NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
It shouldn't take this spectacle of death for gun violence to garner national concern.
you believe it should?
Joakim Noah giving up busting his guns after making a jump shot
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It shouldn't take this spectacle of death for gun violence to garner national concern.
you believe it should?
people die every day b sad as it is, but 20 children being brutally murdered in school is a bigger story then 1 kid getting shot on the corner which im sure made the local news.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Is it "supposed" to and only happen on the corner?
You sound as if you're justifying having no concern that it happens because you can paint it to happening on the corner.
daboywonder2002
Superstar
that folks is the defensive player of the year!!
cornercommission2k12
so this were u dudes went
this it totally agree with
i just feel noah is the wrong one to pin point.
he has done charity events and spoken out on twitter about the matter
just the news coverage for those stands are minimal
so i guess this is another case to blame the media on.
malbaker86
Gators
guns has always garnered national concern and attention tho.
i'm not getting your beef or angle; is it with Noah or the media?
so since, in your opinion, nobody has really spoken on it to this degree in the past that this event shouldn't be that big of deal when it comes to guns? i'm sure you understand that the manner of when, where, and who this all involved has SOMETHING to do with things coming into question.
and to answer your question, of course i don't think that but i'm not being salty towards individuals who are addressing it now. i'd rather them do something that to take the approach of "well why now speak on it, it's always been an issue so i'm not going to say anything".
Th3G3ntleman
Superstar
If that's the truth than I respect him less. The fact that he wouldn't change his tune for something happening in his own community just makes me think he's only doing this expecting the pressure from the media if he did do the celebration after the Connecticut shooting. You mean to tell me that it's ok for him as a person who is doing charity work in his community to stop violence to never think twice about doing a celebration involving guns? Come on dude.
Also let's try to stop quantifying tragedy. Children being killed is tragic no matter the numbers. Not sure why dudes are assigning value to tragedy as a means to argue a point.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
No it hasn't. No one talks about "mental health" issues by gang bangers and others of that ilk.
Re-read what that Reverend wrote. We should care no matter who or how many are killed at once. It's not supposed to happen anywhere.
corner,street,porch, walmart ,car people die everyday innocently, and is given local attention. what doesn't happen is a class of innocent babies being brutally murdered at school.
btw you mind giving a scenario where dozens of children was killed and had little to no media attention?
malbaker86
Gators
exactly.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Gun violence is a national issue, just like rapes which happen locally but get federal laws that protect against it.
I'm not comparing one death to the other. YOU are. I'm saying they all should garner the same collective concern and wherewith all to spark a change in our behavior. You rather go to the knee jerk "corner" to justify why it should be ignored.
Whether is 400 or 26....YOU'RE the one focusing on how it got to that number. I'm focusing on why does it happening at once sparks challenging the NRA when there were numbers prior to that which should have sparked change prior to that 26.
that's society in general, no body gives a fukk about drunk driving deaths until it hits at home personally.same with gun violence
yes im happy that it has garnered a spark in change because my family has personally been effected by gun violence; so to see activism against gun violence is gratifying. going back to the beginning of times it always has taken a severe tragic or horrific event for a mass of people to produce a "spark a change in behavior"
It was lame how he did it anyway. Had no coordination or swag to it
Word. Dude looking like Elaine from Seinfeld after he scores
The War Report
NewNewYork
Reb going on a crusade 
You need to stop acting like just because you don't see the issues being plastered all over the news that no one fukking cares what's going on in Chicago, but to have 20 babies who are 6-7 years old being massacred takes gun violence to whole another level. Sadly, it's take a whole lot for change to happen in this fukking country.
You need to stop acting like just because you don't see the issues being plastered all over the news that no one fukking cares what's going on in Chicago, but to have 20 babies who are 6-7 years old being massacred takes gun violence to whole another level. Sadly, it's take a whole lot for change to happen in this fukking country.