Before
I get into more light-hearted ranting throughout the day, I want to first start
by offering my prayers and condolences accordingly to the victims, families,
and friends of the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting.
It
takes a real despicable human being to commit heinous acts, and what we saw on
Thursday night/Friday morning, was about as heinous as it gets. Whatever this
guy thought he was doing, whatever sparked his intention to do this (I hate
when people try to pin it on movies), was absolutely wrong.
I’ve
seen a lot of victim blaming as well, and for the righteous fuck-heads claiming
the very movie these people went to watch glorifies the actions of this guy,
fuck you, you know-nothing pieces of shit. No victim is at fault for what
happened, especially in this incident.
Unfortunately,
we were reminded yet again, that unstable people exist out there who want
nothing more than to rob people of their right to live without fear of things
like this happening. Lives were lost, other lives are in jeopardy, and our
thoughts turn to ourselves because it literally could have been any of us
sitting in any theater when someone decided to do this.
But
I ask people not to worry about how to solve these problems through extra
measures at movie theaters. There’s no reason to implement metal detectors and
have K-9 units on hand every minute of every night. A metal detector won’t stop
these people from shooting before they enter the building; they won’t protect
people from bullets if a gunman is already unloading a clip into a crowd. This
man didn’t even enter through the gates everyone else did… he snuck in through
a fire escape and committed a mass murder.
Solutions
are outside of the institution of movie theaters. Solutions start at the
counters of every gun shop, and at the hands of everyone trying to sell guns
and ammunition, both legally and illegally.
Don’t
criminalize the victims for going out and enjoying themselves, having a good
time watching what was supposed to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer.
That’s what people do, and have done, for decades. This could have happened any
day/night at any movie ever. Unfortunately it happened, and now panic has
spread. Malls have been shot up before, schools, churches, grocery stores, army
bases… but we still inhabit those places and expose ourselves to the
possibility of it being us all the time.
The
movie theater experience shouldn’t change. It can’t change. If it does change,
he won, even if it wasn’t his intention.
Once
again, everyone affected, directly and indirectly, is in my prayers, and I’m
sure the prayers of all the writers here at Don’t Laugh, People.
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