Sebby Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Damn, he actually had his apartment rigged up with incendiaries, chemicals, explosives etc. He also blasted music in his apartment before leaving, which according to the news I'm watching, in hopes that somebody would complain and have somebody go to his room, thus setting them off. Truly something out of the Joker's book. Gawd, I hate to make a Batman comparison at this time. This guy had some wicked intent. Even scarier is some of the reports claim that he was dressed as the Joker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webizoid Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I saw the guy's mugshot. The sick fuck was SMILING. SMILING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Jenkins Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Even scarier is some of the reports claim that he was dressed as the Joker. I guess it contributed to their decision to not allow people in costumes to watch the movie theaters, and it's understandable at this time. The whole situation of how it all may have went down is pretty fucked up just thinking about it. People thinking it was an elaborate promotional stunt on the producer's part or somebody else staging their own skit as a joke and actually playing along with it before it was too late. It's just all sorts of messed up to think what may have went through their heads at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Even scarier is some of the reports claim that he was dressed as the Joker. And when he was arrested, he identified himself as the Joker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elastic Dawg Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So, from what i'm gathering, he was convinced he was the Joker? That's just all sorts of fucked up. My condolscenes (sp) to all victim's families, living or dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminoob Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 that's pretty tragic night A dark night. He LOOKS repulsive. Someone ought to shoot him. Is that actually him? Because if it is, the media screwed up. They should've blurred his face and retracted all information about him; if they absolutely had to release his information to the general public (for whatever reason) they should've done it post-conviction. If he actually is mentally unstable, then chances are he wanted all this attention to gain infamy (it's much easier to be infamous than famous); no person in their right mind could pull a trigger on a person, and this guy shot a child in the stomach in addition to everyone else he shot. They're giving him what he wants. Speaking of the media being stupid: http://gamepolitics.com/2012/07/20/cnn-contributor-theorizes-video-games-may-be-connected-colorado-shooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Jenkins Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Perhaps he's a man who just wants to watch the world burn. This guy must've had a really bad day like the character he tried to emulate in order to go about all of this. He's a highly educated man, giving student lectures just a few months ago, conducting top-notch research into cancer, and he even secured himself a paying job at the university he was attending before he made his withdrawal. Something in him really must've snapped to just throw that all away. And some people need to fucking lay off the video game industry. Just look at Jack Thompson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWESpongefan Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 When things like this happen I think we would be safer at home to watch it when the DVD comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Jenkins Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Or you can be a lil rebel and just stream it. Nevertheless, the only time I get out of the house for time to myself is when I go to the mall and watch movies so I'm still watching TDKR on Sunday. I'm not gonna let this tragic event make me live my life in fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG19 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 My mom thinks he may have undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia. The dude had no previous criminal record and pretended to be the Joker by not only claiming it to police, but rigging his apartment with a complex network of booby traps. He clearly suffered a bout of psychosis that made him lose touch with the real world. Not sure what set him off, but I do know that if he's found guilty, then he'll probably land in a mental hospital or asylum. Nevertheless, this is such a tragedy and my prayers go out to the victims' families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 This was apparently the most fatal peacetime mass shooting in American history. Not the kind of history I like to witness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Mama Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I heard the guy had a PhD in neuroscience. He could've freaking made something of himself. But no, I guess shooting innocent people sounded more fun to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
box Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Apparently, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG19 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Y'all should read my post. Not that I'm defending the suspect, but randomly shooting people inside a theater and booby trapping an apartment while pretending to be the Joker points more towards psychotic rather than sociopathic behavior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebby Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Either way, he was still very conscious and well-aware of his own actions and he should either get a life sentence or a death sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminoob Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I heard the guy had a PhD in neuroscience. He could've freaking made something of himself. But no, I guess shooting innocent people sounded more fun to him. Like I said, being infamous is easier than being famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Either way, he was still very conscious and well-aware of his own actions and he should either get a life sentence or a death sentence. I don't believe in the Death Penalty. And this guy, like SG said needs to be sentenced to time in an insane assulym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elastic Dawg Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 The death penality is inhumane. It makes the law no better than the scumbag. But that's another topic for another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 The death penalty is completely appropriate when you're dealing with someone who kills children. But like Elastic said, another topic for another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminoob Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I didn't even realize we still had a death penalty. I sort of fell out of touch with that after they stopped using a guillotine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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