Friday, January 23, 2009
Life Horrible
Posted by Grant Brissey on Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:53 AM
This is possibly the worst news story I've read in my entire life.
"(It's) something you hear about from America, not here," said bake shop owner Bie Hoornaert.
Do not read this unless you want your entire weekend ruined (seriously).
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why did you post this? at least try to relate this to something local or something topical. otherwise this is just death-porn, which is really FAUX-news' bag.
(even Dan Savage has a pretense of a reason to post those "Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father" items -- as tenuous as his logic is)
(even Dan Savage has a pretense of a reason to post those "Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father" items -- as tenuous as his logic is)
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The incidence of this sort of thing is still much less than it is here, 5280. Gee, wonder why that is.
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Tragic, but the Dunblane massacre could be worse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_ma…
In that latter case there were, perhaps, some warning signs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_ma…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_ma…
In that latter case there were, perhaps, some warning signs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_ma…
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Yes! Fifty-Two-Eighty, reliable as ever. No tragedy is too painful for you to can pass up a chance to exploit it for your pet cause. Or even wait a full twenty minutes. Stay classy, my friend.
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Crazy people suck. I know it's terrible to say, but sometimes I just want to lock all these violent nutballs up in a building and set it on fire.
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No true Scotsman would have done this.
"(It's) something you hear about from America, not here," said bake shop owner Bie Hoornaert.
No true Scotsman would have done this.
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@14,
Who knows, maybe one of those slaughtered babies would have grown up to be a killer. Perhaps it's all for the best to kill indiscriminately, because you can just assume that you've beneficially changed the future in some way or another by stopping your victim from doing a hypothetical evil.
Who knows, maybe one of those slaughtered babies would have grown up to be a killer. Perhaps it's all for the best to kill indiscriminately, because you can just assume that you've beneficially changed the future in some way or another by stopping your victim from doing a hypothetical evil.
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Grant Brissey --- if you post a tantalizing "ooo, don't read this! it's baaad!" item, without giving a hint of why it is bad, --so that people can decide for themselves if they want to be horrified in that particular way-- then you are essentially making it as irresistable as possible. You are, in action, trying to get people to read this horrible thing you "warn" against.
Weak sauce, dude. Weak sauce.
Weak sauce, dude. Weak sauce.
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A great tragedy. :-(
The stupidest thing that Europeans routinely do is assume that X, Y, or Z happens "only" in America, though. Because it ALWAYS also happens in Europe, too.
The stupidest thing that Europeans routinely do is assume that X, Y, or Z happens "only" in America, though. Because it ALWAYS also happens in Europe, too.
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@22 That's what I was gonna say! And that guy who had kids with his daughter and locked them all in the basement? Pervy!
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Excuse me, Flemish man, but we do not use knives in rampages; we use guns. And, we certainly don't do it at daycare centers.
I will now always associate Flanders with daycare knife rampages.
I will now always associate Flanders with daycare knife rampages.
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"Prosecutor Christian Du Four said the attacker rode his bike up to the Fabeltjesland center about 10 a.m., entered and immediately began slashing a knife around."
Once again we see the undeniable link between bicycling and violence.
Build more bike lanes?!? Why don't we just stab our own children in the face and cut out the middle man!
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wonder how many kids died in daycares in Gaza today ...
or in the Sudan ...
heck, how many kids died of hunger worldwide ...
or in the Sudan ...
heck, how many kids died of hunger worldwide ...
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i have not read this yet and dont want my weekend ruined. but if it's not as bad as the greyhound beheading/cannibalism from Alberta, Canada, perhaps I'll read it
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Lame way to blog. Ever since "2 girls 1 cup" I've avoided everything labeled "seriously don't click here you'll regret it OMG!" I don't want to see grossout porn, but i'll read about true tragedy if there's something to be learned.
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dis on america!
I'm sick of the "if everyone had guns, they could all defend themselves" argument.
it's not a fucking solution.
I'm sick of the "if everyone had guns, they could all defend themselves" argument.
it's not a fucking solution.
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