Many dead after shooting at Batman screening in US (From Daily Echo)

Result of access to firearms for the dumb and disaffected. There is so much to dislike about this country and it's culture.

The problem is that this series has become too dark and it's not the Batman I remember watching with Adam West.

Yet there is also so much to love if you've been there. The country is potraid so badly by british media.

You can't just go and pick up a gun from a shop in most states as far as i was aware, and just the same could happen here.

However, RIP to those victims that lost their lives, and I hope those that survived the ordeal recover and get well soon.

Ted Rogers wrote:
Result of access to firearms for the dumb and disaffected. There is so much to dislike about this country and it's culture.

Oddly enough the reports in the US of 'decapitation' in Bournemouth and cannibalism in UK jails provoke the same response by people with similarly closed minds.

AndyVD wrote:
Yet there is also so much to love if you've been there. The country is potraid so badly by british media.

You can't just go and pick up a gun from a shop in most states as far as i was aware, and just the same could happen here.

However, RIP to those victims that lost their lives, and I hope those that survived the ordeal recover and get well soon.

To be fair, it's also portrayed badly by the US media. A huge amount of their exported entertainment is gun-filled violence. The reality of the country is somewhat different.

Just as we often view the US as being filled with gun-toting psychopaths, they view the UK as "knife-crime island".

We should ban all films now.

Torchie1 wrote:

Ted Rogers wrote: Result of access to firearms for the dumb and disaffected. There is so much to dislike about this country and it's culture.

Oddly enough the reports in the US of 'decapitation' in Bournemouth and cannibalism in UK jails provoke the same response by people with similarly closed minds.

I haven't got a closed mind at all. It's my opinion on a country that I have visited on numerous occasions. My original post should have included 'Gun'

I also abhor certain elements of our own country and it's elements of violence. I reserve the right to pick and choose the things I like and dislike about people, countries, cultures et al

Ted Rogers wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Ted Rogers wrote: Result of access to firearms for the dumb and disaffected. There is so much to dislike about this country and it's culture.

Oddly enough the reports in the US of 'decapitation' in Bournemouth and cannibalism in UK jails provoke the same response by people with similarly closed minds.

I haven't got a closed mind at all. It's my opinion on a country that I have visited on numerous occasions. My original post should have included 'Gun'

I also abhor certain elements of our own country and it's elements of violence. I reserve the right to pick and choose the things I like and dislike about people, countries, cultures et al

ITS

You don't have to look too hard to find abhorrences in most cultures when prodded with the extremes. However, we are still at a stage where the good still outweigh the bad.

I assumed US in the headline stood for Upper Shirley - why else is this in local news?!

good old Echo, always first with the local stories, oh hang on,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,DENVER???

dango wrote:
good old Echo, always first with the local stories, oh hang on,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

,DENVER???

were you born stupid retford or does it occur naturally?

This has been 'Breaking News' since 10:32 this morning and is nothing to do with Southampton.

Is something going to happen? We should all arm ourselves and get ready for a trigger happy USA style shootout NOT!

The Yanks shoot each other day in day out, leave them to it!

"The Yanks shoot each other day in day out, leave them to it!"

It is too simplistic to vilify, scapegoat or ridicule an entire Nation for the deranged or evil behaviour of one person or a statistically-small number of people.

Americans tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves, display over-confidence at times, to the point of being-in-your-face and are portayed by their media as all being gun-toting homocidal maniacs.

America is undoubtably a Country of extremes but so are many other Countries.

Mad and evil people are found in all Societies. Home-grown Dr Shipman killed more people than any American serial killer, for example.

Effective gun control in America is the responsibility of their lawmakers not the individual "yank", so, if any blame needs to be levelled about the millions of weapons sloshing around in America then it lies at the door of their legislators.

When hearing the appaling news of this massacre my first thought was the devastating and lasting impact on the victims and their families, but also the sense of fear that whole community must now feel as the result of people being gunned down in a public place of entertainment and enjoyment - a place in which people should feel safe.

How do those individuals and how does that community rediscover the crucial sense of being "safe" once again?

derek james wrote:

dango wrote:
good old Echo, always first with the local stories, oh hang on,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


,DENVER???

were you born stupid retford or does it occur naturally?

obviously not as stupid as some, who quote one person and refer to another.

clausentum wrote:
"The Yanks shoot each other day in day out, leave them to it!"

It is too simplistic to vilify, scapegoat or ridicule an entire Nation for the deranged or evil behaviour of one person or a statistically-small number of people.

