Shooting tragedy during 'Dark Knight' screening in Colorado

[dolphinc]

Originally Posted by xXI GaMe IXx

I dont think there is nothing wrong with taking a kid to see the movie at a reasonable time. My daughter knows right from wrong and knows what she can and can't repeat. She liked TDK and really wants to go see this and we are going to go tonight at 5:00. My opinion on what kids watch is as long as its not rated R and you teach your kids the difference between real and fake and right from wrong. My daughter is 8 by the way

I have to disagree. I have 2 kids, 5 and 9 and I want them to be kids and be innocent for as long as possible. I see no need in exposing kids who are under 12 to adult issues. Knowing right or wrong is irrelevant because it is about exposure. Exposing 6 or 8 year olds to subject matter that films like Batman contain serves no purpose.


JMO and I hope the rest of the weekend is event free and the movie does extremely well.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by xXI GaMe IXx

My daughter has 3 main rules

1. If you go outside someone has to be outside watching you.

2. You can not go into anyone house period. I don't care how long we have known them.

3. Don't even ask to sleep at a friends house because you know the answer. (you would think that at that age who does sleepovers) My daughter brings invites from school all the time with friends having a party in her class that involves a sleep over.

Not a bad set of rules at all. I know kindergartners that do sleepovers, I'm not sure how I feel about it yet but probably a bit young. Play dates on the other hand are nice, plus it is nice to trade with another parent to get a little break

[sk33tr]

Originally Posted by xXI GaMe IXx

Question: How do you get so many FBI agents there that quick? I have the understanding that they are all at one central place in the US and they have to fly out to different states is that correct? or is their like a division in each state?

there are fbi offices in almost every major u.s. city.

[filmnut5]

Very sad indeed. My thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones of the fallen victims.

Unfortunate that the police can't hand this turd over to the families of the dead.

[wilky61]

Originally Posted by oly

CNN just reported that this guy was enrolled in a doctoral program in Neuroscience at the U of Colorado (albeit he was in the process of withdrawing). Oh my, the irony.

When I was a student at Georgia Tech maybe three years ago, there was a case of a former-PhD student being denied a research project opportunity or something like that... and so he brought a samurai sword onto campus and attacked one of the other post-doc students in the department (as well as injuring at least one police officer in the scuffle that ensued).

Such a sick, sad little world in which we live.

Originally Posted by xXI GaMe IXx

Question: How do you get so many FBI agents there that quick? I have the understanding that they are all at one central place in the US and they have to fly out to different states is that correct? or is their like a division in each state?

Aurora, CO, is extremely close to the city of Denver, CO. Like, 10 miles away. It's probable that I've been to this movie theater before, because I saw a movie in Aurora, CO, when I visited Denver back in 2006.

[dolphinc]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Anyone who is outraged about the baby being at the theater is misguiding their anger. Don't blame the parents for the random actions of a psychopath.



On a personal note, my wife and I brought our 2 month old daughter to opening weekend of 'Return of the King', and our baby blissfully slept through the entire thing (as we knew she would). I can understand why parents of a very young child would need a break, and they can still take their infant out in public and be courteous and responsible.

I don’t think its about having the movie experience ruined by a crying baby, for me its about the fact that an infant's ears are still developing and movies are VERY loud.

[xXI GaMe IXx]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Anyone who is outraged about the baby being at the theater is misguiding their anger. Don't blame the parents for the random actions of a psychopath.



On a personal note, my wife and I brought our 2 month old daughter to opening weekend of 'Return of the King', and our baby blissfully slept through the entire thing (as we knew she would). I can understand why parents of a very young child would need a break, and they can still take their infant out in public and be courteous and responsible.

I'm outraged with the shooter but that doesn't change the fact that the baby should not have been their period. There was danger for that baby shooter or not. I don't care how god a movie is it's not worth placing my children in danger or even damaging their hearing for the rest of their life. I don't know what your situation was so I'm not commenting on that but THAT BABY HAD NO REASON TO BE THERE PERIOD!

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by xXI GaMe IXx

Question: How do you get so many FBI agents there that quick? I have the understanding that they are all at one central place in the US and they have to fly out to different states is that correct? or is their like a division in each state?

Nah, the FBI has 57 fied offices. One of them is in Denver too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FBI_field_offices

[enigma]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Anyone who is outraged about the baby being at the theater is misguiding their anger. Don't blame the parents for the random actions of a psychopath.

