[Jake]

We have a very flexable understanding of slavery actually.

It's actually perfectly ok to go to an (relatively) underdeveloped nation. Then put their children in sweatshops for pennies on the dollar compared to what Americans make..

[Neraphym]

America banned slavery ages ago. Oh, and yes, we have a black market. For instance, marijuana is illegal here, but its a lot easier to get than most prescription drugs. Guns would be the same way. This guy was deeply disturbed and premeditated this whole ordeal. He probably would have gotten his hands on some guns regardless, imo.

[Atilla]

And I looooove how off-topic this got.

[Neraphym]

No one complained in WW2...

[Atilla]

No one complained in WW2...

Ah, but are there a few insane men out to conquer the world with an army of millions this time around?

Not unless you count Osama, but as he's not the leader of a country, it still can't be compared to WW2.

[©allum]

Yeah, WWII is a complete different set of circumstances...

I was about to post that pic, Atilla

[Elvenblader]

I'm saddened by this shooting. I saw some of the guy's videos he took of himself. There seemed to have been evidence that this poor kid was mentally disturbed, suffering from depression and stuff like that. From my own conclusions it seems he didn't like a lot of the kids at the Virginia Tech School. Seems they were possibly the up class, trust fund families that were from wealthy families. Possible jealousy or something? I don't know why this guy went and shot innocent people. I hope they find a reason behind this.

My condolences go out to the families and those that suffered from this tragedy.

[Neraphym]

The guy was comparing himself to Jesus. Wow, if Jack Thompson wasn't a christian, I'd bet he'd try to get christianity banned. This kid was a psycho, and there's no use in blaming this on videogames or christians or soft-shelled tacos. Psycho kids do psycho things.

[Phieta]

Wow, if Jack Thompson wasn't a christian, I'd bet he'd try to get christianity banned.

Actually, that'd be if Jack Thompson weren't Christian and banning Christianity would not be viewed by the general public as a radical idea.

This kid was a psycho, and there's no use in blaming this on videogames or christians or soft-shelled tacos. Psycho kids do psycho things.

I heard a good example today: a violent person who watches violent movies or plays violent video games is the same as a conservative who watches Fox News or an environmentalist who goes to Al Gore lectures.

[Snowy]

Too lazy to see if anyone mentioned it. Some guy at UNR (University of Nevada Reno) was like, worshipping that Virginia Tech guy and he was making vague statements like," I have a mission, I won't see you guys for awhile." Things like that. UNR was on lockdown for like 5 hours. And he got arrested for violating parole. People are weird o.0

[Unrealblight]

A lot of Americans are retarded, and a lot aren't. Sadly, it seems only the dumb ones get into office. We have lawyers making scientific decisions, and scientists trying to use rhetoric to convice the lawyers not to. As such, we have a nasty cycle of people doing things without having any knowledge in the subject. We're working on this.

well if there's 301,541,000 people there has to be a few retarded persons?

I can confidently say that at least 1/3 of america id f***tarded.

Seriously...

I agree. Lot's of idiots in this country.

Call it random, but I was daydreaming, and just compared America to Runescape Intellect-wise. Just wondering what y'all think, I'm sure this has been said quiet a few times though.

[Rohtaren]

America has a short memory. in a few years this event won't be remembered by too many people.

[Troll]

I don't really have any way to sum up some people, they don't make sense.

[Elvenblader]

It's sad to think that people wont remember what happened. This will go down as one of the worst school shootings in the history of America. We should not dwell as in how it could happen, but what we could to do prevent it from happening. The way Jack Thompson has been going at it with this whole it's violent video games, the police themselves did not find any real evidence to support the idea that violent video games was the cause and driving factor as to why he did what he did.

The kid was mentally disturbed and sadly was able to buy a gun. Ironic thing is rather than trying to prevent this from happening, the guys over at Capitol Hill are going to be crying foul and trying to find a scapegoat for this. Top two victims in all of this are most likely going to be the gaming industry and rights on gun ownership. You know the NRA is going to have a field day with this when the politicians try to get guns even more regulated. (That's one more headache and another box of aspirin waiting to happen.)

Sadly, there is not much we can do besides trying to figure out how we can prevent this from happening and taking proactive steps into ensuring that things like this from happening again.

P.S. 1 out of 4 people in this country are mentally retarded, the ironic thing is that our president is 1 of those 4 people.

[Atilla]

P.S. 1 out of 4 people in this country are mentally retarded, the ironic thing is that our president is 1 of those 4 people.

Citation, please.

Random made-up facts supporting opinions bother me.