Americans tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves, display over-confidence at times, to the point of being-in-your-face and are portayed by their media as all being gun-toting homocidal maniacs.

America is undoubtably a Country of extremes but so are many other Countries.

Mad and evil people are found in all Societies. Home-grown Dr Shipman killed more people than any American serial killer, for example.

Effective gun control in America is the responsibility of their lawmakers not the individual "yank", so, if any blame needs to be levelled about the millions of weapons sloshing around in America then it lies at the door of their legislators.

When hearing the appaling news of this massacre my first thought was the devastating and lasting impact on the victims and their families, but also the sense of fear that whole community must now feel as the result of people being gunned down in a public place of entertainment and enjoyment - a place in which people should feel safe.

How do those individuals and how does that community rediscover the crucial sense of being "safe" once again?

I lost interest after the first sentence.

An over-sensationalised heading from the Echo as always. A tragic event but hardly "many" dead. I can understand this being on national news but not our local paper.

"I lost interest after the first sentence."
=
code for defensiveness to a reasonable and reasoned response to your comment.

Wherever we happen to live on this Planet, we all share a common humanity and victims of senseless violent acts merit compassion, not shoot-from-the-hip naff comments.

Poppy22 wrote:
An over-sensationalised heading from the Echo as always. A tragic event but hardly "many" dead. I can understand this being on national news but not our local paper.

Not really....12 people dead....I'd call that "many" What would you call "many"?
And I for one,like my local paper covering important world news...or do you live in a local bubble?

Poppy22 wrote:
An over-sensationalised heading from the Echo as always. A tragic event but hardly "many" dead. I can understand this being on national news but not our local paper.

Not really....12 people dead....I'd call that "many" What would you call "many"?
And I for one,like my local paper covering important world news...or do you live in a local bubble?

Poppy22 wrote:
An over-sensationalised heading from the Echo as always. A tragic event but hardly "many" dead. I can understand this being on national news but not our local paper.

Not really....12 people dead....I'd call that "many" What would you call "many"?
And I for one,like my local paper covering important world news...or do you live in a local bubble?

IronLady2010 wrote:
This has been 'Breaking News' since 10:32 this morning and is nothing to do with Southampton.

Is something going to happen? We should all arm ourselves and get ready for a trigger happy USA style shootout NOT!

The Yanks shoot each other day in day out, leave them to it!

No. No they do not. You watch too much TV.

IronLady2010 wrote:

clausentum wrote:
"The Yanks shoot each other day in day out, leave them to it!"

It is too simplistic to vilify, scapegoat or ridicule an entire Nation for the deranged or evil behaviour of one person or a statistically-small number of people.

Americans tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves, display over-confidence at times, to the point of being-in-your-face and are portayed by their media as all being gun-toting homocidal maniacs.

America is undoubtably a Country of extremes but so are many other Countries.

Mad and evil people are found in all Societies. Home-grown Dr Shipman killed more people than any American serial killer, for example.

Effective gun control in America is the responsibility of their lawmakers not the individual "yank", so, if any blame needs to be levelled about the millions of weapons sloshing around in America then it lies at the door of their legislators.

When hearing the appaling news of this massacre my first thought was the devastating and lasting impact on the victims and their families, but also the sense of fear that whole community must now feel as the result of people being gunned down in a public place of entertainment and enjoyment - a place in which people should feel safe.

How do those individuals and how does that community rediscover the crucial sense of being "safe" once again?

I lost interest after the first sentence.

Figures. The first sentence was yours.

clausentum wrote:
"The Yanks shoot each other day in day out, leave them to it!"

It is too simplistic to vilify, scapegoat or ridicule an entire Nation for the deranged or evil behaviour of one person or a statistically-small number of people.

Americans tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves, display over-confidence at times, to the point of being-in-your-face and are portayed by their media as all being gun-toting homocidal maniacs.

America is undoubtably a Country of extremes but so are many other Countries.

Mad and evil people are found in all Societies. Home-grown Dr Shipman killed more people than any American serial killer, for example.

Effective gun control in America is the responsibility of their lawmakers not the individual "yank", so, if any blame needs to be levelled about the millions of weapons sloshing around in America then it lies at the door of their legislators.

When hearing the appaling news of this massacre my first thought was the devastating and lasting impact on the victims and their families, but also the sense of fear that whole community must now feel as the result of people being gunned down in a public place of entertainment and enjoyment - a place in which people should feel safe.

How do those individuals and how does that community rediscover the crucial sense of being "safe" once again?

Good, a sensible non hysterical post.

Nice response from Georgem too ! :)