Post: #1

These shootings are becoming more frequent. I can think of at least 3 this year, and one local one which was stopped before it happened.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/multiple...er-report/

In this case a 58 year old man (article makes a big deal he is white), kills 2 others and himself in a showing of the movie Train Wreck starring Miss Piggy. Will this effect the movies popularity?

I predict more gun grabbing law pushes, another flag taken down and the usual media circus. I suspect will be covered non stop tomorrow as well. RIP victims though, they didn't need to die. If he has mental issues it might be glossed over. Mental health is oddly overlooked in mass shootings.

Post: #2

"It's time we have a serious discussion about gun violence in this country."

"It's time we have a serious discussion about racism in this country."

"It's time we have a serious discussion about mental health in this country."

Post: #3

Gun free zone again?

Post: #4

320 million people.
Half have IQs below 98.
Nearly 1/4 are on anti-depressants.
Over 300 million guns in private households.
Stagnant economy.
Social collapse.

I'm honestly surprised that these shootings don't occur more often given the numbers and state of society.

Post: #5

(07-24-2015 03:46 AM)Icepasian Wrote:  320 million people.
Half have IQs below 98. IQ is just a racist social construct.
Nearly 1/4 are on anti-depressants. 1/4 of women are raped--and who knows how many more go unreported--so that could easily be 1/2 of women who need assistance to deal with the psychological trauma induced by our rape culture.
Over 300 million guns in private households.
Stagnant economy. Only because conservatives and libertarians are hoarding all the wealth behind the protection of their guns, and refusing to let the government create jobs.
Social collapse. You're just mad society is progressing without you.

I'm honestly surprised that these shootings don't occur more often given the numbers and state of society.

Post: #6

(07-24-2015 03:46 AM)Icepasian Wrote:  320 million people.
Half have IQs below 98.
Nearly 1/4 are on anti-depressants.
Over 300 million guns in private households.
Stagnant economy.
Social collapse.

I'm honestly surprised that these shootings don't occur more often given the numbers and state of society.

Seriously?
That's very interesting.
I listened to a Stefan Molyneux clip recently where he said the average IQ of Gemans was sometihng like 109 and that of Greeks was hovering around the 100 mark, and that, he suggested, was partly an explanation of why Germany is more successfully economically than Greece.

Post: #7

(07-23-2015 10:32 PM)kbell Wrote:  These shootings are becoming more frequent. I can think of at least 3 this year, and one local one which was stopped before it happened.

No they're not.

I'm going to start assuming that anyone on this forum promoting the media narrative (lie) that violence and gun violence is growing is nothing short of an SJW in hiding.

You literally have to be one of the biggest statistical idiots on the planet to think that a few media articles about a mass shooters means that we're seeing an increase in frequency. You realize the media are desperate for stories like this because of clickbait? They make money when something bad happens; the media have no interest in good things happening as it's less money for them. In other words, all media like stories about mass killers because it means money.

In historical context, we're living in some of the least violent times. Open a fucking intro to statistics book.

Post: #8

(07-24-2015 04:43 AM)amity Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:46 AM)Icepasian Wrote:  320 million people.
Half have IQs below 98.
Nearly 1/4 are on anti-depressants.
Over 300 million guns in private households.
Stagnant economy.
Social collapse.

I'm honestly surprised that these shootings don't occur more often given the numbers and state of society.

Seriously?
That's very interesting.
I listened to a Stefan Molyneux clip recently where he said the average IQ of Gemans was sometihng like 109 and that of Greeks was hovering around the 100 mark, and that, he suggested, was partly an explanation of why Germany is more successfully economically than Greece.

I've never seen an IQ estimate for Germany nor Greece that high, usually 100 +- 2 for Germany and high 80s to mid 90s for Greece off the top of my head. Maybe if Shanghai seceded from China could you even get a country with an average IQ of 109.

It's likely no coincidence, though, that the PIIGS nations, with their... alternative... approaches to work/life balance and views on fiscal solvency, largely lie outside the Maginot line and have traditionally had lower IQ estimates than their Germanic, Central European, and Scandinavian neighbors.

Post: #9

They're already pegging it as the "lone white gunman" hit word.

Post: #10

(07-24-2015 06:09 AM)Kabal Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 04:43 AM)amity Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:46 AM)Icepasian Wrote:  320 million people.
Half have IQs below 98.
Nearly 1/4 are on anti-depressants.
Over 300 million guns in private households.
Stagnant economy.
Social collapse.

I'm honestly surprised that these shootings don't occur more often given the numbers and state of society.

