483: Guns N' Roonies

[strafer_praha]

Originally Posted by jwdd27

What next, a reading of Mein Kampf? Because some of the things Hitler said were sooo funny...

Actually my old professor, son of two jewish holocaust survivors, read it in class and thought it was damn funny. Different strokes for different folks.

[strafer_praha]

[william]

Originally Posted by strafer_praha

Actually my old professor, son of two jewish holocaust survivors, read it in class and thought it was damn funny. Different strokes for different folks.

Millions suffered and millions died 'cause of that "funny book."

Noting the preposterousness of it is one thing.

Understanding that from it derived much evil and death and giving it it's due notice is another

You're right - different strokes, but I find nothing funny in a work of evil.

[strafer_praha]

Originally Posted by william

Millions suffered and millions died 'cause of that "funny book."

Noting the preposterousness of it is one thing.

Understanding that from it derived much evil and death and giving it it's due notice is another

You're right - different strokes, but I find nothing funny in a work of evil.

Evil is subjective though I'm afraid.

[Cubby]

Originally Posted by jwdd27

Would these fucking plays have got read otherwise? NO.

There are 32 grieving families, and countless grief-stricken friends.
Will they be comforted by the fact that the killer was a shitty playwright? And that some of his writing was HI-larious?
NO.

And it disrespects the memories of the dead because it was such a fucking laugh to KATG and Matt. It's a fucking disgrace.

What next, a reading of Mein Kampf? Because some of the things Hitler said were sooo funny...

I'll say this, Joel: I appreciated the plays being read.

I felt it gave me some insight into this kid's mind and I began to get a more comprehensive idea of the state he was in. The plays were sop terribly written that it would have been difficult not to make fun of them, but I think this kid would have been far more nebulous and less real had I not heard them.

As someone who has so little emotional connection to tragic events (it's one of my character flaws) the plays actually gave me a connection to this whole debacle, something I have rarely had in regards to any tragedy.

[william]

Originally Posted by strafer_praha

Evil is subjective though I'm afraid.

Not all evil is subjective.

There are evils that transcend cultures and are part of the Human condition.

[strafer_praha]

http://www.gospeakit.com/science/bible-body-count.html

I think this is pretty fucked up.

[ballzon]

Originally Posted by strafer_praha

http://www.gospeakit.com/science/bible-body-count.html

I think this is pretty fucked up.

That doesn't work in a debate against an atheist.

Besides, that's still only 2.2 million. Hitler was responsible for at least 5 times that count.

[william]

Originally Posted by strafer_praha

http://www.gospeakit.com/science/bible-body-count.html

I think this is pretty fucked up.

So agreed.

Doesn't mitigate my point.

[strafer_praha]

Originally Posted by william

So agreed.

Doesn't mitigate my point.

"They have attributed to David ten thousand [kills], while to me they have attributed thousands [kills]! He is lacking only the kingship." And Saul eyed David with suspicion from that day on." I Samuel 18: 8