Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Apr 21, 2010 3:11pm
trackandccrunner wrote: Columbine was a great book to read. I also enjoyed the book "She Said Yes" even though Im not religious anymore I still would suggest people to read it but its not as great as Columbine. I knew this had happened around this time of year but no idea it was on the 20th.
I may check out the book She Said Yes however that really didn't happen.
thedynasty1998
Posts: 6,844
Apr 21, 2010 3:15pm
Fab1b
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Apr 21, 2010 3:21pm
What is this video? I am at work and can't watch, it will not play on my phone either??thedynasty1998 wrote:
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Apr 21, 2010 3:52pm
I read the whole Wikpedia article on Columbine a few weeks ago. Interesting, but disturbing too.
Bowling for Columbine did have some useful information in it, but there was a lot of stuff he did made me scratch my head. He had some some statistics, I think they were gun deaths, but he just used the straight numbers. Of course the United States is going to have a lot more gun deaths, there are so many more people that live here. I'm just a dumb college student and I know that when you use stats like this, the stats would be more relevant if broken down per capita. But I get it, Moore had an axe to grind.
Bowling for Columbine did have some useful information in it, but there was a lot of stuff he did made me scratch my head. He had some some statistics, I think they were gun deaths, but he just used the straight numbers. Of course the United States is going to have a lot more gun deaths, there are so many more people that live here. I'm just a dumb college student and I know that when you use stats like this, the stats would be more relevant if broken down per capita. But I get it, Moore had an axe to grind.
Fab1b
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Apr 21, 2010 3:54pm
Thats how Moore does it, along with camera tricks, angles, and cutting and piecing things together to fit his agenda and his only!!
thedynasty1998
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Apr 21, 2010 4:05pm
A piece from Bowling for Columbine.Fab1b wrote:What is this video? I am at work and can't watch, it will not play on my phone either??thedynasty1998 wrote:
Fab1b
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Apr 21, 2010 4:09pm
Ok thanks, its been a while since I watched it but if that is what it is I have seen no need to again, just for the fact I already gave Moore enough time watching it the first time.
Sage
Posts: 2,070
Apr 21, 2010 5:14pm
Being a student, I couldn't imagine if somebody just walked in and started blasting, especially not having anything to blast back with.
Like, I sit in lecture class sometimes, and there will be two narrow EXIT doors in front. If somebody walked in the back of the hall (through the bigger doors) and just opened up with a machine gun...do you know how many people they could wax? It'd be gross.
.... These are the things my mind thinks about when I'm sitting in lecture. Judge accordingly.
Like, I sit in lecture class sometimes, and there will be two narrow EXIT doors in front. If somebody walked in the back of the hall (through the bigger doors) and just opened up with a machine gun...do you know how many people they could wax? It'd be gross.
.... These are the things my mind thinks about when I'm sitting in lecture. Judge accordingly.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Apr 21, 2010 5:30pm
Sage I always look at my surroundings no matter where I am. I look at the people, exits, space, etc......You just never know in todays world!