freako, how you doin?

Right now it does, Yeah.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/10/09/sniper.profile/index.html
 
Scanty said:
Is that where the shootings were? Or was that Washington...
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Washington D.C. is just a city, but it gets special treatment because it is the capitol. Look at this map.

http://www.princegeorges.com/maryland_map.htm
 
These shootings have all been completely random so far. They don't have any connections to the victims, other than opportunity. I'd be scared as hell myself. A 13 year old kid was shot while being dropped off at school. I've got a 13 year old, I feel it here in Missouri.
 
I've been listening on the news today. That poor guy who was just filling up at a gas station...
 
unclehobart said:
I wouldn't be affected by it unless someone I actually knew was involved.
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That's the kind of thinking I tried to understand when people said they weren't affected by the WTC but I still feel empathy for the people involved by things like this. Especially when it's in the home territory of someone on the board.

freako mentioned it they other day, said he was frightened by it. I hope they catch these people... That clue the other day reeked of media setup... Like the police leaked it on purpose for some reason. I don't know why I thought that when I heard it though, maybe I'm watching too many movies. But if they are really leaving clues and not caring about being taped on gas station cameras, I think they have a better chance than no evidence at all. If the most current killing is related it looks like they're getting sloppy.
 
the WTC is a different story... That was 1000s of deaths. An act of war. A mass show of symbolism. There is a certain feel of scale here. The WTC thing made me more mad than sad. If I would have known someone who was there I could attach sorrow to it. The Maryland sniper thing is still just small scale, albiet a media darling of the moment because of its unusual nature. We as humans have learned to tune out highway deaths and general murder as acts of either passion or stupidity. We dont notice or feel for the 300 or so people a day dying from cancers because its all too commonplace a thing anymore. I can't apply a face to these 100s of unknown people. The sniper thing is so overwhelming because its outside of the norm. Its not a robbery gone wrong. Its not a cabbie being killed for 30 bucks that wont even make the newspapers. Its not a knife fight over a penny ante poker game. It doesnt fit the normal parameters of 'passionate' acts. The guy doing this has burnt out that little fuse in his brain that would prevent such cold hearted killing. His acts arent planned... theyre random. Human rationality cant cope with something is so utterly random for no forseen benefit other than getting some kicks at puppet mastering the world media scene.

I'm not a block of stone... but you have to dial back how these things affect you or it will affect your nightmares and burn a hole in your gut.
 
I understand what you're saying Unc but I still think it depends on the person and how much empathy they're willing to let in facing the daily bad news of crime and disease. It's a choice, in other words, and I choose not to ignore most of it. That's probably where my short career in EMS started-because I had more emotion in me for the well being of other people than most.

I just said that's the kind of thinking I try to understand; I never said you were wrong for not feeling anything about it. I probably shouldn't try to understand and just accept that I'm more sensitive to other people's plights than most.
 
just to clairify to all i go to school in rockville which is very close to where the shootings were(dc is a big area as PT said but where i used to love and where i currently attend school is in the DC area which covers md and va). im doing allright thanx for the concern PT but im more worried about my friends(some were in the very area as they live there where the shootings were so im more worried about them.) yes i am scared. i went to a chinese restaurant and on the way there and way back i was not too comfy. i kept wondering if id be hit or not. smae with friends. i hope he suffers. a lot. and now i hear there are more that are being copycats. thats even sicker. :mad2:
 
unc so you know, the reason im scared is as i said my friedns live in the area and im going to school there. my HS is in bethesda and thats part of the DC area. as are all the schools i have been to. noone i know personally was affected however there is that chance my friends or my mom(she works in rockville close to where im in school) and myself too could all die.
 
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