Stop the world, I want off.

[lalakai]

trolling in the open area where you have wide ranging views is one thing; trolling in an environment like M4 (with a topic like his) may give the OP a chance to show his sarcastic wit, but it lowers the impact, as he is already preaching to the choir. But his "approach" is consistent.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?s...&article=66163

http://www.patriotledger.com/opinion...-to-hoard-them

bottom line...i think the OP likes to stir the pot then gets his rush by watching the results. I've wasted enough time on this one. time to move along

EDIT: a big clarification here folks. I did not intend to lay blame for the type of the article that was written by "Doug Van Gorder", at Quietshootr's doorstep. He posted an interesting link. I didn't intend to have the label of Troll put on Quietshootr. My focus was on the persona of Doug Van Gorder and his writing style. No excuses on my part for not making that clearer at the onset. Sorry Quietshootr.

[Cafe GW]

I can't believe you guys didn't see the satire in this the first time around. It's obvious that he's being sarcastic and satirizing the opposite viewpoint. It's not trolling just because you didn't get it

[QuietShootr]

trolling in the open area where you have wide ranging views is one thing; trolling in an environment like M4 (with a topic like his) may give the OP a chance to show his sarcastic wit, but it lowers the impact, as he is already preaching to the choir. But his "approach" is consistent.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?s...&article=66163

http://www.patriotledger.com/opinion...-to-hoard-them

bottom line...i think the OP likes to stir the pot then gets his rush by watching the results. I've wasted enough time on this one. time to move along

Me? I didn't write the thing, I just found it. And perhaps I'm jaded, but I grew up in the northeast, and I know there are a LOT of people to whom that letter would sound perfectly reasonable.

That being said, in light of his other letters, it appears to be satire.

[rrpederson]

edited. i didnt get this at first.

[perna]

The author is amazing, he has earned the king of the trolls title.

[lalakai]

Me? I didn't write the thing, I just found it. And perhaps I'm jaded, but I grew up in the northeast, and I know there are a LOT of people to whom that letter would sound perfectly reasonable.

That being said, in light of his other letters, it appears to be satire.

Quietshootr...............a huge appology to you. I wasn't intending you as the OP, but rather The "Doug Van Gorder" person. i wasn't clear in that and very sorry that it looked like i had focused it toward you, and hope you can forgive me on that. I appreciate that you took the time to post something that you feel is of interest, then I do something stupid and you get caught in the cross fire. Yep....the "Dunce" hat is mine for this week.

[ST911]

Someone in that AO call him up.

[DacoRoman]

Current school security procedures lock down school populations in the event of armed assault. Some advocate abandoning this practice as it holds everyone in place, allowing a shooter easily to find victims.

An alternative to lockdown is immediate exodus via announcement. Although this removes potential hostages and makes it nearly impossible for the shooter to acquire preselected targets, it unfairly rewards resourceful children who move to safety off-site more shrewdly and efficiently than others.

Schools should level playing fields, not intrinsically reward those more resourceful. A level barrel is fair to all fish.

What can I say..this is so reprehensible that it can only be defined as mental illness..but really this is no surprise, the "progressive" mindset has always shown the tendency to produce corpses for the sake of protecting the revolutionary ideal of enforced equality, collectivism, and outcome..even if it is an outcome of mass death. It is from this mindset that "politically correct" carnage ranging from the Jonestown Massacre to Stalin's purges and Mao's cultural revolution comes from.

this is the most telling line. he's a "progressive" first, parent second. he's a liberal first, teacher second. he's a "progressive," and as a progressive, ideals must be followed unto the death of us all.

he'd sooner kill his child than divert from his leftist political ideology.

exactly, his emotional investment in his ideology is such that it has essentially become a pseudo religion, and therefore sacrosanct, therefore he'd rather sacrifice his life and that of his offspring than subvert his belief system...if it wasn't so disgusting, it would be sad

I'm telling you, God help this country..with "citizens" of this monster's ilk, I'm not sure this great Republic can ultimately survive.

[maximus83]

The minute that I read "A level barrel is fair to all fish", it was over. It was obviously satire at that point, as most "progressives" would not be so patently egalitarian (even though they may agree heartily with the sentiment).

[Alpha Sierra]

Someone in that AO call him up.

I have asked for that very same thing to people I know in MA/NH. He should be a fun guy.