12 Killed in Colorado During The Dark Knight Screening

I do not recall hearing an excessive amount of car horns when I was in Mumbai a few years ago.
Traffic sucked, but it was mesmerizing watching the women in colorful saris riding side saddle on the backs of motorcycles. It fascinating watching the organized chaos on the roads where lanes are optional and cars come within inches of each other and rarely collide.

I get the impression that I should be dodging bullets everyday.

In my 50 years, I have never heard gun fire in the US, but I have heard and been within one kilometer of AK-47 gunfire in Mexico. Damn Zeta gang members. The only reliable news down there with respect to gun violence is Twitter, as the journalists fear for their lives if they report on gang activity.

Why is it I never hear Queenzone mention the horrible violence and mass killings in Mexico? Oh that's right - it's more fun to bash the US.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
India may not be a world leader in economics or infrastructure, but they certainly are an example of good government (kudos on taking Monsanto to court!), balancing rich tradition with industrialization, and a very high level of intelligence.
The excessive presence of car horns and resulting noise pollution in Mumbai may not be something to be proud of, but everyone's got their flaws ![/QUOTE]
Good government - not really. The current central govt has broken all records of corruption ever reported in the country. Whenever a scam breaks out, we see a minister or other officials resign from their current post due to publc out-cry. The govt takes /initiates no other action.Frustration of the people at the govt is higher than ever before. A movement was triggered n the country last year...something similar to the jasmine revolution of the middle east, but we're in a peculiar situation. We are not (and never were) a dictator ship or under autocratic rule. Our govt came to power by winning votes of the people....so nothing can be done atleast till the next general election The current coalition govt have a solid majority in the parliament as they won lots of votes in the prev election.

Now the judiciary is another story. Its strong, and unafraid of the govt. Even the strong and the "richie rich" have been broken and put behind bars, not by police or govt action, but by judicial force. It is said that we have the best laws in the world thanks to the courts, but the implementation is so poor by the govt that the laws are rendered toothless. If you have money, you can bend any rule in this country.

As for mumbai traffic...its the bad roads (again thanks to the govt) that are more of a concern than the honking.

I don't wanna hijack this topic, so my point of view about the Dark Knight killings -
what makes a man go into a theater and kill strangers just like that? or a student go into a school and start firing at his class mates and teachers? Easy availability of guns? i don't think so. Sure, they probably use the guns cos they're easy to get. But if that was not the case, they would have probably used home-made bombs or something.
It's the psychology of these criminal minds that needs to be deciphered.

Watched the film yesterday. It was enjoyable enough, if over-long and convoluted. They've incorporated elements of the graphic novels Knightfall and The Dark Night Returns, which was fun. The surprise ending was also err.. surprising. Guess we're going to see a "Nightwing" movie at some point. Lastly, my local film theatre was murder-free, which is always a plus point.

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[b]Panchgani wrote: [/b] I get the impression that I should be dodging bullets everyday.

In my 50 years, I have never heard gun fire in the US, but I have heard and been within one kilometer of AK-47 gunfire in Mexico. Damn Zeta gang members. The only reliable news down there with respect to gun violence is Twitter, as the journalists fear for their lives if they report on gang activity.

Why is it I never hear Queenzone mention the horrible violence and mass killings in Mexico? Oh that's right - it's more fun to bash the US.[/QUOTE]

I think we discuss it because a thread about the Colorado shooting was started and not one about Mexican drug wars. In my opinion it is not about bashing "the US" at all - it is about how does a country address a problem and why is it so hard to get the US public to lay down the gun.

I wonder what would happen if 7000 US Citizens were killed by terrorists each year on American soil. Would there be anti-terror legislation or would people say that laws won't help because terrorists do not obey any laws, anyway. Look at the incredible changes in airport security after 9/11 and other attempted terrorist attacks. I do not hear people complain about the restriction of their civil rights in favour of crime prevention, although certain extreme measures are of course discussed. Nobody asks for a travel-at-your-own-risk airline with no security checks although most travellers never saw any terrorists or witnessed a terrorist attack. I can say that I fly quite often and never saw any terrorists in my life at all but still I had to walk with no shoes through security in England for 3 years until they changed that again.. What is really amazing is that in all other problems  modern governments have a tendency to rather forbid everything for the whole population than allow some excesses to happen -  only the possession of guns seems to be the one exception. This is really hard to understand.

[QUOTE]The US leads the world in proud categories such as the number of incarcerated citizens per capita and defense spending[/QUOTE]

Actually, China leads in executions, otherwise they might top the list of incarcerated.  China is # 2 in defense spending.

Also of note:

2012 OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT   (as of 7/30)

13    US.  
13    China
  8     Italy
  7    Japan
  6    France
  5    Korea
  1   Canada   (a bronze)

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[b]Micrówave wrote: [/b] [QUOTE]The US leads the world in proud categories such as the number of incarcerated citizens per capita and defense spending[/QUOTE]

Actually, China leads in executions, otherwise they might top the list of incarcerated.  China is # 2 in defense spending.

Also of note:

2012 OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT   (as of 7/30)

13    US.  
13    China
  8     Italy
  7    Japan
  6    France
  5    Korea
  1   Canada   (a bronze)[/QUOTE]

You should list it as follows:

13 China
13 USA

In alpha sequence, C is before U.
In gold medals sequence, China has more (as of 7/30).

[QUOTE] [b]Micrówave wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE]The US leads the world in proud categories such as the number of incarcerated citizens per capita and defense spending[/QUOTE] Actually, China leads in executions, otherwise they might top the list of incarcerated.  China is # 2 in defense spending.Also of note:2012 OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT   (as of 7/30)13    US.  13    China  8     Italy  7    Japan  6    France  5    Korea  1   Canada   (a bronze)[/QUOTE]

FOX NEWS REPORT: New study shows that countries which execute the most prisoners win most medals at the Olympics.

[QUOTE] [b]Panchgani wrote:[/b]

I get the impression that I should be dodging bullets everyday.

In my 50 years, I have never heard gun fire in the US, but I have heard and been within one kilometer of AK-47 gunfire in Mexico. Damn Zeta gang members. The only reliable news down there with respect to gun violence is Twitter, as the journalists fear for their lives if they report on gang activity.

Why is it I never hear Queenzone mention the horrible violence and mass killings in Mexico? Oh that's right - it's more fun to bash the US. [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE] [b]Micrówave wrote:[/b]
Also of note:2012 OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT   (as of 7/30)13    US.  13    China  8     Italy  7    Japan  6    France  5    Korea  1   Canada   (a bronze)[/QUOTE]
Approximately 11 of those US medals are due to athletes instinctively projecting themselves 17 feet when the shooting starts. :P

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[QUOTE] [b]Micrówave wrote:[/b]
Also of note:2012 OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT   (as of 7/30)13    US.  13    China  8     Italy  7    Japan  6    France  5    Korea  1   Canada   (a bronze)[/QUOTE]
Approximately 11 of those US medals are due to athletes instinctively projecting themselves 17 feet when the shooting starts. :P[/QUOTE]

LOL@ GF and Holly

Update

17 China
17 United States
11 Japan
8 Italy
7 France
6 Korea
1 Cuba
1 Canada

Cuba is listed above Canada for Bob because of their higher literacy rate... not because of their Silver medal.

Unfortunately they can't start the 400 because Starter Pistols are not allowed due to Britain's strict Gun Laws.

There's a crowd of 20k+ expected at the USA-N.Korea women's football today. As only 10k went to see the USA basketball team play, this clearly proves that football is the greatest game in the world and that basketball sucks. Also, basketball players are all sissy marys.