+1 Violent crime a well as gun crime are way down from where they were in the 1980's, not just down a little. We are not even close to being like Iraq.
+1 Violent crime a well as gun crime are way down from where they were in the 1980's, not just down a little. We are not even close to being like Iraq.
enfuego, one of my best friends who i lived with for 2 years up until last week, spent 8 years in Afghanistan so know what he went thru. im not saying this is Irag but its slowing turning into iraq with the type of shit thats going on. this stuff never happened when i was growing up (or that i remember) 25/30 years ago and i am 37, and i do think its gonna get worse and i think its sad
My thoughts as well. I've lived in Carencro and Lafayette and am shocked, saddened that this happened there. I remember it as a very peaceful and safe place, Carencro was "Country". I used to frequent The Keg and Shanahan's, prolly both long gone by now, likely near where this happened though...when they existed.
Afghanistan is a war zone?......This is America.
In America these things should not happen....
September 11 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against U.S. targets. Two planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center, a third plane hit the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of George W. Bush.
In America these things should not happen....
Two explosions ripped through the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. The euphoria of crossing the finish line turned into bloody chaos as two bombs blasted the end of the 26.2-mile trek. The blasts left more than 200 injured, three dead and a nation looking for answers.
In America these things should not happen....
Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez opened fire at two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn., a rampage that left four Marines and one Navy petty officer dead.
In America these things should not happen....
A 20-year-old man wearing combat gear and armed with semiautomatic pistols and a semiautomatic rifle killed 26 people — 20 of them children — in an attack in an elementary school in central Connecticut.
In America these things should not happen....
James Holmes killed 12 people in a Colorado movie theater.
Enough said!
Go hold Enfuego`s hand.......Maybe both of you idiots should join Isis or move to Afghanistan.
You're missing the point. The guy compared the U.S. to Iraq. In Iraq right now, there is no war other than ISIS raising hell. People are being murdered in the streets, people aren't eating, women are being raped out in the streets. There are no jobs.
You're most likely chilling in your house, drinking a beer, watching some TV. These people are in fear for their lives. It's not comparable.
Have you lived outside of the US? We live in a great place. We are spoiled rotten. There is no comparison.
America is just a section of Planet Earth though, physical universe, 3rd Dimension, where bad stuff goes down and always has. To expect to be somehow miraculously exempt from violence thats been happening since Cain killed Able, directly after God invented Rocks, is confusing to me.
What would make you think we're "Special"? Do those you share this Country with strike you as particularly "enlightened"? Those amongst us here from 3rd World countries and people born here drugged out on Prescription Meds...you feel safe amongst these savages and you feel like this place is somehow insulated from Madness?
Just cuz its "America"?
I don't feel like that at all. I feel more like its remarkable there aren't more incidents like this.
What would make you think we're "Special"? Do those you share this Country with strike you as particularly "enlightened"? Those amongst us here from 3rd World countries and people born here drugged out on Prescription Meds...you feel safe amongst these savages and you feel like this place is somehow insulated from Madness?
Just cuz its "America"?
I don't feel like that at all. I feel more like its remarkable there aren't more incidents like this.
Its true. The most enlightening thing ever said to me in this regard was from an Arabic Man who told me: "You don't have to wake up each day worrying if your Government will have been toppled and the newly in power come and kill your family in front of your eyes as they force you to witness their slaughter so stop whining. You have no idea how good you have it, how fortunate you are. By comparison to many others in the World."
Tellin ya, odds are he was on some freaky meds. Its so commonly present in these scenarios we have to have this conversation at some point: "How Much devastation is worth Big Pharma making money?"
To me, before even this latest incident (if Meds prove to be a factor) we've already paid too much with the loss of Veronica Moser-Sullivan as a price so Big Pharma can make money and she was just one victim amongst many many many.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...ror-aurora-theater-shooting-article-1.2202272
lol. I think some here might be more comfortable living in a socialist police state utopia, where no one has guns and everyone has to check in before they leave their home, and everyone is safe all the time.
