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Suspected PS3 thief shot dead by police
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 4 December, 2006
The launch of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console in the U.S. had a well-publicized dark side with the media reporting armed robbery and gun shot wounds among other horrible incidents. It's easy for people to get very angry about this senseless violence and to crave justice on those who commit these acts. One such attack was on a student who waited at Wal-Mart for three days to buy two consoles. ... [ read the full article ]
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lannigan
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6. December 2006 @ 05:13 |
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Sad....
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6. December 2006 @ 05:23 |
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maybe the problem in the USA is that the availibility for what is considered the normal is to high for most people can reach. one of the most damning things here is how we raise our kids they want we give most kids have cellphones laptops and ipods now add the statis of who has the ps3 to make you king of toy land then it becomes a war zone. we need to get a grip on whats important like helping people have food on their table and heat for the house that would be a start... most parents mean well but fall way short when then gift of all gifts can be bought on ebay hours after the release and now its 3 time the amount it sold for earlier that day then maybe our judgement is just alittle scued. and maybe we are the cause of our own downfall . when somany people wanted just one of thease toys for under the tree why'd someone walk out of the store with two greed. so he got robbed because he was going to resell it and make a proffit probly like a grand over cost.. makes ya think that theres "karma"
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TazmanYo
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6. December 2006 @ 07:16 |
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Hope the police have a good insurance policy.
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6. December 2006 @ 08:04 |
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Nephilim
my mind it seems..the caffeine adjtating the body 0-o
*shudderings*
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Poice more and more are trained to shoot first ,I tend to side with they are not soilders they need to walk the line better otherwise we get a 90 year old flordia woman shooting it out with police because they night radied home in plain cloths looking for a dealer.....yes it happened a few weeks ago.
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6. December 2006 @ 12:55 |
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that sux for the kid but it sux more for the guy who got shot and it also sux for the room mate that had to see his/her room mate die in front of him/her
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7. December 2006 @ 08:23 |
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I won't get politial but let's just leave it at "more guns than sense" in the U.S.
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jimmer
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7. December 2006 @ 16:28 |
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well, he was stupid enough to rob someone. and prolly stupid enough to cause the cops to shoot his dumb arse
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7. December 2006 @ 18:22 |
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Very well said.
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7. December 2006 @ 18:28 |
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Ya if you don't treat cops as gods it ups the chance of your sorry but being caped,thus you be nice to them and do as they say when they say it so you wont be beaten into the ground.
I am not implying anyhtign or being snide cops have hard job and when they come calling be on your toes for them step widely and might crush them.
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I dont mean it as bad as I say darn it ><
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 7. December 2006 @ 18:30
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elroy2055
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8. December 2006 @ 04:00 |
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To yetagain......r u serious? do you really think that if it were a Wh$te guy that the police would have opened fire? And you say we (Black People)make up 97% of crime in America, why is it when one of us gets pinched the rest of us are bad.lol kill racism!!!!!!
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LendaL
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8. December 2006 @ 04:50 |
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Peyton Strickland was a WHITE college KID..he wasnt black, and i dont think he was 'trash'...either...just a kid that should have found a better class of friends and/or another hobby...
and he was UNARMED...i just hope now that we know he was WHITE..folks dont start firing warning shots in the backs of unsuspecting white college students with PS3 consoles..
http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=95740&SecID=2
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8. December 2006 @ 09:04 |
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ANY MENTION OF RACE STOPS NOW - ANYONE WHO CONTINUES IT WILL BE BANNED.
Race has absolutely no bearing or place in this discussion. I already dealt with the first idiot that tried to bring it in here so I don't want to see anymore of it. If anyone thinks I'm not serious just ask any of our regulars if it's wise to push it with me.
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SolShrike
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8. December 2006 @ 10:01 |
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It makes a person weep for humanity when:
A) Person gets robbed and beaten by four guys for a measly gaming console ("hawt" or not).
B) Police resort to those sorts of extremes, like shooting the suspect instead of, oh I don't know, using mace or pepper spray. Did they really have to shoot him? The report didn't say if the suspect was armed or not... so its hard to say.
C) People will go to such extremes as robbery to satisfy and quench thier thirst for whatever it is thats driving thier desires that day. Do we have self-control anymore, as a society? Magic 8 Ball says "answer unclear".
Maybe we can change it, maybe we can't.
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8. December 2006 @ 12:30 |
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So let me get this straight Nephilim,
You apparently support the double standard that clearly exisits in America today.
Why are White people brutilized when they want to exercise their rights of FREE SPEACH, Every other race speaks their minds. Right or wrong you have the right to express yourself. White people- they are the only race who attacks their own and does not support eachother. Dont call me White, I'm German American, and I didn't see that box on the census form.
One Word describes MOST Caucasian people -COWARDS-
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8. December 2006 @ 12:37 |
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dezier
DO you know how many sub types to the world "black" their are?
while its true some humans like to devied people by the general 4 or 5 color types...doing so is not only immoral but illogical as well...there are to many factors to calculate the human equation if you use color as a prime number you wind up devideing by zero and destroying the universe... get a grip....
