If you think your distaste is going to convince me to forgive you for loosing TWO Justins upon the world at the same time, you've got another think coming!
Gunfire, Explosions After MIT Cop Shot Dead
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If you think your distaste is going to convince me to forgive you for loosing TWO Justins upon the world at the same time, you've got another think coming!
Thats right Cliffy... nothing to see here... move along everyone.
Reminds me of the time when I was a teenager we were watching a massive field fire. A cop car drove by with the Officer saying...
"Move along... nothing to see here."
Some guy said back...
"What are you talking about?! There's a big fire over there!"
Everyone laughed and the cop drove off.
Yes...lets talk of days of old and yore. Geez.
Reminds me of the time when I was a teenager we were watching a massive field fire. A cop car drove by with the Officer saying...
"Move along... nothing to see here."
Some guy said back...
"What are you talking about?! There's a big fire over there!"
Everyone laughed and the cop drove off.
Yes...lets talk of days of old and yore. Geez.
I hate to bring up such a small detail here; but it would seem that people aren't actually safe.
Just wanted to point-out that insignificant detail
Would you like to be more specific or is that the extent of whatever point you are trying to make?
I figured that a policeman being gunned-down in the streets at a location that espouses openness and higher learning was kinda self explanatory.
Maybe you missed the part where this news is so widespread and sensationalized that people in Canada (another country) are feeling scared?
It is what it is I guess... I wonder how Londoners feel about the upcoming marathon in their city?
What am I saying!... They are entire ocean away from Boston... They have nothing to worry about
But it IS affecting people who are no where near Boston.
I'm pretty sure that blockbuster stories like this are also the reason why the U.S. has more squabbling about gun control than ever before. That guy that shot up everyone in the Batman theater and all those kids killed earlier this year.
That stuff adds up in people's minds and the news isn't really helping to inform them beyond the immediate, face-value enactment of this event.
They stick to the story for a week and the follow up on policy is meager at best.
We're still going to have gun control advocates and gun freedom advocates feuding just like you have anti-islamist and "lefties" going back and forth.
It's up to the media to reveal the shades of gray on these issues so that people can reach a consensus.
No doubt the media senstionalizes everything, even things that require no further sensationalism. But that doesn't mean that what's transpiring is not important or relevant even to people who do not live in the Boston area.
It's up to individuals to cut through the B.S. that runs rampant through the "news media" these days.
It's up to individuals to cut through the B.S. that runs rampant through the "news media" these days.
Of course it's affecting people that are outside of Boston... This was/is a random act at a recreational event.
Boston does not have any kind of exclusivity of recreational events or marathons... As mentioned, London has their marathon coming up - do you believe that the authorities and public at large will ignore the Boston incident simply because they aren't in Boston?
Well there's no causal relationship other than it being a recreational event, so you've just proven my point that the fear of violence is unnecessary.
Ultimately, I agree - but it's also clear, that there aren't enough people who have reached that capacity to be critical.
None of which stops the media from doing a "good job" to at least inform people beyond the immediate reaction to news like this. And regurgitating the same follow up doesn't really count. They have to start breaking down these illusory groups we put ourselves in - like left and right - and try and accelerate policy decisions that are legitimately helpful and get rid of ones that are legitimately hurtful.
I mean, there is a baseline responsibility of following the letter of the law (which is fine), but we (as people in any profession) realize that we have to go above and beyond that to make a true difference.
So while CNN sure is happy about the hits they are getting because that's mostly what they care about, there is still a widespread causal effect from not telling the full story.
What the left wants us to do is be politically correct and ignore the elephant in the room.
I doubt very highly that people in Canada are scared. I am within 20 minutes of where this is taking place and I am not scared. I do not feel in danger at all.
But it is an interesting story to be talking about.
Fear of the climate changing is neccessary.