Douchebag wrote:
I hope they will be showing a free screening of Bowling For Columbine.
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Colorado movie theater invitation |
CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Relatives of those killed at a Colorado movie theater rejected an invitation Wednesday to attend its planned reopening, calling it a "disgusting offer" that came at a terrible time -- right after the first Christmas without their loved ones. The parents, grandparents, cousins and widow of nine of the 12 people killed in the July shooting said they were asked to attend an "evening of remembrance" followed by a movie when the Aurora theater reopens on Jan. 17. They released a letter sent to the theater's owner, Cinemark, in which they criticized the Plano, Texas-based company for not previously reaching out to them to offer condolences and refusing to meet with them without lawyers. "Our family members will never be on this earth with us again and a movie ticket and some token words from people who didn't care enough to reach out to us, nor respond when we reached out to them to talk, is appalling," the letter said. Cinemark had no immediate comment. The company announced last month that it would reopen the theater on Jan. 17 and invite people affected by the attack and other guests, a move that Aurora officials said has strong support in the community. Gov. John Hickenlooper plans to attend. The Aurora Sentinel reported that plans filed with the city call for turning the theater into one of the company's "extreme digital cinema" sites that feature massive screens. It's not clear from the plans whether there will be a memorial to the victims. The invitation was emailed to families by the Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance, which said the offer was being sent on behalf of Cinemark. It arrived two days after Christmas as Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, the mother and stepfather of Jessica Ghawi, one of the 12 people killed, were housesitting in Denver. They had left their home in San Antonio, Texas, on the advice of their grief counselor to avoid being where they typically would have celebrated Christmas with Jessica. Sandy Phillips said they picked Denver on purpose because her daughter, a 24-year-old aspiring sportscaster, had been happy there. The Phillipses said the invitation could be a public relations ploy to help show the public that some victims or their families are willing to attend the theater reopening. "It was a killing field. It was a place of carnage and they've not once told us what their plans are for the theater other than that they're reopening it," said Sandy Phillips. She would like the theater where her daughter was killed to be demolished, though she acknowledged that it was unrealistic to expect Cinemark to give up the rest of the building. The families of some victims have sued Cinemark. The father of the youngest person killed in the shooting, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, is among them. He didn't sign the letter but the girl's grandparents did. The Phillipses have not decided whether they will sue. Also Wednesday, prosecutors and defense lawyers said they are ready for a crucial hearing next week in which prosecutors will outline their case against James Holmes, who is charged with killing 12 people and wounding 70 during the midnight showing of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" on July 20. It starts Monday and is scheduled to run all week. At its conclusion, state District Judge William B. Sylvester will decide if the evidence is sufficient to put Holmes on trial. The defense could waive the hearing but legal analysts said defense lawyers sometimes go ahead with the hearing to get an idea of how strong the prosecution's case is. Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and a former federal prosecutor, said preliminary hearings sometimes set the stage for a plea agreement as each side gets to assess the strength of the other. Holmes is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder and hasn't been asked to enter a plea yet. His lawyers have said he suffers from mental illness. Next week's hearing will give the public its first officially sanctioned look at much of the evidence against Holmes. A judge imposed a gag order shortly after Holmes' arrest barring attorneys and investigators from speaking publicly about the case, and many documents have been sealed. The University of Colorado, where Holmes was enrolled in a Ph. D. neuroscience program, has also been tight-lipped about the case. Investigators said he began stockpiling firearms and ammunition while taking classes in the spring. In June, he made threats to a professor and on June 10 filed withdrawal papers after failing a year-end exam, prosecutors said. The next day he saw his school psychiatrist who tried to report him to a campus security committee, according to Holmes' lawyers. |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
I think the right thing to do is tear the theater down but another way of thinking is with all these type of shootings everywhere,we would have a lot of teardowns. |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
I hope they will be showing a free screening of Bowling For Columbine. |
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| Author: | sinicalypse [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
what are people suing cinemark for? the lack of having bulletproof glass cubicles for each moviegoer? |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
sinicalypse wrote: what are people suing cinemark for? the lack of having bulletproof glass cubicles for each moviegoer? Maybe for the EXIT door opening from the outside? |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
immessedup17 wrote: jimmypasta wrote: I think the right thing to do is tear the theater down but another way of thinking is with all these type of shootings everywhere,we would have a lot of teardowns. Why would that be the right thing? Go pound your head in your hatchback. |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Why was Gacy's house levelled? |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Douchebag wrote: I hope they will be showing a free screening of Bowling For Columbine.
