dear fucking god
― goole, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
Goddamn :(
― 龜, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:19 (nine years ago) link
glad you're OK, hope the doctor is too
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
Jesus
― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
I would not be surprised if you were a bit in shock rn, ENBB.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, me neither. It was really frightening. For about 40 mins we didn't know if there was just a gunman on the loose in the hospital or what. And we couldn't lock the doors to our little area so we were just sitting in my co-worker/friends office being texted things by people closer to where it happened and people watching the news/seeing things on twitter. It turned out to be a targeted thing but it was a while before we knew that. That whole time I was oddly calm but I feel really weird now. I just really hope that the surgeon is OK.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link
there was a hospital shooting at another NH hospital a few weeks ago --- woman in the ICU after a suicide attempt by overdose, but still alive and on life support. apparently she had had a pact with her partner such that if either one of them was going to be on a ventilator or w/e the other would perform a mercy killing and then suicide. so he walked into the ICU, shot her in her bed, and then shot himself. totally horrifying
― gbx, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:17 (nine years ago) link
:o
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:20 (nine years ago) link
Yes, I read about that when it happened. :(
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
The doctor didn't make it.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 13:32 (nine years ago) link
My sympathies. Will counseling for employees be available? I can't imagine going through that.
― dow, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
Yes they have tons of things set up already. The hospital has been amazing in their handling of the situation.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link
<3 take care of yourself
the problem with widespread gun ownership that people forget is that humans are not rational, and even the most responsible gun owner might crack and decide to take their gun somewhere with cloudy or bad intentions following personal loss or trauma. and the places where those things happen are often the places where loss and trauma are addressed all the time, like hospitals.
― mh, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:11 (nine years ago) link
i'm sorry, ENBB. what a horrible thing.
― goole, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
twice today i visited a certain boston newspaper website to read about this and they are focussing more on that risible new england patriots story, are news agencies finally getting around to downplaying or at least not luridly highlighting spree killer stories or does this just reflect local priorities
― Hayat Boumkattienne (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
<3 E this is awful
― local eire man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
technically not a spree killing in this instance but not dissimilar in effect
― Hayat Boumkattienne (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
national priorities
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
wolf and sheep is standard gun-dude lingo, with "sheepdog" being the exalted state of armed goodguy
― goole, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:04 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the baffler just posted something on this:
http://www.thebaffler.com/blog/american-sniper/
― goole, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
Good article. Terrible book, On Killing, btw--or, I guess not terrible but before the end I was definitely hate-reading it and making notes of my arguments in the margins. The military history aspects were super interesting tho.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
A+ trolling from gun advocates here. appropriate a left-correct issue toward their ends:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/us/in-bid-to-allow-guns-on-campus-weapons-are-linked-to-fighting-sexual-assault.html
i wonder if this will hasten the left's realization that the "campus rape epidemic" is nothing of the sort
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
campus rape is endemic, the social dynamic and other factors enable it or make boundaries unclear, the same issues (recognition of the humanity of others, personal boundaries, what's appropriate when intoxicated) would be even worse with guns
great now we have a bunch of poorly-socialized intoxicated kids shooting at each other, is what I'm saying
― mh, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
campus rape is about as "endemic" as rape is in american society in general, perhaps less so. or so the most well-designed and recent studies suggest. (btw rape along with other violent crime is in the middle of a historic decline in america). that's not to say that campus rape doesn't exist or isn't a big problem, just as rape is in general. but calling it an "epidemic" is misleading at best.
in any event i'm entirely in agreement w/ you that guns are not a good addition to this mix, however you characterize it.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
From Wikipedia article Epidemic:
"The declaration of an epidemic usually requires a good understanding of a baseline rate of incidence."
― Aimless, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:00 (nine years ago) link
also "epidemic" 1= "endemic"
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
aimless, that's correct. to claim an epidemic we'd have to see either (or both) a marked increase in the incidence of campus rape over previous eras, or a rate of campus rape significantly greater than the incidence of rape off campus. there's not good evidence for either of these things, despite the frequent citing of some very flawed surveys done a number of years ago. there have been a ton of good articles on this in e.g. the chronicle of higher education.
"endemic" is something i'd agree with (the bar is certainly lower), but again, there's not convincing evidence that rape is any /more/ endemic on campus than off, at least among the 18-25 age group.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
I don't think we need to argue about how much rape is going on to agree that it happens and that putting guns in the hands of college students is dumb.
I guess if you think all rapes and murders are of the "criminal jumps out of the bushes, assaults person who happens to be walking by" variety, then in that situation having a gun might have a small bit of utility. But even then, probably not.
