Some Thoughts…
James Holmes, The name of the suspect for the CO event definitely seems to have premeditated all of this. He went out of his way to purchase basically everything that comprises riot gear. There logically seems to be a tactical plan he had in going in there, even if designed somewhat like the opening scenes of "Dark Knight." That point leads into what should be signs of psychological problems. There is obviously a distortion of real life vs. fantasy and how they are not the same thing. There may be some signs that point to psychopathy… but that stuff won’t be revealed until later. I am looking forward to the information that will come in the real nature to see how accurate my hypothesis is. That’s all one can do right now regarding the event anyway – conjecture, gesticulate, etc. True understanding takes time.
One thing that has irked me a little bit though is we have to check and make sure these crimes aren’t committed by terrorists first. It just reads to me like, "oh… this guy is white, so he isn’t a terrorist." The other day though, there was a suicide bombing in Bulgaria that was a white guy and no one suspected him to be a terrorist. That guy posed as an Israeli tourist.
One only has to look back to the 90’s for examples of terrorists sporting white skin. Racial profiling is futile, especially in an increasingly global society. There are a good number of us who hide behind screens and don’t have faces.
I may be feeling this way about violence, terrorism because I did some reading on Ann Coulter, probably the most judgmental, bigoted person to be living today. I was trying to figure how the source of all her envy…
It doesn’t matter though really, she is more of a cult-leader than a political pundit with a broad audience/reach.
I do have to finish my book this weekend, so I feel right discussing that and trying to work at relating current events to where we are in cycles of history.
been hearing about this aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall day. Batman was AWESOME btw. can’t wait to see it again!
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Very well said. People seem to forget, Timothy McVeigh was white and he was also a terrorist. A DOMESTIC terrorist. We do have those…and they can be white…or black…or anything else for that matter. What bothers me so much is that people seem to have this almost pathological need to politicize these sorts of things. They immediately want to through around labels like “right wing”, “left wing”… I don’t CARE. I don’t care what your politics are. I don’t care what your race is. I don’t care what your religion or nationality or gender or anything else is, damnit…! If you go out and blow up a building, or a bus, or shoot up a theater, or a school then you’re a murderer…a coward and a cold blooded killer…and THAT is all I care about. I don’t care who you are or why you did it. Doesn’t change anything. Why do people care so much about the politics and not the real human tragedy of what happened…? That’s what really gets me. *frowns*
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RYN: Oh yeah…! I almost forgot… It really annoys me too when you read another diarist and note them regularly and they just basically blow you off and don’t ever note you back. It also kind of annoys me when people only reply to your notes, but never take the time to read and note on anything you’ve actually written. I find both those things very rude… Sometimes I really just want to write an entry on “OD Etiquette”, but if I did I know I’d piss off half the site. *chuckles*
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RYN: I agree with most of what you said. I dont think Im competing, I just think Im being more of who I am and who I should have been when I was with P. I would have expected the notes to stay b/c it was a moment in time that was special on that date. I would have liked to have had a conversation with P many times, but there is something wrong there. He refuses to discuss the break up.
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contd- He refused to acknowledge any feelings for me afterward & basically closed the door, as if it never happened. I know its not healthy for him, but it was hurtful for me. I have found my own ways of getting thru it & coping, but talking to him will never be an option. I have seen evidence of him handling other break ups this way & I think its incredibly unhealthy. In the long run, I’ll be ok.
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I agree with you on all counts. The dude is mental. It may not be as obvious as Jared Loughner’s mental incapacity, but he is. I have never read Ann Coulter, but have never desired to either.
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ryn: shark week is just another phrase that means a woman’s period, lol…sorry to be confusing
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RYN: It is pretty toasty…but I LOVE the heat. Seriously. Triple digits is perfect for me. Especially this kind of heat, because we’ve got unusually low humid (we’ve usually VERY humid during the summer, but we’re sadly in the middle of a drought right now, so there’s very little moisture at all) so it’s all dry heat, which really doesn’t FEEL as bad as it sounds… 106 with low humidity is MUCHdifferent than 106 with high humidity, let me tell ya… On the other hand…even if the humidity was up, I’d still be outside in the heat, cuz I love it. I am truly a summer girl. You will NEVER catch me saying, “It’s too hot.” Oh yay! I hope y’all have a great time at Disneyland!! Please be sure and take lots of picsto share with us if y’all do end up going. 🙂
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I totally agree with you!
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