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Newtown Shooting Re-Creations Uneccessary & Counterproductive (Original Post) celtics23 Dec 2012 OP
Yeah, the media needs to be NOT doing this shit. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #1

AtheistCrusader

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1. Yeah, the media needs to be NOT doing this shit.
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:55 AM
Dec 2012

Tantamount to putting up a high score board.

I get that journalists want to bring us all the facts, but in this case, it doesn't serve the public interest, because it has been shown to provoke copycats and competition, the last goddamn thing we need in this case.

We already know all we need to know, to take a look at firearms regulation, mental health care funding and priorities, etc.

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