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
immessedup17 wrote: Questions cannot be answered with questions. Your search for the obvious needs to be questioned. |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Yeah,I study them for hours at end,just like the rest of the crew on here. |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:34 pm ] |
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jimmypasta wrote: Yeah,I study them for hours at end,just like the rest of the crew on here. Whoa, whoa whoa, there. IMU is not part of The Crew. |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
jimmypasta wrote: Why was Gacy's house levelled? What the fuck does that have to do with anything? I don't recall years of pedo-rape and body burials involved with the so-called Batman shooting. Let's fucking tear-up entire stretches of road where someone got killed by a drunk driver. Let's lay nuclear waste to former slave states - wait, they all were to some degree. Great fucking logic. Truly something to behold. |
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| Author: | beni hanna [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Don Tiny wrote: Douchebag wrote: I hope they will be showing a free screening of Bowling For Columbine. I am intrigued by this new Don Tiny approach to giffing. Pick one (1) that works for all seasons? |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Don Tiny wrote: jimmypasta wrote: Why was Gacy's house levelled? What the fuck does that have to do with anything? I don't recall years of pedo-rape and body burials involved with the so-called Batman shooting. Let's fucking tear-up entire stretches of road where someone got killed by a drunk driver. Let's lay nuclear waste to former slave states - wait, they all were to some degree. Great fucking logic. Truly something to behold. Yeah,I already said that in my first response. The logic being tragic events occurred in that theater,it might be creepy to go see a movie there for patrons. Just like the fact nobody would want to live in Gacy's home. I didn't think that was a stretch. |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:42 pm ] |
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They should level Penn State. |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:43 pm ] |
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Big Chicagoan wrote: They should level Penn State. The statue was a start. |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
beni hanna wrote: I am intrigued by this new Don Tiny approach to giffing. Pick one (1) that works for all seasons? It's the theme .gif of the day! It'll be funny again the 17th time, or so I've heard .... 
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:23 pm ] |
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Don Tiny wrote: Let's fucking tear-up entire stretches of road where someone got killed by a drunk driver. PETA wanted to place memorials for roadkill victims.And snuggie gif. |
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| Author: | Chus [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:59 pm ] |
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Don Tiny wrote: Douchebag wrote: I hope they will be showing a free screening of Bowling For Columbine. If I ever saw myself wearing one of those, I would kick my own ass. |
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| Author: | stoneroses86 [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
That is a family with tremendous problems. |
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| Author: | Bagels [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Douchebag wrote: jimmypasta wrote: Yeah,I study them for hours at end,just like the rest of the crew on here. Whoa, whoa whoa, there. IMU is not part of The Crew. 
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
They should tear down Ford's Theater. |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this movie theater. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:52 am ] |
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Mr. Gorbachev, here's a quarter. Go downtown and have a rat gnaw that thing off your head. |
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| Author: | Furious Styles [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Don Tiny wrote: Great fucking logic. Truly something to behold. 
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:28 pm ] |
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Furious Styles wrote: Don Tiny wrote: Great fucking logic. Truly something to behold. It was logical. I explained my logic up above,so fuck you DT and the multitude of horses you rode in on. The fact that you can't see the logic is you might be lubed up while eyeing this board,sometimes.. |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
immessedup17 wrote: There was no logic to it. The theater just happened to be the location of the shooting. I don't know why a tear down would be necessary in the least. Like I said originally,I see both sides of the argument. As for me personally,I would find another place to see a movie. Maybe after some time had passed I would go back. |
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| Author: | Kirkwood [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
I'm with Pasta. We should move onto tearing down Europe. An insane amount of people have been shot and killed over there. |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Well, they tore down the library at Columbine. I would assume because people would never feel comfortable being in that room. Considering that a movie theater is a place for entertainment and relaxation, I would assume the tear down will commence once the place is no longer economically viable because people aren't comfortable there. |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colorado movie theater invitation |
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: Well, they tore down the library at Columbine. I would assume because people would never feel comfortable being in that room. Considering that a movie theater is a place for entertainment and relaxation, I would assume the tear down will commence once the place is no longer economically viable because people aren't comfortable there. Well put as usual,Dr. Ken. I really don't think my opinion is that far out of line. But, S'ae l'vive (That's French for F You Guys) |
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