― mh, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
.. I don't think introducing terms into a discussion so that you can dismiss them as overreach is a sign of someone entering a conversation in good faith
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
btw here's a survey of some of the issues around data about rapes on campus:
http://chronicle.com/article/Behind-the-Statistics-on/151089/
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
so basically it's an argument that relies on people who think there's "real rape" out there and it's of the stranger assault variety
― mh, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
.. I don't think introducing terms into a discussion so that you can dismiss them as overreach is a sign of someone entering a conversation in good faith― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Wednesday, February 18, 2015 2:06 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Wednesday, February 18, 2015 2:06 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
to whom is this addressed?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
To you.
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
"the best rape prevention program is armed women" has been a gun-nut jpg slogan for my whole adult life; i'm surprised it took this long for something quasi-real to come out of it
― goole, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
i do think it matters whether we define it as an "epidemic" because that inevitably colors how we handle the problem through policy and otherwise. for example the dep't of education's "dear colleague" letter, which has caused many colleges to start adjudicating rapes in a way that many people (victims and those accused) have taken issue with, was in large part motivated by the perception of an "epidemic" or surge in campus rapes.
but in any case yeah guns won't help alleviate campus rape. that's why i referred to those advocating for guns on campus as essentially 'trolling' in their newfound concern for campus rape.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
No one in this conversation called it an epidemic so I don't see why you need to make an argument against a position no one here has taken.
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
context for dep't of education thing: http://chronicle.com/article/Campus-Is-a-Poor-Court-for/134770/
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
No one in this conversation called it an epidemic so I don't see why you need to make an argument against a position no one here has taken.― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Wednesday, February 18, 2015 2:10 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Wednesday, February 18, 2015 2:10 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you're right, sorry
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
i guess i was doing some trolling of my own. this is a conversation i've been having with folks not-on-ILX for a while, so i guess i kind of imported that context here in my mind.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
"women must be armed to prevent rapes" is once again putting the onus on women to fight off rapes rather than, ya know, punishing and preventing rapists from committing rape
― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I would like to drop that conversational byway. It's mostly an artifact of people coming around to acknowledging non-stranger rape is real, and rather than admitting it's been happening all along, they have to make some amazing claim that it suddenly came into existence in order to invalidate their past inaction.
On the other hand, most people who shoot others do shoot people they know.
― mh, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:17 (nine years ago) link
xpost
true, but i guess the advocates would argue that it's on a continuum with the sort of women's self-defense training that's pretty common on campus and doesn't obviate the need to reduce rapes through prevention/prosecution.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
multi-xps
I see that "epidemic" does not occur anywhere in the NYT article.
I will admit I have no especially well-developed ideas about rape on campus, but it doesn't take much thought to observe that campuses have high concentrations of 18-25 year old women, which is a fairly vulnerable cohort for rape, including both assault rape and acquaintance rape.
I expect that dealing with those two different categories would require two different strategies, but greatly multiplying the number of guns on campus seems like a policy that is particularly ill-suited to addressing acquaintance rapes, and a pretty damn poor way to reduce assault rapes, too.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
nb: not having any grip on the preferred jargon for what I am calling acquaintance and assault rape, I simply used the terms that fell to hand. feel free to flay me for this indiscretion.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
there's not a lot of agreement about what the "typical" campus rape looks like. there are some high-profile folks who advance the theory that most campus rapes come from serial offenders who are effectively sociopaths or worse, but many others have strongly challenged this idea. i think the alternative idea--that "good" men commit rape, because of their (likely alcohol-aided) disregard for boundaries--is particularly unsettling.
and yeah like you i really have no idea what the reality is. i think there's a big move afoot for better-funded and more carefully-designed research on this very subject, so maybe in a few years we'll have a better sense of what goes on and thus how it might best be prevented and dealt with.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:42 (nine years ago) link
but yeah i doubt the answer will be "guns"
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
I find that the questions best answered by "guns" are along the lines of "what do I need if I want to shoot somebody"
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
"What is the most fun way of making a hole in something from 20 feet away"
― mh, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
you guys should write a jeopardy category
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
but it doesn't take much thought to observe that campuses have high concentrations of 18-25 year old women, which is a fairly vulnerable cohort for rape, including both assault rape and acquaintance rape white men in an environment where they can feel reasonable certainty that their actions will go unpunished, which are all indicators for a high occurrence of sexual assault.
Also having said that iirc the incidence of rape is actually higher among women who don't go to college though, so....
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
I like to keep my personal career talk to 77, but you are very near the mark xp
― mh, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link