http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/18/making-nonsense-of-the-shooting-at-sandy-hook Comments On: Making Nonsense of the Shooting at Sandy Hook by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Of the zero sources you cited, I find all of them credible.
Posted by James Hutchings]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:24:51 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by karraflarra]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:17:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by thelyamhound]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:41:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by karraflarra]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:13:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sissoucat]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:50:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Paisley]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:33:00 -0800 The Stranger
@42, two thumbs up from me. I've used that same argument about you know who else watches/reads/plays the same "violent" video games/movies/books/etc except I referred to Scandinavians not Canadians.
Posted by Simone]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:11:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Simone]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:03:31 -0800 The Stranger
Oh wait, I forgot. America is the only place that any of that ever happened.
Posted by gromm]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:56:43 -0800 The Stranger
The alternative is that these things are arbitrary, and it could have been them, and tomorrow it could be them. They don't have the cojones to live knowing that we all walk on the edge of the abyss, all the time.

Rather than getting angry, we should call them out for the moral cowards that they are.
Posted by Kije]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:01:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MyKidsMom]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:39:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by <3s Jelly Bean]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:30:26 -0800 The Stranger http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-ev…

and this, for any US citizens who want to add their names:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitio…

or this one, about tax exempt status:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitio…
Posted by agony]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:44:24 -0800 The Stranger
You know who goes to church way fucking less than Americans? Canadians. You know who pops contraceptives at higher rates? Canucks. You know who has more affirmed athiests? Yep, the 51st State of Hockey. You know who also consumes the same fucking violent video games, movies and entertainment, but DOESN'T routinely shoot up the building? Canadians.

Another thing. It is SUPREMELY FUCKING INSULTING to suggest that someone's child died because someone didn't pray enough.

One more thing Ken. I used to be with you, a moderate Republican/Conservative Democrat. No more. I am fucking done. That was a massive stupid fucking "look how cool I am to be on the fence" moment of my youth, i.e. last month. The Republicans and their NRA ilk are directly responsible for blocking policies that would have given those Sandy Hook children a fighting chance to escape. They have pediatric blood on their hands. Nothing else matter. Not tax policy, not off shore drilling, not Social Security.

Watching Obama speak at Newton made me thank fucking god he won.

I hereby serve notice to all politicians who oppose sensible gun control: you have an enemy in me, and I will do everything in my financial and political power to crush you.

Fuck I am pissed.

Posted by Tim Horton]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:37:53 -0800 The Stranger
The guy who examined that data originally did so to "prove" that abortion rates among black people was responsible for the decreased crime rate. He cleaned that theory up for widespread publication in Freakanomics. Also, real researchers who aren't pushing pseudo-research to make a buck dispute his findings.

One far more probable reason for the decreasing crime rate: Baby Boomers getting too old or imprisoned or dead to continue committing crimes. The worst period of crime and violence in recent U.S. history also happened to be the same period when Boomers were teens and young adults.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:58:40 -0800 The Stranger Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:54:44 -0800 The Stranger
No. The shooter was raised by both parents until he was 16 years old, i.e. nearly an adult.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:52:22 -0800 The Stranger
But Clemmons said he loved Jesus. Who would think twice about releasing him?
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:49:29 -0800 The Stranger The Daily Show and sounds reasonable (if wrong). Then, he makes these wack statements on his own TV show that one would think would disqualify him FOREVER from a presidential candidacy (but it doesn't). It's like me being on Today to give an well-balanced argument about the Palestinian issue, then going home and eating a plate of my own shit and posting it on You Tube.

I know Jon Stewart (love you, Jon!) is a fair-minded man when it comes to his guests, but I think this merits cancelling any future appearances by Huckabee - because he sounds bananas.
Posted by Bauhaus I]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:36:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by venomlash]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:24:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by treacle]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:22:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by agony]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:45:46 -0800 The Stranger The evidence suggests that you can keep your hunting rifle, but we'd all be better off if you forked over the AR-15.

I get the impression that some people would get more upset over the loss of their semi automatic weapons than they would over the deaths of, say, 20 children and 7 adults. Newsflash - you aren't going to defend the country against Tyranny. Assault rifles get used for two things - having fun by blowing the holy be-gezus out of a target and killing dozens of innocent people at a time. It's like an X-box that can also kill people.
Posted by smajor82]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:35:25 -0800 The Stranger
1) If you don't know the answer to a question, you can't just make up one that fits your ideology.

2) Overall crime rates are actually going down. Why do school shootings in particular seem to be on the rise - no one knows. That includes you.

Fun fact - someone did an actual study using actual data and found that increased access to birth control and abortion was strongly correlated with decreases in violence by the generation of children effected. Using your logic, you must also believe that allowing parents to plan families by not having kids they don't want leads to a safer, more wholesome society. Do you believe that? I'm going to guess no, because that particular correlation gives you the sads.

Posted by smajor82]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:24:10 -0800 The Stranger
This kind of argument is rejected even by theologians - those who make the study of God their life's work. Simply put, that's not the way this shit works.
Posted by agony]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:21:04 -0800 The Stranger