Another US school shooter - Portland, this time

[Ideologue]

What's so bad about an Orwellian police state, anyway?

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Yeah.  Do you really think criminals are likely to enter a house in the same way the police do it?  I suppose if that is true in your part of the world it explains your attitude on this subject.

Not a house, but yeah.

[Ed Anger]

What's so bad about an Orwellian police state, anyway?

I'm watching you eat your pop tarts.

[CountDeMoney]

Clearly, a shootout would be preferable to demanding an apology. 

But he claimed when the mistake was realized, he was the one apologizing while the deputy said something that gave him chills.

"'You're lucky I didn't [expletive] shoot you,'" Conner said.

Context, people, context.

"No really...you're lucky I didn't fucking shoot you.  I mean, what with the dark and all.  That would've been awful! Whew!"

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

I doubt that.  I believe Suicide rates were higher in the early 1990's then they are now, long before Facebook.  Most of these are young men without criminal records and often aren't even out of school.  I think dissatisfaction of their social life is a far bigger factor.  However the difference is that instead of just quietly killing themselves they decided to take out the people they blame for their predicament with them.

Slightly higher, but the rate has been relatively flat since 1960.  There has been an uptick in the past few years that is barely noticeable on the chart, since the chart stops at 2011.

[garbon]

If I had armed people in my house there would be LOTS of screaming. I mean hell that happens when a houseguest overstays their welcome.

Oh that never happens to me. I always make it clear from before their arrival regarding the date that I will throw their ass out.

I just start making less and less welcoming food.

'It's Thursday. I eat lentils. Deal.'

The American approach; the British approach.

[Razgovory]

British approach wouldn't work on me.  "Ooh free eats!".

[Sheilbh]

Then I'd probably just change the locks, close the curtains and pretend I'm not in for a few days/weeks.

[garbon]

British approach wouldn't work on me.  "Ooh free eats!".

Actually my youngest sister would probably continue to stay as well. I was very concerned when I learned that sometimes she just ate lentils as a meal...

[Ideologue]

What's so bad about an Orwellian police state, anyway?

I'm watching you eat your pop tarts.

I ran out.

[Ed Anger]

What's so bad about an Orwellian police state, anyway?

I'm watching you eat your pop tarts.

I ran out.

I have several boxes.

[crazy canuck]

Yeah.  Do you really think criminals are likely to enter a house in the same way the police do it?  I suppose if that is true in your part of the world it explains your attitude on this subject.

Not a house, but yeah.

Great, so now Americans like Spicey are going to shoot people that look like police officers on the off chance they are not actually whom they claim to be.

[mongers]

I'd like to hear Eric Clapton's opinion on this matter.

[CountDeMoney]

I thought Clapton's issue was people leaving the home, not people forcing their way into it.

[sbr]

I'd like to hear Ted Nugent's opinion on this matter.