QueenZone discussion #1158421

Man shot in theatre

Man shot in theatre

The Real Wizard
28.12.2008 11:44		 link

God bless America and the right to arms.
Freya is quietly judging you.
28.12.2008 12:08		 I tend to find a simple "Excuse me, but would you mind keeping the noise down?" works for me, but each to their own.
john bodega
28.12.2008 20:49		 If he'd only shared his popcorn.

:(
Rick
29.12.2008 09:17		 "Let's see, do I have everything? Hmm... car keys, coat, ticket, money, pistol... yes I'm ready to go!"
John S Stuart
29.12.2008 09:55		 What?

Abraham Lincoln's dead?
john bodega
29.12.2008 10:15		 That's the best one yet!
thomasquinn 32989
29.12.2008 11:42
John S Stuart wrote: What? Abraham Lincoln's dead?

I suddenly had the eerie sensation that we might have ascribed the wrong motive to John Wilkes Booth all this time...
Micrówave
29.12.2008 12:46
Zebonka12 wrote: If he'd only shared his popcorn. :(


Actually, I think he's got the "popcorn trick" all wrong.  "Gun" is a metaphor.
john bodega
29.12.2008 12:55
ThomasQuinn wrote: I suddenly had the eerie sensation that we might have ascribed the wrong motive to John Wilkes Booth all this time...



Perhaps he shouted 'Sic semper sonitus oris'!
bitesthedust
29.12.2008 14:22		 Perhaps from now on when the messages appear on the screen about not making own sound effects and switching off mobile phones during the film, "please lay down your arms" will be tacked onto the end.
AspiringPhilosophe
29.12.2008 17:09		 Grrr.....

Why is it always the stupidest among us that makes it on the news? 

*grumbling*
thomasquinn 32989
30.12.2008 06:24
AspiringPhilosophe wrote: Grrr..... Why is it always the stupidest among us that makes it on the news?  *grumbling*

That might be something to do with the fact that "News Value" = "Sensation Value"...and has for several centuries, too.
AspiringPhilosophe
30.12.2008 23:08
ThomasQuinn wrote:
AspiringPhilosophe wrote: Grrr..... Why is it always the stupidest among us that makes it on the news?  *grumbling*
That might be something to do with the fact that "News Value" = "Sensation Value"...and has for several centuries, too.



Indeed.  But is it so wrong to continue to wish for reason and logic to be injected into society at large?  It's a pipe dream, I know, but I still wish for it. 
thomasquinn 32989
31.12.2008 04:28
AspiringPhilosophe wrote:
ThomasQuinn wrote:
AspiringPhilosophe wrote: Grrr..... Why is it always the stupidest among us that makes it on the news?  *grumbling*
That might be something to do with the fact that "News Value" = "Sensation Value"...and has for several centuries, too.
Indeed.  But is it so wrong to continue to wish for reason and logic to be injected into society at large?  It's a pipe dream, I know, but I still wish for it. 

I'm for it, but so long as news services are (of necessity) motivated by a drive for profit and sheer numbers of readers/viewers/listeners, nothing will change there. Perhaps the internet will change something there in the long run, but I doubt it.
its_a_hard_life 26994
31.12.2008 09:13
Freya is quietly judging you. wrote: I tend to find a simple "Excuse me, but would you mind keeping the noise down?" works for me, but each to their own.