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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:30 PM Original message |
For some perspective - a top 10 list of mass killings |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Virginia Tech isn't there. Should be #7, I believe n/t |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You are indeed correct - my apologies for relying on an outdated listing |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your list doesn't support your conclusions |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Doesn't disagree at all |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I thought I'd seen it all. The stupid! It burns!! |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Really? Show me exactly where that is |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. It's insane to compare deaths by different means. Completely insane. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Profanity. The last refuge of the fact-less. n/t |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. weak. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Dead is dead.. are those killed in OKC any less dead than those in Ft. Hood? n/t |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. You're starting to get the idea. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. "A statement of fact can never be insolent" |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. n/t? Not even attribution of your quote? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's a quote from "Blake's Seven," an old British sci-fi series |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I quoted it as there seems to be the idea of some pre-gun Eden |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. True; medieval homicide rates were *way* higher than American ones today |
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taurus145 (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Can you prove that? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Apparently it is in your (silly) opinion since that's your armchair shrink diagnosis |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. that list is based on the large number of victims. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Undeniably true, and not at all addressed by my OP |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. theni guess i disagree with your conclusion. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. It seems you misunderstand my conclusion |
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Loki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Don't forget another Texas shooter |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Had to stop the list somewhere and 10 seemed reasonable. NT |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. How about 9/11? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The list excludes acts of warfare or foreign terrorism |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Ahh, thanks. You're correct about what's included there. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I wouldn't say the primary weapon was box cutters |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I guess it depends on which way you want to look at it. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
21. You're missing the worst spree killing in modern history! |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. And the hutu's and the tutsis |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I think we're looking at single perpetrators here |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. Jonestown? 918 deaths. |
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taurus145 (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Must ban Kool-Aid |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. and left wing preachers |
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taurus145 (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Aside from the Kool-Aid |
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