like my students haven't a clue what we supported in Latin America.
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Fri Apr-08-11 05:05 PM
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21. Wow. What a smear against the U.S., Dem1988 |
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Edited on Fri Apr-08-11 05:06 PM by robcon
Despicable.
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Fri Apr-08-11 05:32 PM
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24. Brazil has more gun violence than the US. |
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BUT this specific kind of thing, i.e. a madman going in some place and shooting people at random, is virtually unheard of here.
We have gang wars. We have armed robbery. We have police abuse. But this is new.
Calm down.
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Sat Apr-09-11 01:36 AM
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Denial is a hallmark of the gun porn crowd.
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Sat Apr-09-11 10:03 AM
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41. Ohhhh, a real zinger there... |
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...glad to see you could really add to the conversation with something substantive. It's too bad you never have, you know, reality on your side.
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Fri Apr-08-11 01:40 PM
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20. Oh, yeah, America is exceptional, right? |
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Sat Apr-09-11 08:08 AM
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The United States averages one incident of mass murder/spree killing A MONTH (including incidents in workplaces and other locations which are not schools). Limiting it to schools, there were eleven instances of school shootings last year and three so far this year. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting#United_States
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:16 AM
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3. Once upon a time when people thought of America, they thought of freedom. |
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:23 AM
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6. It is like the America they hear about |
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we have a 24 news cycle that is the most intense in the world.
It tends towards sensationalism.
So you will hear about the scary and terrible things that happen in the US. But none of the good.
For reference: how many news channels based in Brazil do people in America watch on a regular basis? They're seeing all our dirty laundry and we see none of theirs.
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:35 AM
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8. I wonder if this person knows any more about life in the US than I do about life in Brazil |
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Maybe they do, but I don't know. I've never been to Brazil nor have I studied it in depth. I don't pretend that 'City of God' can be applied to the whole country.
I've met several international students over the years who told me their parents were concerned that their children would be be shot or robbed while studying here.
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:37 AM
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9. We do have a bit of a PR problem |
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one that our own media is working desperately to maintain.
And while terrible things happen here it is a big country, the odds of it happening to you are very low.
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:48 AM
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:44 AM
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10. If this is the clip you saw, |
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the quote should be: "It was like in the united states when people go in and start shooting." http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/rio-de-janeiro-shooting-claims-12-lives-13327420In America, only people from the United States, refer to the United States as "America".
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Fri Apr-08-11 09:48 AM
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12. Death squads. Brazil. Massacre children. Look it up for yourself. |
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Fri Apr-08-11 10:00 AM
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16. The way things are going, |
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it will be no time before the rightists in this country start forming death squads. Perhaps when the government can no longer afford to keep its professional killers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, etc...
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Fri Apr-08-11 01:37 PM
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19. That is pointless fearmongering |
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No different from saying that Obama wants to round up people and detain them in FEMA camps.
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Fri Apr-08-11 05:26 PM
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22. The difference is that my comment was delivered with a sense of humor. |
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To the person that says, "Obama wants to round up people and detain them in FEMA camps", I would respond, "The CEO of Empire America doesn't want to do something like that, but he will if he feels he has to. But don't you worry your pretty little teabag, it will be the left he goes after."
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Fri Apr-08-11 11:32 PM
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27. I must have missed the humor n/t |
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Fri Apr-08-11 11:44 PM
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Edited on Sat Apr-09-11 12:10 AM by apocalypsehow
On edit: "no more shit-stirring" is a slogan that should start at home. Thus, this edit....
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Fri Apr-08-11 11:57 PM
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29. You're questioning what I'm doing in this thread? |
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I actually commented on the main subject here earlier in the day. All you seem to be doing is jumping on me. So how about we question why you are here instead?
Please don't tell me you think that predicting death squads in the US is worse than calling out the ridiculousness of the very same statement.
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Sat Apr-09-11 12:09 AM
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30. Actually, all I wanted to do is rant about the "hide thread' function, and you took the bait. |
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I think it's a great idea; you don't. :P
I'll edit my post above accordingly. :hi:
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Sat Apr-09-11 12:16 AM
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A hide function might have made all that fun impossible ;)
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Sat Apr-09-11 12:18 AM
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32. Haaaahaaa! Touche! You have the better of me this evening, Sir, I do concede. |
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Thus, a toast to you: :beer:
:toast:
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:26 AM
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34. Perhaps you missed the humor because it's a possibility you fear. |
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Sat Apr-09-11 11:09 AM
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45. It's not something I'm too worried about |
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I don't feel the collapse of order and basic respect for human rights is imminent in the United States. Nor do I think there are any significant elements, either left or right, anxious to produce such a situation.
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Sat Apr-09-11 11:33 AM
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49. Really? Could have fooled me. |
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But then again, I'm not wise and aware of things. :sarcasm:
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Sat Apr-09-11 11:36 AM
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51. Now you're angry at me. |
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What can I do to make it all better?
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Fri Apr-08-11 05:35 PM
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26. That's what I thought, too |
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:32 AM
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35. Next time there is a gang shooting we should say it is just like Brazil |
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More specifically we should do it when it happens in areas with draconian gun control that never worked.
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:58 AM
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37. Let's not and say we did. ;) |
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Sat Apr-09-11 09:55 AM
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40. Detroit is becoming more and more like Brazil every year |
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And that's not something I ever wanted to say about an American city.
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Sat Apr-09-11 10:16 AM
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43. It is the obvious result when a nation refuses to care for it's own people |
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Detroit made all the cars, and New York (Wall street) made all the profits.
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