Mass shooting in New Zeland

Started by DrinkingHarp, March 15, 2019, 03:04:46 AM

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tonto1888

Quote from: AZOffaly on March 15, 2019, 08:25:31 AM
It was an attack on Mosques, so Trump probably won't say too much. the Australian Senator from Queensland gave a truly bizarre statement.

Fraser Anning

Jeepers Creepers

Terrible news to wake up to. The mind boggles sometimes as to what humanity is capable of.

macdanger2


Rossfan

Absolutely terrible news.

Of course these cnuts get plenty of encouragement from the words of the various nasty right wing "populists" around the Western world.
Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

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Awful news. It incomprehensible how violent and hateful human beings can be.

Rossfan

We've spent thousands of years killing each other........ :-\
Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

oakleaflad

Quote from: Rossfan on March 15, 2019, 09:24:24 AM
We've spent thousands of years killing each other........ :-\
A lot of it because of religion too

JimStynes

Quote from: laoislad on March 15, 2019, 08:37:13 AM
Quote from: stephenite on March 15, 2019, 08:33:28 AM
Quote from: laoislad on March 15, 2019, 08:21:44 AM
Quote from: stephenite on March 15, 2019, 08:18:16 AM
Quote from: laoislad on March 15, 2019, 06:18:59 AM
Just seen some of the videos.. couldn't watch for very long.
He's also posted a manifesto
https://www.mediafire.com/file/3vcjr5lll3r6xte/The+Great+Replacement.docx

Stop sharing that, have a bit of cop on
Give over ffs. Don't read it if you don't want to.

I haven't read it. NZ authorities are urging all people to not further share the footage or details from the manifesto. If you took a second to think about why they've asked that you'd maybe think twice
All the major news outlets are quoting extracts from the manifesto ffs. If I was posting links to the video I'd understand your stance but not for sharing a link to something that you can read extracts from on any of the news websites.

Exactly! Wise up, it wasn't like he posted the video ffs.

toby47

Read a stat online there - 49 dead in New Zealand is the equivalent of 333,000 in the US.

Brutal attack & terrible news to wake to.

gallsman

Quote from: toby47 on March 15, 2019, 09:41:48 AM
Read a stat online there - 49 dead in New Zealand is the equivalent of 333,000 in the US.

Brutal attack & terrible news to wake to.

Where did you read that? Because whoever wrote it (and you perhaps) needs to go back to maths class. It would be about 330 people. Horrific obviously, but missing out by a factor of 10³ a bit mental.

Rossfan

Population of NZ 4m, US c 300m?
49 x 75 = 3,675.
Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

toby47

Quote from: gallsman on March 15, 2019, 09:46:57 AM
Quote from: toby47 on March 15, 2019, 09:41:48 AM
Read a stat online there - 49 dead in New Zealand is the equivalent of 333,000 in the US.

Brutal attack & terrible news to wake to.

Where did you read that? Because whoever wrote it (and you perhaps) needs to go back to maths class. It would be about 330 people. Horrific obviously, but missing out by a factor of 10³ a bit mental.

To be dead honest the source was just a highly retweeted tweet. However having done the maths (which admittedly I'm poor at) I believe it would be roughly the same as 3,300?

However after an attack like that I don't think it's quite relevant to be arguing about maths

oakleaflad

Quote from: toby47 on March 15, 2019, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: gallsman on March 15, 2019, 09:46:57 AM
Quote from: toby47 on March 15, 2019, 09:41:48 AM
Read a stat online there - 49 dead in New Zealand is the equivalent of 333,000 in the US.

Brutal attack & terrible news to wake to.

Where did you read that? Because whoever wrote it (and you perhaps) needs to go back to maths class. It would be about 330 people. Horrific obviously, but missing out by a factor of 10³ a bit mental.

To be dead honest the source was just a highly retweeted tweet. However having done the maths (which admittedly I'm poor at) I believe it would be roughly the same as 3,300?

However after an attack like that I don't think it's quite relevant to be arguing about maths
Perhaps it was factoring in murder rate also (which I am assuming is a lot higher in the US) and not a direct population comparison. In any case, still terrible news and sad that we as humans are capable of such attacks.

seafoid

Quote from: Rossfan on March 15, 2019, 09:49:53 AM
Population of NZ 4m, US c 300m?
49 x 75 = 3,675.
40,000 Americans are shot dead every year
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

stephenite

Quote from: tonto1888 on March 15, 2019, 08:40:28 AM
Quote from: AZOffaly on March 15, 2019, 08:25:31 AM
It was an attack on Mosques, so Trump probably won't say too much. the Australian Senator from Queensland gave a truly bizarre statement.

Fraser Anning

Elected as an Australian senator with a grand total of 19 votes