Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others
A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in an east London suburb, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others, authorities said.
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See! SWORDS also kill people! Even though he could have killed that entire boys family plus a couple more with a gun, I DON'T CARE! PRO LIFE!
Please keep your Murica shit in Murica. Thank you.
I feel like he was being sarcastic
Irrelevant.
is it, though?
It's stupid Murica shit either way, so yes, it is.
I'd venture a guess the majority of users here are American and just trying to solve our stupid American shit.
If you don't care, then just ignore. If you do care about reducing deaths in America, then let these conversations play out.
Posting some polemic kneejerk reactionary comments about Murica in threads that are not about America is not going to reduce deaths in America. It only derails the actual topic with Americentrism that other people will just perceive as rude.
My guy, how do you think peoples' opinions on national issues shift over the years...?
... The answer: By the aggregation of conversations like this. Connecting dots to parallel events to exemplify what could've been — what other time is a viable time to have that conversation, at the dinner table...?
There really is nothing wrong here; there really is nothing rude here. The user is using satire and sarcasm to indicate that UK has more fruitful laws than America. if anything, it's raising UK up and pointing out our stupid American shit. This is a public forum well within the rules — again, what is wrong with that?
The only thing I can conceive is that there are pro-gun folks on here who'd rather suppress this dialogue. They are quite literally the only ones who would object to not having the uncomfortable conversation about firearms in America and saving lives.
This has nothing to do with parallel events since the UK and the US have vastly different laws & regulations (or lack thereof). And Americans constantly - and I really mean constantly - trying to interject their own politics into foreign topics that has nothing to do with them, trying to make the topic about them, is nothing but annoying at this point.
The only thing I can conceive is that there are pro-gun folks on here who'd rather suppress this dialogue.
Then you're simply tone deaf because there's not a whole lot of pro-gun folks in Europe either. But keep on making your own shit up with whatever mental gymnastics you need to make yourself feel better in reaffirming your little confirmation bias. This is, unfortunately, just proving my point though, since you completely ignore what I'm saying and continue to try to make this about you.
This has nothing to do with parallel events since the UK and the US have vastly different laws & regulations (or lack thereof).
Yes, that is precisely my point — can't you see? Let me attempt to spell it out:
What you seem to suggest is that comparing and contrasting is off-limits on public forums for some inane reason.
And Americans constantly - and I really mean constantly - trying to interject their own politics into foreign topics that has nothing to do with them, trying to make the topic about them, is nothing but annoying at this point.
For better or worse, Americans have a massive influence on the world stage. We are the Rome of this era. What happens in America often impacts the globe, again for better or worse. Considering this is an open community that has many Americans on here, I fail to see the issue. Like, why are you so hellbent on suppressing a conversation about improving something for Americans? This has zero impact on what happens in the UK; we're simply contrasting experiments in other countries to see what works, and what doesn't.
This is all in the name of improvement, and I'll be damned if anyone tries to suggest there's something taboo about that.
This is, unfortunately, just proving my point though, since you completely ignore what I’m saying and continue to try to make this about you.
Again, your opening sentence outright proves you are completely ignoring my point.
"Thoughts and prayers" seems to have crossed the pond. I genuinely hope they are more useful over there, because they are absolutely worthless here and usually indicate that nothing of consequence will be done about the matter.
Hmm almost as if, swords, like guns, are weapons made to kill things.
I'd rather be shot than killed with a sword, tbh.
Either everyone got whooshed by your sarcasm and underlying point or there are more gun lubbers on here than I thought.
I don't think so, the comment is just a little tone deaf to the tragedy.
If anyone directly subjected to the tragedy were here I might be inclined to agree, but this isn't the funeral. So personally I think it's a great time to connect the dots between this event, and what could've been had the lethal effectiveness of the shooter been elevated. With the goal in mind to mitigate future tragedies, I see nothing tone deaf about it. I see it as very productive.
I mean really, what else are we supposed to talk about in these comments...?
Nah, talking about it is fine. It's how they did it. I don't give a shit either way, I was just making an observation.
What was wrong with how they said it?
