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Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:58 pm
by Mr. Mander
Well it seems significantly more petty and needlessly destructive to kill someone over a CHANCE that you might get HIV. What if he gets tested later and comes up negative? He'll have ended a life over nothing more than a brief worry.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:58 pm
by Valbrandur
Googled it and the answer seems to be not always, which does change my opinion along with reflecting upon it after Riku's comment.

As it isn't 100% guaranteed, not to mention Riku was probably right that he was likely a danger beforehand if he lets his temper get the better of him (I hope I'm not misinterpreting), then yeah it wasn't justified in any way.

Both are at fault but this will definitely be hard for the two sons.

I also gotta admit, I was a bit rash with my former post there.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:03 pm
by Syobon
Mr. Mander wrote:Well it seems significantly more petty and needlessly destructive to kill someone over a CHANCE that you might get HIV. What if he gets tested later and comes up negative? He'll have ended a life over nothing more than a brief worry.
I was not excusing the man's action, just answering your question. Also, the man may not have been aware of this, there is a lot of misinformation about HIV somehow.

I also don't think it's appropriate to play the blame game here as outside observers. Let's just leave it at that it's a terrible tragedy.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:20 pm
by Valbrandur

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:39 am
by Riku
D'awwwwww.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:53 pm
by Ersatz
Malum wrote:Wait don't you live in Quebec
When did we have an election
I don't think i could have missed an election
There were provincial elections in Quebec on Sep. 4th.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:45 pm
by BurntToShreds

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:21 am
by Lambeth
He was also a SA mod. MSNBC had a nice bit on him

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:50 am
by BurntToShreds
The article did say that he was a member of Goon Swarm, so I knew he had some affiliation with SA, but I didn't know that he was a mod. That's pretty cool.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:01 pm
by Komodoensis
Another guy who died lived the town over from me. He was from Winchester, Massachusetts. He graduated from the same highschool my mom did, 4 years after she graduated. So this whole thing hit pretty locally for quite a few people.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:54 am
by Lambeth
So DC has a new ad campaign

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Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:01 am
by BurntToShreds
That's a pretty solid PSA campaign.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:09 am
by Shad
I like it.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:32 am
by Falconer Lombard
Oh, he financed the loan on my Brutix when I was eleven. He'll be missed. Great guy, willing to help not only the big alliances but dropped into noobspace to help out beginners.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:17 am
by Riku
I cannot imagine how obnoxious it must be to wear a tight leather skirt over those loose jeans.
But other than that, cool design for a campaign.