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| Thread ID: 139454 | 2015-05-04 23:21:00 | Yet an other shooting in America. They do it all the time. | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1399989 | 2015-05-04 23:21:00 | The Americans are at it again. It's a national pastime.:groan: Why do the media over here report it? Why should Americans killing each other be news? It's not as though it's anything unusual. They shoot each other on a daily basis. So why does our media give this type of story any air time? Makes no sense.:illogical Thank goodness our police are not armed. Arming the police with guns engenders more gun violence than it prevents. America is a very good example. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1399990 | 2015-05-05 00:03:00 | Just what shooting are you talking about ?? Its reported because its newsworthy . The every day shootings dont get mentioned. A shooting by Muslim extremists , shooting at a bunch of US redneck racists is newsworthy (what did they expect) Another shooting by US cops, in a city were there have been riots for shooting unarmed men is newsworthy (turns out the copy didnt shoot the guy at all ..today.., he just fell over trying to run away) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1399991 | 2015-05-05 01:24:00 | I was talking about the most recently reported shooting at Baltimore. I don't understand why that particular shooting - among hundreds of others - should be newsworthy. Why single out that one? Why is it any more newsworthy than so many others? I'd rather they spent more news time reporting the good (or bad) things that happen locally. That sort of news would be more topical and more interesting. Who wants to hear about yet another shooting in America? Not newsworthy at all. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1399992 | 2015-05-05 02:11:00 | Thank goodness our police are not armed. Arming the police with guns engenders more gun violence than it prevents. America is a very good example. Er....they are, sort of. The armed offenders squad (Actually always wondered how they came up with that name....shouldn't it be the armed DEFENDERS squad? I thought the offenders are supposed to be the ones they are aiming at) The recent shooting here in NZ of the guy waving a gun around...see, ours do it too. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1399993 | 2015-05-05 02:17:00 | The recent shooting here in NZ of the guy waving a gun around...see, ours do it too. Yes, but it's not a daily occurrence which is the difference between here and America and is what makes it newsworthy. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1399994 | 2015-05-05 02:34:00 | I was talking about the most recently reported shooting at Baltimore. I don't understand why that particular shooting - among hundreds of others - should be newsworthy. Why single out that one? Why is it any more newsworthy than so many others? . why that one, because it is newsworthy. Baltimore => riots => looting . How is the situation there NOT newsworthy ? Out of control cops + deaths + riots = newsworthy . I would think todays report of another cop's shooting someone (if true, it wasnt) could easily spark another days riots, that makes it newsworthy The riots arnt a daily occurrence, so whats happening in Baltimore is newsworthy. Its not about 'a shooting', its about the whole situation there. Dont take that one report out of context & complain about it. What about the report of Muslim extremists shooting at rednecks in the US. Muslims extremists are shooting guns every day, so why report it, ever ? Why report on anything that may have happened somewhere before? |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1399995 | 2015-05-05 04:25:00 | Why should riots and looting in America be newsworthy? Granted, riots and looting don't happen every day but they are certainly not uncommon, so I don't see why that should be newsworthy either. It's just another American pastime. It's symptomatic of a sick society. I'm not talking about reporting on "something that may have happened somewhere before," I'm talking about reporting on something that happens frequently. It is not unusual. Shooting people and riots and looting are commonplace in America. It would be newsworthy if this sort of this did not happen very often but that's not the case. So why would common happenings be newsworthy? Can't understand why. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1399996 | 2015-05-05 05:49:00 | Then again you could have this level of NZ News reporting.. Sconegate - Key in yet another jam www.nzherald.co.nz |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1399997 | 2015-05-05 07:09:00 | I dont happen to have a problem with the gun culture in the USA and I could only dream to have it here in NZ. In the USA every time a crook holds up a storekeep the sand is running thru the hourglass. The robbers luck will run out as a lovely bullet enters his body sooner or later. I really like the no retreat law so can you fill a home invader full of lead if you so desire, its demeaning and humiliating to retreat when you dont need to. Here you would have to make it to your gun locker unlock it go to your ammo in another place then confront an attacker gunna be too late. If you did waste an invader even in self defence the feld polezei are going to charge you knowing the jury will acquit you if its not stacked with ethnics. I bet Americans can sleep a lot soundly than us Nouvelle Zealanders | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1399998 | 2015-05-05 10:05:00 | I do think the yanks go over the top when they grant a gun licence to a blind man. | Cicero (40) | ||
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