Is it just me, or does Chris Matthews seem desperate to pin the VT shooting on violent movies?

bbernardini

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:21 PM
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Is it just me, or does Chris Matthews seem desperate to pin the VT shooting on violent movies?

Just before 6 PM EDT, he was analyzing one of the pictures received by NBC, and he seemed determined to place all the blame for this sad incident on violent films. Anybody else notice that?

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Tiggeroshii

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:25 PM
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1. It would certainly be a step up from pinning it on Koreans...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/world/asia/18cnd-korea.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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jpgray

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:26 PM
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2. Narrowing down such extreme behavior to a single cause is an exercise in futility

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minkyboodle

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:28 PM
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3. he kept saying that cho was wearing a headband

Edited on Wed Apr-18-07 05:29 PM by minkyboodle

He said it was a headband that obviously had
some significance or death meaning. Hello its
a damn baseball cap turned backwards Tweety.
Its a damn disturbing image.

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CrownPrinceBandar

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:28 PM
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4. Don't forget violent video games!.......

I've heard them ginning this up as a possible scapegoat. Contessa Brewer was commenting today on MSNBC how Cho was a regular player of the "mega-violent" (her words) video game "Counterstrike".

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Blue_Tires

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:31 PM
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5. i'm still bracing for the "its the fault of liberal professors/students" meme

you just know that shit will be milked for months...

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Rocknrule

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:46 PM
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6. Why the "videogames/movies/etc. did it" argument makes no sense

The kids who do these things may be fucked in the head but they are not stupid. No one is going to go to the trouble to plan a massacre and throw their lives away just because "this looks fun in a game I'll bet it's even funner in reality." For someone to do that, they have to be so angry and depressed that they feel like they have nothing to lose anymore.

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maveric

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:48 PM
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7. Did you see him grilling Cho's suitemate like a prosecutor?

Implying that they should have reported his lonely and anti-social behavior.
What a tool.

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ecstatic

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:49 PM
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8. On Fox news yesterday, they were asking why Cho had not been locked up based on his writings

:crazy:

I guess by that standard, Stephen King would be in prison now.

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:50 PM
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9. Heh.

Just yesterday somebody WAS blaming Stephen King.

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Stinky The Clown

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:52 PM
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10. I dunno about Stephen King ...... but what about Coulter?

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Rocknrule

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Wed Apr-18-07 05:54 PM
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11. Cho's writings are too mature to be compared to her

"Charlatans" and "rich people" are too big words for her. She prefers to stick to "godless libruls," "faggots" and "kill em all."

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