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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by ElTigre, Dec 30, 2014.

  1. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    Just reminded me of this song which first made me realise it must rain a lot in Indianapolis in the summertime and snow a lot in the wintertime in Minneapolis. And like a song which could fit both of those places into the lyrics.

     
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    look_back_in_amber Well-Known Member

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    Poor little bugger, sounds like he's gonna have UK type weather, if only he'd have fallen for a Californian lass.
     
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  3. OedipusTex

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    No, it's not the same because it is not random nor arbitrary. If you do not do drugs (or deal them) then your chances of being a victim of gun violence are quite low.
     
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  4. OedipusTex

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    That is not a good analogy because Islamic terrorism can strike anyone. Drug-related violence in America is primarily "internal," such that those do neither do drugs nor deal them are rarely the targets of violence.
     
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  5. dennisboothstash

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    My tongue was fairly well into my cheek, but either way you look at it quite a lot of people get shot in the US
     
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  6. ElTigre

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    Not if you count individuals using guns on themselves, victims of how easy it is to resort to that after a bad day.
     
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  7. Barchullona

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    Yes, but people using guns on themselves don't really pose much risk to anyone else do they?
     
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  8. RicardoHCAFC

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    They do if the news story ends with "...and then the killer turned the gun on himself".
     
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    If...
     
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    That's currently estimated as 24.6 million people per month.
     
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  14. ElTigre

    ElTigre Well-Known Member

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    Not only in America though. RIP Jill Dando.
     
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  15. dennisboothstash

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    Around 20 dead in mass shooting in gay club in Orlando
    Some suggestions that it is a terrorist attack
    Tragic whatever the 'reason'
     
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  16. TygerTyger

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    Hope Oedipus Tex and Ellewoods are ok.
     
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  17. ElTigre

    ElTigre Well-Known Member

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    The killer was a Muslim.
     
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  18. dennisboothstash

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    Is that known?
    He was certainly a US national, born in New York and a registered Democrat voter
    Likely I suppose as his parent were from Afghanistan, but I hadn't read his religion anywhere
     
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    50 reported dead in Orlando now.
     
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  20. dennisboothstash

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    Jesus
     
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