Seriously?
That's very interesting.
I listened to a Stefan Molyneux clip recently where he said the average IQ of Gemans was sometihng like 109 and that of Greeks was hovering around the 100 mark, and that, he suggested, was partly an explanation of why Germany is more successfully economically than Greece.

I've never seen an IQ estimate for Germany nor Greece that high, usually 100 +- 2 for Germany and high 80s to mid 90s for Greece off the top of my head. Maybe if Shanghai seceded from China could you even get a country with an average IQ of 109.

It's likely no coincidence, though, that the PIIGS nations, with their... alternative... approaches to work/life balance and views on fiscal solvency, largely lie outside the Maginot line and have traditionally had lower IQ estimates than their Germanic, Central European, and Scandinavian neighbors.

I stand corrected. You're perfectly right.
I think it was indeed circa 100/101 for Germany with Greece circa 10 points lower.

Post: #11

(07-24-2015 04:43 AM)amity Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:46 AM)Icepasian Wrote:  320 million people.
Half have IQs below 98.
Nearly 1/4 are on anti-depressants.
Over 300 million guns in private households.
Stagnant economy.
Social collapse.

I'm honestly surprised that these shootings don't occur more often given the numbers and state of society.

Seriously?
That's very interesting.
I listened to a Stefan Molyneux clip recently where he said the average IQ of Gemans was sometihng like 109 and that of Greeks was hovering around the 100 mark, and that, he suggested, was partly an explanation of why Germany is more successfully economically than Greece.

I'm over 140... No wonder I feel like an aspy at the saloon.

Post: #12

(07-24-2015 06:13 AM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:  They're already pegging it as the "lone white gunman" hit word.

I always wonder why one shooting hits the news and not others. I mean, the news in my city has a least one shooting per day, usually a domestic incident or ghetto incident.

I mean, there has been this gang locally that has just completed their second deniro worthy movie style bank robbery where they kidnap a senior bank official and their family and then force the bank official to rob the bank for them and then abandon the family in the woods somewhere. How is that not national news worthy but random murders are?

Mind you, I definitely dont' go to movie theatre premieres since the batman incident.

Post: #13

(07-24-2015 07:48 AM)Dr. Howard Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 06:13 AM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:  They're already pegging it as the "lone white gunman" hit word.

I always wonder why one shooting hits the news and not others. I mean, the news in my city has a least one shooting per day, usually a domestic incident or ghetto incident.

I mean, there has been this gang locally that has just completed their second deniro worthy movie style bank robbery where they kidnap a senior bank official and their family and then force the bank official to rob the bank for them and then abandon the family in the woods somewhere. How is that not national news worthy but random murders are?

Mind you, I definitely dont' go to movie theatre premieres since the batman incident.

Got to push the narrative of gun control so the govt. can have more power and control over all of us none elites.

As for the IQ discussion, I bet the average IQ here at Roosh is about 120. The more intelligent men are able to see what is going on and seek out how to improve themselves. Just taking a guess.

Post: #14

(07-24-2015 07:48 AM)Dr. Howard Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 06:13 AM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:  They're already pegging it as the "lone white gunman" hit word.

I always wonder why one shooting hits the news and not others. I mean, the news in my city has a least one shooting per day, usually a domestic incident or ghetto incident.

I mean, there has been this gang locally that has just completed their second deniro worthy movie style bank robbery where they kidnap a senior bank official and their family and then force the bank official to rob the bank for them and then abandon the family in the woods somewhere. How is that not national news worthy but random murders are?

Mind you, I definitely dont' go to movie theatre premieres since the batman incident.

Knoxville? Fox actually covered that deal a week or two ago. Was interesting in a way.

Post: #15

(07-24-2015 05:12 AM)SunW Wrote:  

(07-23-2015 10:32 PM)kbell Wrote:  These shootings are becoming more frequent. I can think of at least 3 this year, and one local one which was stopped before it happened.

No they're not.

I'm going to start assuming that anyone on this forum promoting the media narrative (lie) that violence and gun violence is growing is nothing short of an SJW in hiding.

You literally have to be one of the biggest statistical idiots on the planet to think that a few media articles about a mass shooters means that we're seeing an increase in frequency. You realize the media are desperate for stories like this because of clickbait? They make money when something bad happens; the media have no interest in good things happening as it's less money for them. In other words, all media like stories about mass killers because it means money.

In historical context, we're living in some of the least violent times. Open a fucking intro to statistics book.

