Disgusted?

[Drix]

I'm not even sure how the logic flows in this one. I e-mailed these guys with a rather lengthy letter highlighting the differences between woodsball and speedball, the usleessness of smoke, and even an offer to foot the bill for a game up here.

But do you think the paintball sport may be in for another publicity hosing?

[sQuidvision]

uhg... i read this over on x7og.net... completely ridiculous.

Edit: your link wasnt working... here is the article:

http://www.insideedition.com/news/8605/is-there-a-paintball-connection-in-movie-massacre.aspx

[Drix]

I especially love "Pull the pin and just drop it and throw it"

Remind me never to go into battle with the firechief- I'm pretty sure you pull the pin, THEN throw.

[koleah]

I especially love "Pull the pin and just drop it and throw it"

Remind me never to go into battle with the firechief- I'm pretty sure you pull the pin, THEN throw.

Can't tell if:

"Pull the pin and just drop [the pin] and throw [the grenade]"
Or
"Pull the pin and just drop [the grenade] and throw [the pin]"









Or maybe "Pull the pin and just drop it [like its hot, just drop it like its hot, just drop it like its hot]"

[dboggs79]

I love how every time something tragic like this happens someone always tries to make a connection to something else. How about the guy is just mentally ill? Its not like he bought the smoke grenade and automatically thought "hey I bet these would be great use while shooting random people".

[OPBN]

Why can't you guys just admit that this guy using smoke bombs and having a paintball poster proves that we are all psychotic timebombs?

[stimpysan]

many, many moons ago there was a piece done on our local news about this paramilitary group in New Milford Pa. Then it was on the Mortan Downey show and it stated how people where coming from all over the east coast to train here and possibly over throw the government.

We now know and love this place as E.M.R. We also know Blue could be the ruler of the free world but it would cut into his having fun time so that was never an option. That was almost 20 years ago and people still don't get it and never will. Almost everyone in this country is crazy now anyway so maybe it will bring more people to the sport! Who knows.

[Frizzle Fry]

Why can't you guys just admit that this guy using smoke bombs and having a paintball poster proves that we are all psychotic timebombs?

I had a refrigerator full of human heads in my basement YEARS before I pickup up a paintball marker...

Seriously though, the media needs to get off of this. Crazy people are crazy people and they do crazy things. Why can't we just blame this on Marylin Manson and be done with it?

[OPBN]

I have a theory, and it may be crap, but it is a theory that I feel has some vailidity. I think part of the problem is that the people wanting to blame paintball for glorifying violence and compare it to paramilitary training for wannabee psychos, are the same ones trying to claim that competitiion is bad and that everyone should get a trophy and recognition even if they totally suck at something. My theory is that as children, they were unathletic kids that did not excel at sports, but tended to be fairly intelligent. As they got older, due to their better education levels because they studied rather than dating or having fun, they began to take positions of power such as prinicpals, civic leaders, city administrators, journalists etc. So now we have a bunch of people in power that were chastised and beaten up because they were band geeks and now they are getting their revenge on society by trying to ban all the things that they werent good at. How many times have we heard how important music and the arts are in school while hearing how evil it is to spend money on sports?

Just a thought.

[BTAutoMag]

~facepalm!~

[Frizzle Fry]

How many times have we heard how important music and the arts are in school while hearing how evil it is to spend money on sports?

I would tend to agree with almost everything except that last bit - these days schools are cutting music AND intramural sports, even though the studies show that strong music and low key athletic programs make for better, more well-rounded students (and better grades). I won't touch team sports - frankly it's a little sad when a school can't afford basic supplies but has a brand new $15m turf field that only 65 students can use, but that's not always the case...

But yeah, **** generation cupcake and the lack of competition in schools. When you grow up getting constant handouts and with minimal performance expectations, you're gonna struggle to get by in the real world... Then you find yourself hanging out in a disgusting tent city in front of the statehouse for two months asking for more handouts or lower expectations instead of getting whatever job you can and doing the best you can.

[BTAutoMag]

just a thought:

high school football IMO is more violent then paintball... so why dont we ever hear that football was an influence in someones violent. I myself was always bullied by the football player in school. but the sport I play in has to be the cause of violence cause football is a profesional sport... LIKE HOCKEY

[OPBN]

frankly it's a little sad when a school can't afford basic supplies but has a brand new $15m turf field that only 65 students can use, but that's not always the case...
.

Our athletic programs are almost entirely supported by the local athletic boosters and ticket sales. If IIRC, only 2% on average comes out of the school budget. And in our small village, probably close to 50% of kids participate in one or more sports. MAYBE 10% of kids participate in band.

Edit: I also want to make it clear that I have no issues with funding the music and arts. I personally think both are important for those that choose to participate in those programs. Another note is that our band program is well funded by the band boosters. There is no shortage of money for those wanting to participate in band.

[Arstron]

INSIDE EDITION found dozens of videos on YouTube talking about how paintballers can use smoke to avoid detection and create chaos.

I like this part. Really, on youtube you could only find a couple dozen video's of how paintballers can use smoke bombs? Compare that to the number of other paintball videos to see how useful/popular smoke is. The 4th of July just past, how do we know they weren't sold at a fire works stand? Maybe the 4th of july is Just to violent.

[Frizzle Fry]

Our athletic programs are almost entirely supported by the local athletic boosters and ticket sales. If IIRC, only 2% on average comes out of the school budget. And in our small village, probably close to 50% of kids participate in one or more sports. MAYBE 10% of kids participate in band.

Like I said, it's not everywhere every time, but I've seen my local school system flirt with accreditation for about a decade and while only about 5% of the budget goes to athletics, the athletic fund raising seems to CRUSH any fundraising for the library or computer lab or classroom funds to buy the basics (desks, chairs, whiteboards) and the school keeps getting screwed for not having those things.

When I was a varsity wrestler, I bought my uniform (singlet, shoes, headgear, robes)... The guys who didn't have the cash got hand-me-downs from a donation bin left by wrestlers who'd graduated. The band operated the same way - bring your own instrument or hope that there's hand-me-down.

I dunno man, I think extracurricular programs are just that, extracurricular, and should remain that way.