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Bubba_Fett - you are scrutinizing the actions of a guy throwing popcorn, but not those of the guy who discharged a deadly weapon in a movie RogerMore Jan 14, 12:14

And that's what I said at the outset... Not being a dick could have gone a long way to prevent this tragedy. {nm} Bubba_Fett Jan 14, 12:16

So could "not taking a gun to the theatre" and all the other things I mentioned. But you're still focussed on "don't be a dick" as though it RogerMore Jan 14, 12:26

The point I guess I'm failing to make is that this tragedy could have been averted any number of ways through simple human decency. Bubba_Fett Jan 14, 12:37

And yet you're still stuck on the victim being a dick, rather than the shooter firing for no good reason {nm} RogerMore Jan 14, 12:46

I'm just showing where this wrong, from the beginning. It should go without saying, but it should have never got to that point. {nm} Bubba_Fett Jan 14, 12:59

It went wrong when someone took a gun into a theatre. "Don't be a dick or you (and maybe your wife) could get shot" isn't a great rule. RogerMore Jan 14, 15:08

You're right, but the texter was a "dick". The shooter was a "DICK!!!" *I would have altered to a bigger font if I could :) {nm} PVL Admin Jan 14, 12:31

If only George Zimmerman had been there to shoot the shooter before he could shoot. second gary Jan 14, 12:18

No, wait; if only theatre staff were armed, so they could shoot George Zimmerman before he shot the shooter. {nm} second gary Jan 14, 12:19

No, wait; if only there were an active duty police officer to shoot the theatre staff before they shot Zimmerman before he could shoot. . . second gary Jan 14, 12:20

FYI: Results in texter being dead, and shooter being alive. (Not the desired result of your example I think) PVL Admin Jan 14, 12:33

FYI: Results in texter being dead, and shooter being alive. (Not the desired result of your example I think) {nm} PVL Admin Jan 14, 12:32

Or if (this is a crazy thought, bear with me) the theater staff had done their jobs and asked the dickhead to stop texting, he'd be alive. {nm} Bubba_Fett Jan 14, 12:47

Not a crazy thought at all. On the other hand, if the theatre was a 20-screen multiplex staffed by nine teenagers, I'd look to. . . second gary Jan 14, 13:03

FYI: Results in texter being alive, and shooter being dead. (desired result in your example I think) {nm} PVL Admin Jan 14, 12:32

Be careful, double posting is a shootable offence. {nm} elchan2012 Jan 14, 12:48

I long winded opinion of what's really going on here wroberson Jan 15, 00:30