Bodhi of Ankou said:

At this point that US is already at war with them. Its giving all its got and getting nowhere. Maybe a hands off approach will work best.

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Bodhi of Ankou said:

Give the region time to stabalize and see what happens.

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ShroomerInTheRye said:

I live in South Florida and work in a very gay city called Wilton Manors.  The pride parade is this weekend and I have to work there because my job is opening its doors to the public for the festivities.  I would be lying if I said I felt comfortable.  In past years, its been no problem.  Grab a rum bucket and dance your way up and down the Drive.  I wonder if the cops will be walking up and down the Drive with rifles this year.

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Citizen X said:

Oh I'm sure security will be heightened

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And yet all we hear from media is "more guns aren't the answer"

ShroomerInTheRye said:

I live in South Florida and work in a very gay city called Wilton Manors.  The pride parade is this weekend and I have to work there because my job is opening its doors to the public for the festivities.  I would be lying if I said I felt comfortable.  In past years, its been no problem.  Grab a rum bucket and dance your way up and down the Drive.  I wonder if the cops will be walking up and down the Drive with rifles this year.

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Cosmic_Flame said:

Asante said:

Why that?

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hi asante, you're awesome

well to begin with many of the members in this thread are derailing the conversation and turning this tragedy into a debate about gun rights /conspiracy bs + xenophobic rhetoric. This thread literally has 15+ pages of gun debate rather than talking about the issue at hand. This is one of the worst fucking things to happen in the states and to my community.

Also what really grinds my gears is that no link has been posted in the op or even stickied at the top of the pub for donations. So here you go

https://www.gofundme.com/pulsevictimsfund

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Plain said:

I have said many times in thos thread mental health is the issue here, although i did a lil playing around in this thread woth koods and pris i do think we should be addressing mental health even in these cases where it seems to be just "terrorism" obviously the inddvidual was crazy and there were red flags prior to this that he was crazy hos ex said so herself

I feel for the victims and their families and i know in this mostly good society we are in people will flock to take care of them and help those affected.

There is an issue here that does need to be addressed so talking about it is not wrong even of we dont really get anywhere
At least we care enough to discuss whats happened and share opinions

Many people have shouted out their condolences in this thread not every post should say the same thing yknow thats the beauty of the varirty of people here on the shroomery

But i will hear you out and if i post in this thread any more everyone of my post will have that gofundme link in them to keep it about the victims and helping their loved ones
Also to keep in fresh in this thread
https://www.gofundme.com/pulsevictimsfund

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Plain said:

You say sane people commit horrible acts.

No body is sane, everyone is crazy.

Some are violent i dont consider them "sane" no matter how they seem peraonality wise or whatever

I hope you get what i mean

You simply cant be sane and commit horrible acts ya feel they contradict eachother

You can say you and i are sane but if we started to pick eachothers brains we would find that the other is crazy.

You feel me?

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It's very convenient to say that all violent people are "crazy", but that's not the case.

There are military commanders that must order others to murder people all the time, sometimes these commanders are extremely educated, experienced, and more mentally stable than 99% of the general population.

Completely sane people do horrible acts, that's just a human reality.

Plain said:

Look man

Not everything is black and white i dont think a military comander ordering troops to kill to be the same as a guy shooting a bunch of unarmed civilians

But hey thats just me

Everyone is crazy i only worry about the people who fail to see this

Violent people are the type of crazy i am talking about
Not the cut off my penis because it tried to bite me crazy

But yes all violent individuals are crazy

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Plain said:

Everyone is crazy so yeah a violent individual is part of everyone right?

You would have to understand how insane humans are to understand what i am saying

Er'body cray cray you feel meh?

You could say the individual who commit these crimes are callous, cold, perhaps "evil"?

But "crazy"?

Everyone is crazy my friend

I still see a difference between a military strategy and a lone shooter bent on causing hell for unexpecting people.

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thirtygoats said:

Orlando shooting caught on snapchat

https://www.facebook.com/fightlifevideo/videos/1010093439103753/

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Ugh. Yes thats my point, the rate of fire is very high with a semi auto if you can handle one.

Thats a packed club

Asante said:

Prisoner#1 said:

Asante said:

It is NOT Islam. He acted against the message of Love that is the CORE of Islam, the one thing in it that isnt a metaphor.

Its not as much an attack on Americans either as its a direct attack on Love itself, in the homosexual way, the love between the ones that are the same.

It is an act of self hatred, ultimately.

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it is islam, islam condemns homosexuality and promotes violence against them, some
even say that by murdering you they are doing you a favor, why do you prertend to
know islam better than the muslims?

why is the confederate flag a symbol of hate yet islamic flags are peace an
love, as i recall, in the last 10 years, muslims have killed hundreds of
thousands of people and confederates havent killed any

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I own a Qu'ran and read it. And I UNDERSTAND the words of peace amidst the words of war.

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