keith olbermann throws out more violence,
personal insults, threats than probably any other person in the media.
what a hypocrite. And i’m sorry, but blaming pundits and politicians
for the terrible actions of one person is as bad as blaming video games
or the Wachowski brothers or Marilyn Manson. At some point you have to
just say it’s one crazy person. Stop using this tragedy as political
ammunition. (pun intended)

Carey, you are sooooo bad but in a good way, Very nice post below the provocative headline.

I
very much liked what Jon Stewart had to say, especially his thoughts,
that all of the politicians that went too far (and I don’t care if
Republicans or Democrats), would step back now and say, this is NOT what
we intended. The minute of silence
the USA held on Monday was proof that people care and are horrified by
those incidents. But how disappointing and shocking to see that after
this brief moment the political parties were just back on the wagon
again. From an outsiders perspective it seems that within the last 10 to
15 years politics in the USA has become rougher to say the least, and
for sure the Tea-Party rhetoric has definitely not introduced fair and
objective discussions. I agree with Jon Stewart when he states, that you
can’t control crazy! But politicians are role models and they should be
careful with their words. They do have an impact and not only on the
crazies! It is their job to have an impact on people. But it should be
for the better of their country and not for their political party. No, I
don’t think there is a remedy against gunman and massacres. Not the
best democracy in the world (if this really exists) nor the toughest
weapon laws can stop an insane murderer from causing immense pain. In
Germany we have very strict gun laws compared to the US and it still has
happened twice already. Still, the US is making it too easy for their murders and I believe it is about time to have a meaningful, honest
discussion about this horrifying and painful topic and not just again
blaming the other side. That is useless and disrespects the victims and
their loved ones. I think it is about time to show respect to all the
people who have died during those massacres by trying to find ways to
stop this insanity. I believe it would be a good start to think about
ways how to give help to those “crazies” instead of giving them weapons.
How to include them, instead of segregating them.

You know, we already have gun control. You have to register it when you buy it, sell it, or whatever. Guns and who owns them are in government records – unless you are illegal and a criminal. You cannot buy a gun outside of your state of residence in most states. There is a background check on you before a legal sale can be made. The problem is the nutjobs and the criminals. They sometimes use guns, but they also use knives, ropes, vehicles, explosives, poison, blunt instruments, and good old fashioned strangulation by hand. If you are talking about a ban on guns, then don’t call it gun control. If you want to live in a place that has no guns in the populace, then go live in some country like China, where only your politicians and military keepers have the guns.

more gun control laws is not a solution either.
making guns illegal doesn’t take guns out of crazy people’s hands and it
certainly doesn’t mean less crazy people or less violence. Plus, i can
just as easily poison or stab someone. should… we outlaw kitchen knives or outlaw cleaning liquids?

i
know it’s hard to stomach, but there is no one solution to crazy people
doing violent things. and blaming one person, blaming a group of
people, or restricting our freedoms does nothing but make matters worse.

i’m
all for people in the public sphere not inciting violence. but nothing
i’ve read calls for people to act violently. a crazy person could just
as easily be provoked by a tom & jerry cartoon as an article by
some writer.