BTW the reason for the racial lock down is the same with the politics lock down kids cant use their brains well so in order to stop the bleeding of IQ points across the board they ban acouple convos.
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dezier
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8. December 2006 @ 12:46 |
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Ok fair enough, I just get angry when I see or hear people being told they do not have the right to express themselves.
I don't like or agree with everything I hear or read but never the less we all have the right to speak.
This would be another topic for a different day.
I never have classified people by Race or Color - only by Attitude, and Intelligence.
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moviegram
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8. December 2006 @ 14:21 |
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It is very saddening that anyone would hurt another human being over a game or to steal from them. That is terrible in itself.
It does seem like Sony managed to create a demand for the game console. I guess their marketing people did their job; they should be proud of what they have accompliced.
It certainly sounds like someone's above the law as it does not say why the boy and his dog were shot at all. They were not a defendant at that point. Did they go in shooting?
A little perspective would go a long way in our world today. To quote the movie Toy Story; Woody to Buzz Lightyear:"You're just a toy"...
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moviegram
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8. December 2006 @ 14:26 |
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OOPS... that should read accomplished...
SolShrike; I do so agree with what you said.
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SolShrike
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8. December 2006 @ 14:58 |
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I'm going to pose a question or two, so please take them with a grain of salt:
If Sony had made "enough" PS3's for launch (as in lets say, the same amount that Nintendo had for its Wii launch), would we have had the same incidents happen? Would people still have gotten mugged for thier PS3 or robbed of thier cash while waiting in line... or would we have seen the same (relatively) quite and successful launch that Nintendo had?
This isn't a "Nintend0rz r4wkz!" post, but more of a question (or two) that asks us this: would it have made a difference?
Sony (and the media, the fans, the internet) had hyped up the PS3 to be an extreme uber-console meant to end all consoles with its shine and luster and I believe they accomplished that task, but at what price? Unfortunately there is a thing such as over-hyping a product to the point of near mass hysteria, which is what we've witnessed with Sony's launch.
If they had supplied enough PS3's at launch, would people have been harmed, beaten, robbed, degraded, etc... or would they have gotten a new console to take home and enjoy? As we all know, hindsight is always 20/20 so its easy to make assumptions based on what we think we may know or through various other means.
I guess what I'm asking overall is this:
Would human greed and lack of temperance have been brought to a minimum had Sony made enough for everyone?
Personally, I doubt it... but its hard to tell.
Just my 2 cents.
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8. December 2006 @ 15:10 |
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SolShrike
you right on,Wiis are only going for 200 more online but PS3s are 600-2000 easy mostly because of sonys wishy washyness over the PS3 hell the PS3 is not even meeting hype its coming out to be as powerful as the 360 witch makes you even more wonder abut the price.
the corperate way to sell less to get more money....it boggles the mind...
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8. December 2006 @ 15:20 |
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dezeir, you brought up race after I made it very clear not to. You were also pretentious enough to purport to speak for me and my opinions and that really pisses me off. You're gone buster.
I like how you make this statement,
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I never have classified people by Race or Color - only by Attitude, and Intelligence.
Right after you made this one,
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One Word describes MOST Caucasian people -COWARDS-
That tells me alot.
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lannigan
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8. December 2006 @ 16:11 |
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All that can be said about this incident is that it is soooo terribly sad..
This incident speaks to how sick and twisted our society has become. The materialisticness (if that's a word) and how utter selfishness if people over these concoles is disgusting. The fact the police shot an unarmed man is terrible.
I live in canada and today 3 police were shot while exectuting a search warrant in winnipeg by a 21 year old kid.
Society needs to keep kindness and non-materialism as values if we are ever going to stop seeing incidents like this. Unfortunately, unbridled capatalism with no conscious breeds things like this. So very, very sad.
So terribly sad.......
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8. December 2006 @ 16:34 |
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You know...it's times like this that I just wonder and shake my head.
Seriously, you have got to wonder what the hell people are thinking. Like they have some genetic disorder that allows them to act stupid. I guess it is age talking, but if you ask me, nothing in this world is worth a video game system, and I do mean nothing.
It's just a game...that is all these morons need to say, it is just a game.
Too bad for the guy though, I am sure he worked hard to pay for that thing or what have you, but people just can't act right.
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8. December 2006 @ 16:35 |
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lannigan
its no worse than robing someone for a Ipod or their jewelery so in alls its nothing new but the heated spin of the anti game crowed.
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SolShrike
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8. December 2006 @ 16:49 |
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You're right Zippy. A criminal offense is just that, regardless of the item stolen or amount of money taken, etc. Unfortunately, because its a gaming related offense, the people like Jack Thompson and others like him (people against video-gaming in general it seems) are having a field day with this. Why give them you ammunition you ask? Seems people in general can't help but do things that we all later regret... :)
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