No, my anger is pretty-well guided. The guy behind this is a piece of garbage, no doubt, and if I had five minutes with him, he'd be wishing for the death penalty.

That being said, it does not change the fact one bit that a 3-month old has no business being at a packed midnight showing of any movie, under any circumstances. If the child's parents could't find a babysitter for a few hours, then they needed to just not see the damn movie until they could. Period.

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Anyone who is outraged about the baby being at the theater is misguiding their anger. Don't blame the parents for the random actions of a psychopath.



On a personal note, my wife and I brought our 2 month old daughter to opening weekend of 'Return of the King', and our baby blissfully slept through the entire thing (as we knew she would). I can understand why parents of a very young child would need a break, and they can still take their infant out in public and be courteous and responsible.

people are outraged at the time the baby is in the theater not that the baby was there, most parents have the courtesy to remove the baby if it starts crying.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by dolphinc

I don’t think its about having the movie experience ruined by a crying baby, for me its about the fact that an infant's ears are still developing and movies are VERY loud.

Yup, even now my 4 year old complains of movies being too loud at times in the theater. They offer headsets/ear plugs if needed.

[xXI GaMe IXx]

Originally Posted by Monkey

Not a bad set of rules at all. I know kindergartners that do sleepovers, I'm not sure how I feel about it yet but probably a bit young. Play dates on the other hand are nice, plus it is nice to trade with another parent to get a little break

I have let my daughter have a few play dates and those are fine because my wife is there talking with the other child's parents. I remember last year a parent sent my wife an email asking to let my daughter spend the night. She even added in the email that her husband is a respected superintendent and she was a teacher. I told my wife "I don;t care if it's the President of the United states" there are so many twisted people out there.

[dolphinc]

Originally Posted by xXI GaMe IXx

I have let my daughter have a few play dates and those are fine because my wife is there talking with the other child's parents. I remember last year a parent sent my wife an email asking to let my daughter spend the night. She even added in the email that her husband is a respected superintendent and she was a teacher. I told my wife "I don;t care if it's the President of the United states" there are so many twisted people out there.

+1000, I am the same way. My kids have never been out of our house overnight. Makes no difference who the other family might be. This day and age its about PROTECTION first.

[oly]

Just when you think this story can't get any worse, the Pentagon has just reported that US military members were among the victims.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-military-mem...154534235.html

[BLUEGRASS]

I just read this on the ABC website:

Hundreds of police and FBI agents are involved in the investigation. A senior official who is monitoring the situation in Washington said that early guidance based on the early snapshot of this man's background indicated that this act does not appear to be linked to radical terrorism or anything related to Islamic terrorism.

Okay...so the suspect is not Islamic, and right now there is no information stating that the suspect did what he did for any policitical reasons. I would still consider this an act of terrorism, though.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by xXI GaMe IXx

I have let my daughter have a few play dates and those are fine because my wife is there talking with the other child's parents. I remember last year a parent sent my wife an email asking to let my daughter spend the night. She even added in the email that her husband is a respected superintendent and she was a teacher. I told my wife "I don;t care if it's the President of the United states" there are so many twisted people out there.

Asking that by e-mail seems weird to me. Maybe I'm old school but a phone call or face to face seems more appropriate with this sort of thing.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Nah, the FBI has 57 fied offices. One of them is in Denver too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FBI_field_offices

That we know about

Originally Posted by oly

Just when you think this story can't get any worse, the Pentagon has just reported that US military members were among the victims.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-military-mem...154534235.html

Sucks they probably were some of the few trying to do something about it...

[wilky61]

Originally Posted by BLUEGRASS

I just read this on the ABC website:



Okay...so the suspect is not Islamic, and right now there is no information stating that the suspect did what he did for any policitical reasons. I would still consider this an act of terrorism, though.

Why does ABC even bring this up? First they tried to accuse the guy of being a member of the Tea Party (and subsequently they were forced to issue an apology), and now they have to bring up the nation of Islam?

F*cking media trolls.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by BLUEGRASS

Okay...so the suspect is not Islamic, and right now there is no information stating that the suspect did what he did for any policitical reasons. I would still consider this an act of terrorism, though.

Ummm. I think any violent act that terrorizes people could arguably be considered such an act. There is, however, no apparent indication that it has any known links to organized terrorism (i.e. terrorist organizations).

[silversnake]

This is sad on so many levels.