A child being shot

So I found a video of a 3~5 year old kid dying after being shot and decided to put it here for discussion.

http://theync.com/static_html/girl-with-love-shirt-shot-in-the-face_media.html

I am indifferent when it comes to people dying but a KID? Just thinking about a human being killing a kid makes me want to grab the bastard who does that and beat him up until his face gets disfigured. And maybe chop off some of his limbs until he dies of blood loss. WHY WOULD SOMEONE EVEN DO THAT TO A DEFENSELESS KID? And the sad part is that the person who did that will only get a few years of jail, 5-10 years.

The link that you have posted is just...



Yeah...you should get yourself checked out.


I don't know since I was not involved in the situation and will never understand their reasoning.



Do you have source for your claim about the one who committed the crime?

Edit: If you are indifferent when it comes to people dying then why do you care?

Eh, it's a video. I'm not watching it for multiple reasons.

I don't really mind death if it's deserved, but I don't really see what a child could do that deserves death. Most of their brains haven't locked into something that may deserve death. Although the killer should be killed with a stake to the heart, for irony's sake.

Keep in mind that many people die defenceless, despite not being a child. Children are just the easiest to be made defenceless.

You could've linked like an article instead of a video but anyway...

A defenseless child died for doing nothing(i think, because the video only showed her almost dieing), it's not only childs who die without doing nothing. This happens all over the world with many different people by lots of different reasons so it shouldn't be that much to worry about.

I'm not saying that this isn't sad, of course it is, the child didn't even got the chance to "live" but understand: Just because it's a child, it does not require special attention.

Is anyone else missing the point here, or has America/the rest of the Western World become desensitized to human emotions? A child was brutally murdered, hello!? And before the people come in saying: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Guns have much more destructive power, than say a knife or really any other handheld weapon. Guns are the accessible nukes. What defense is there against a gun, body armor? Seriously? It's about high time we banned these things from American streets. The Revolution is over, they serve no purpose other than to take life, and ironically take liberty.

I don't consider my self a desensitized to human emotions. I just think that this doesn't needs a special attention just because it's a child. Personnaly, i would get shocked if a man of 30 years, poor, who have to work all day to sustain all of his family was murdered.

And it's not like you can go there and say: "Fire guns are now not allowed in America" and puff, all the guns, violence, child being murdered,etc would just disappear. It's far more complicated than this.

So did they ever found out why the hell they shot her? ._.

I'm not so sure I agree with you on this one. Banning firearms isn't going to stop violent crimes. What would it's a better funded education system and establishing a national public college system. Educated people are far less likely to commit such barbaric acts. There are people who say such an idea is too expensive to be practical, but considering the benefits of not only restricting the ignorance which generates such atrocities, but it would also raise the GDP, increase national hegemony and promote a more responsible populace. Having a knowledge of events like the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has prevented nuclear strikes. Knowledge of the philosophies of Aristotle, Montesque, Voltaire, and Thomas Jefferson would provide a different take on what it means to be human. People could explore their passion for art, culture, science, mathematics, and find a healthy way to deal with their irrationality (after all we are a species with prefrontal lobes too small and adrenal glands too large which does make us prone to being irrational). Let people own firearms, just ensure that those who receive them are wise enough to know what it is that they're doing. Don't ban firearms, defeat the barbarism that exists. Violent outbursts will still happen even if firearms were banned, why destroy the liberty of the many who are responsible for the few that aren't?

I think its pretty wrong for anybody to get killed when they didn't deserve it.

And do you think that no one would own a gun if they were banned? Nope, people who really want a gun could still get one, illegally. Just like banning drugs havent stopped people from using them.