I'd be more curious about the last few years (since social media presence) and about multiple homicide incidents. Most of those stats relate to urban gang violence.

Gang violence is easy to understand and will always happen. I'd be curious about these more 'random' (for lack of better term) shootings.

Also, just as social media has changed reporting with the media going for clickbait, I'd be curious if social media (smartphones saturation) has also affected 'random' acts of violence...as a hypothesis.

That said, no doubt we're living in some of the least violent, safest times in a historical context. People are stupid thinking otherwise.

Post: #16

Can anyone re-post the AnonymousBosch prediction that this kind of rabbitry explosion will continue to increase, followed by the first females going postal?

Post: #17

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Post: #18

The girl from LSU he shot was really attractive, and he also shot her boyfriend. I feel pretty bad about how her boyfriend must feel right now, he was there and could not have predicted this would happen. I bet he did not even want to see the movie...

I am willing to bet the shooter had Huntington's Disease, he seems like a textbook case.

Post: #19

(07-24-2015 07:49 AM)It_is_my_time Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 07:48 AM)Dr. Howard Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 06:13 AM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:  They're already pegging it as the "lone white gunman" hit word.

I always wonder why one shooting hits the news and not others. I mean, the news in my city has a least one shooting per day, usually a domestic incident or ghetto incident.

I mean, there has been this gang locally that has just completed their second deniro worthy movie style bank robbery where they kidnap a senior bank official and their family and then force the bank official to rob the bank for them and then abandon the family in the woods somewhere. How is that not national news worthy but random murders are?

Mind you, I definitely dont' go to movie theatre premieres since the batman incident.

Got to push the narrative of gun control so the govt. can have more power and control over all of us none elites.

As for the IQ discussion, I bet the average IQ here at Roosh is about 120. The more intelligent men are able to see what is going on and seek out how to improve themselves. Just taking a guess.

It's about power and control. Keep that in your frame and you won't go wrong.

Post: #20

(07-24-2015 08:27 AM)praxguy Wrote:  Can anyone re-post the AnonymousBosch prediction that this kind of rabbitry explosion will continue to increase, followed by the first females going postal?

It is actually three posts in one, (and I'm not sure whether I got them all).

First post, Second post, Third post.

Post: #21

(07-24-2015 07:58 AM)Hotwheels Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 07:48 AM)Dr. Howard Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 06:13 AM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:  They're already pegging it as the "lone white gunman" hit word.

I always wonder why one shooting hits the news and not others. I mean, the news in my city has a least one shooting per day, usually a domestic incident or ghetto incident.

I mean, there has been this gang locally that has just completed their second deniro worthy movie style bank robbery where they kidnap a senior bank official and their family and then force the bank official to rob the bank for them and then abandon the family in the woods somewhere. How is that not national news worthy but random murders are?

Mind you, I definitely dont' go to movie theatre premieres since the batman incident.

Knoxville? Fox actually covered that deal a week or two ago. Was interesting in a way.

yep. Knoxville.

Post: #22

A shooting in Antioch, TN movie theatre. Apparently one gunman is killed no one else shot. But it seems he was chemicals (pepper spray - apparently) on people.

A 51 year old local man.

Post: #23

I am not a social justice warrior - I just don't like guns and don't view it as a fundamental right (sure, it's a constitutional right, but there's no law that says my political outlook has to be confined to an american framework). If we're truly a fucked up country - and we are, given the massive of economic dislocation, social breakdown, and high numbers of alienated individuals - it just doesn't make sense to make firearms as accessible as they are now. You don't give matches to children, and there are way, way too many grown children in this country.

And sure, "guns don't kill people - people kill people." But it's a lot easier to kill people with a gun than with a knife or your fists. That's basic logic.

I'm actually a libertarian on most issues. But the basis of the libertarian philosophy is the duality of freedom - we each ought to have the freedom to pursue our own version of destiny, however we choose to define it, provided that pursuit of destiny doesn't infringe on another's pursuit of destiny, and vice versa. ie. Live, and let live. I would prefer that we collectively minimize to the greatest extent possible the ability of homicidal maniacs from infringing upon the freedoms of others - that we reduce as much as possible these nutjobs from violating that live and let live ethos.

The position I take is not that these incidents are becoming more or less frequent - I don't know the stats on the media narrative, nor do I care. That's the wrong framework to approach this - there shouldn't even be a gun control debate to begin with. And this isn't some socialist/big-government philosophy - Hong Kong and Singapore, both heavily libertarian on economics (and even some social issues, like prostitution) - have absolutely zero tolerance on guns.