This.

[dwgm]

A Joke, A Guy, A Gun, Six Bodies: Why We’re Careful.

Thank you to fabu for posting about the tragedy, with links that led to the above. The rhetoric of violence is unacceptable in a civilized society, and I've long felt that it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.

Comments

[jenthegypsy.livejournal.com]

Amen.

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Yes. And thank you, geekmama, for sharing it, as well.

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

O.O

Holy...

And this is why I'm scared of people with no sense of humour and fiction... Palin's concept seems rather in bad taste, to put it very mildly, but the existence of such... well, brain disabled fellows is what gives me the real urge to hide under a stone. Seriously, is there something what absolutely wouldn't be risky to say or show to someone like he? How to learn people WHAT the irony and such is...! Especially the lame irony. As it seems, it's a vital issue for the all world now. Foolishness is as the worst disease, it kills not only the infected person.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

The whole thing is so horrifying, and unfortunately the reactions and lack of any positive result are as predictable as the incident itself.

[florencia7.livejournal.com]

It's been proved many times before that words can be very dangerous. It's so sad that it often takes such a horrible tragedy as this one to remember about that.

R.I.P.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

It's so sad that it often takes such a horrible tragedy as this one to remember about that.

The scum that glorifies guns and violence are adamant that their endless clamor had nothing to do with the gunman's actions. Nothing will change. It's truly a tragedy.