Also I would like to get some details on how/why that kid got shot? Its kinda hard for me to believe that someone just decided "I'm going to kill that kid over there now!". Cause all I know now is that she was shot. And did watching that video cause any emotions? Nope. And thats mainly because I didnt know that kid, she didnt even exist to me before seeing that video and because I know that there's horrible things happening to people of all ages all the time. Someone somewhere in this world is most likely raping a child right now and I think that is more horrifying than a child getting shot. BECAUSE that girl who got shot, she suffered and then all the pain was gone when she died. But the rape victims have to keep on living and feeling all those horrible things that the rape caused them.

Dunno, maybe I'm a bit broken, but even all those bigger catastrophes like tsunamis, earthquake and stuff killing people dont make me feel anything. I know that alot of people die and the people who knew them suffer because of that. But I havent lost anyone because of things like that and I dont know anyone who has lost someone in an event like that. And hearing that 100 people I didnt even know who exist have died does nothing to me. But if I think about it too much, I do feel bad for the people who have survived stuff like that, because even tho those people are still alive, many of them lost their lives. Losing their homes, family, jobs, everything they own, thats sad.
Maybe I'm a bit dead inside or something.

[size=10]Half of this is off-topic, but I cant help myself.[/h] [size=6]Also now I wanna see how many -reps I will receive for my opinion :> [/h]

Very interesting, Raparperi. I like your view point on this and I have never thought of looking at things from that perspective. Sounds like you've got a very Grendel-like philosophy. (Grendel is a book that tells the story of Beowulf from Grendel's perspective.)

I guess I feel the same as Raparperi about this subject, I did not know the child and I do not know why she was shot, she never existed to me before I saw the video you provided. Yes, the death of a child is tragic but it is better to say that her suffering ended rather than her surviving and living through the trauma of such an experience.

My thoughts exactly. What did this little girl do deserve this, and why is the punishment not fitting the crime?

Because that would be "inhumane" or some crap. We have a legal system that is sympathetic towards trash, after all.

When the child is of no relation to you, I really wonder why people make a fuss over it. Ffs, there is not much you can do about it to begin with.

Ps. I like the fact that those guys took a video and that one dude took his phone out to take face shots of the kid. That's how you're suppose to act.

Damn I can't believe I actually watched that, seriously that kid was almost just as young as my little brother. Now I have to re watch Nichijou just to wash that off.

I can't believe this post is in Serious Discussion. One, you contradict your own point. "I'm indifferent to people dying, but I want to kill people when they kill little kids." Violence does not solve problems, ever. You should feel ashamed of yourself for believing that. Two, you implied children are not human (I laugh at this poorly written post). Also, why go through that site? There's torture/snuff porn being advertised on there.

Onto actual serious discussion, it's horrible what happened to her. She was only 5 years old and shot for "God knows what reason." I personally find it sad and would be shocked if I witnessed this event. However, there are far worse things happening around the world, like, you know, child armies, military conflicts and wars, terrorism, etc. I see this as another death in a world that's harsh and cruel. It happens all around the world, so it's not anything new.

Sorry my opinion seems indifferent; it is. However, I would not like to see this happen to anyone or family.

I used to work with a dude who was in the army during the shit storm in Somalia in the 90's. he told me about one time when he was on a patrol, and a kid, about eight or ten stepped out of an alley and pointed an AK at him. he said he didn't even think, all he saw was the weapon pointing at him and he reacted. he killed the kid. he said it was the worst thing he had ever done in his life, but at the same time, he wasn't really sorry because the kid was trying to kill him too.

the only other thing i have to say about a child being shot is i don't care because i don't know them. they were not part of my monkeysphere.

I admire your outrage, but this type of shit happens all the time. We live in a world where terrible things, far beyond what you can imagine, occur multiple times everyday. Think about the people who gang rape mothers and flay them alive, then force the orphans to become their soldiers.

A child who gets shot in the face is lucky because they die. There are places where children are mutilated because of antiquated customs.

There's also this...

It sickens me that people would kill a child. Let us all honor a moment of silence to honor the 20 kids and 6 adults killed by the crazed gunman on Friday.
P.S. It pisses me off that he is counted in some newstations deathtoll because he killed himself afterward.