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This world is a terrible place anymore.
ing country's falling apart.
Orlando office building gunman on the loose
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Officials said at least eight people were hurt in a shooting at a downtown office building Friday and a gunman was on the loose.
People streamed out of the high-rise building around lunchtime and some told local television stations they had barricaded themselves inside their offices.
Orlando Fire Department District Chief Michael Droege said an unknown number of people were still in the building and could be injured. He said the SWAT team was still trying to pull people out.
"The building is not secure now," he said. "It's still unfolding."
Orlando police were searching for an armed man wearing a light blue polo shirt and jeans, said Orange County Sheriff's Spokesman Jim Solomons, whose department was called in for backup.
Gerry Gilgo, who works on the floor where the shooting occurred, told The Associated Press she was meeting a co-worker at the elevators for lunch.
"She yelled there are gun shots! There are gun shots! Get back in your office," Gilgo said.
Orlando Police Sgt. Barbara Jones confirmed there had been a shooting and multiple people were hurt but she couldn't say how many. She said there is believed to be only one shooter.
The Orlando Fire Department told WESH-TV that at least eight people were injured. Interstate 4 was closed in both directions through downtown and a nearby school was locked down.
Rows of ambulances lined up outside the building as police snipers took up positions around the building and officers on foot and horseback searched the area.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/...ffice_shooting
This world is a terrible place anymore.
gods will.
so sad.
ing Muslims.
Some scary . Yesterday Ft. Hood, today Orlando...what's next?
the shooters name is rodriguiz.
why do mexicans hate amerika?
It's the new breed of Mexican Muslim.
Fewer killings today than in the past. Crime and suffering all continue to fall year after year. The world is a better place today in spite of these horrible events.
Yep..Jason Rodriguez..40 years old. Driving a 2002 silver Nissan SUV. License plate D119UX. He used to work there.
Maybe this is better suited for the politics forum thread, but as long as we're on the subject- There's a great TED video about The Myth of Violence (as pertaining to the modern era)
http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pink..._violence.html
Maybe..but a lot of people don't go on the politics forum anymore...too many people getting pissed off about things we can't control, and it's a war in there. I used to go in there, till I found out there were "teams" of demos and repubs. I thought we were one country.
I think it's time the Whig party makes a comeback.
I respect your opinion, but I do not share it.
I gut people in there. And get gutted.
If you ask me this country is headed towards another civil war. Hard to say if that'll come sooner rather than later, but we're not one country and I know which side I'm on.
As sad as that is.
His opinion is statistically valid. Conclusively. I don't think you understand just how violent the middle ages were. I know you want to believe we're on the doorstep of the rapture, but I suggest you watch that video I posted.
Why do you believe differently?
Unfortunately it is a fact, not an opinion.
Yes we moved out of the dark ages, so now the blood shed and violence in the world is more high tech. I don't really see that as an improvement.
I believe we as a nation and a world have become de-sensitized ( sp?) in a lot of ways to the horror that goes on around us.
Violent crimes, things like school shootings and terrorist attacks, are no longer things that are out of the ordinary.
When they happen people feel sad but, sadly, people are no longer surprised.
There are people who have multiple abortions, simply because they can.
There are the murders that occur on yearly basis. And add to that death toll all the death row executions that take place.
Sure, executions are not as blood and guts messy as they once were but still it is the end of human life.
I have heard the lethal injection described as an "easy way to die". If you study the process, you know it is anything but.
Every evening news segment seems to report at least one malicious crim against an individual or animal- and that is just our local news.
In general, I think people are not as conscientious ( sp?) as they once used to be about what they watch, what they say, and how they behave.
Take for example Matlock and Murder she wrote ( murder mystery shows my grandma used to watch) and compare it with today's way more graphic shows like CSI and Law and Order.
Violent images are a lot more accepted today than they were fifty years ago.
In the same way, there are commercials on during primetime like the ones for male enhancement drugs that were never on so early when I was a kid.
Cartoons never had vulgarities in them when I was a kid like Family Guy does today.
The way people walk around swearing- that is something that simply was not done by most people in my grandparents generation.
People use to temper their language at the very least when women were present. Now no one blinks when women curse. In fact, a lot of people find it to be funny.
Consider also the graphic sex scenes in movies. On television shows in my grandparents era, husbands and wives slept in different beds.
There are people who claim to be bi-sexual in order to be trendy. Reality television allows people to become famous for acting badly.
And people everywhere feel it is okay to be mean to each other on a daily basis and call it entertainment.
When I first joined this forum, it was a rare thing when someone was mean to someone. Now it happens in every thread and usually for no reason at all.
I can't even recommend the site anymore because I am afraid of what someone's kid might read on here and that is really sad to me.
Last edited by angel_luv; 11-06-2009 at 02:44 PM. Reason: typos
Dude went back to his mother's house.
Props to FL. officials/officers.
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Angel_Luv, it's all good.. No need to worry until we start feeding people to lions in the middle of AT&T Center.
says the birther.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Did you know pregnant women were routinely eveicerated for sport during the middle ages. Set loose and hunted by packs of knights on horseback. Her and her child's death being treated as a game.There are people who have multiple abortions, simply because they can.
In biblical times, at the behest of the bible itself actually, people were put to death for crimes far less severe than murder. And they weren't given a shot- they were put on public display and bludgeoned to death with rocks. I know you're a literalist, so I must ask, have you done your duty and stoned any adulterer's today?There are the murders that occur on yearly basis. And add to that death toll all the death row executions that occur as a result.
Sure, executions are not as blood and guys messy as they once were but still it is the end of human life.
I have heard the lethal injection described as an "easy way to die". If you study the process, you know it is anything but.
In Roman times men and animals were often pitted against each other in vicious and bloody battles to the death. Not only was this not admonished by the local Roman media, it was cheered on and enjoyed by crowds of thousands.Every evening news segment seems to report at least one malicious crime against an individual or animal- and that is just our local news.
So the world's not more violent? We're just more accepting of violent images. If that were true we'd still have a Colosseum. Just because your grandmommy's generation pulled some wool over their own eyes, doesn't mean the world was any more decent.Take for example Matlock and Murder she wrote ( murder mystery shows my grandma used to watch) and compare it with today's way more graphic shows like CSI and Law and Order.
Violent images are a lot more accepted today than they were fifty years ago.
Well god knows that in a world where women were once gutted for sport, we should all fear the big bad Viagra ads. lolIn the same way, there are commercials on during primetime like the ones for male enhancement drugs that were never on so early when I was a kid.
Dagnamit, todays husbands and wives are actually having sex. We're all headed to in a handbasket.On television shows in my grandparents era, husbands and wives slept in different beds.
And on and on and on.
You're crazy. your whole thesis seems to be that we should turn the clock back to the ultra-repressed and deeply unhappy facade of the 1950's. That we should adopt some puritanical and completely farcical appearance of rigid morality. Laughable.
You're a victim of modern day technology. The crime isn't more rampant the reporting and media sensationalism is.
You are a classic example of what I mean Balli.
Why is it so impossible to have a civilized debate where we both present our views and hear the other out? I thought stating views and exchanging ideas were what public forums were all about. And, are the insults really necessary?
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