Coward abandons his girlfriend and two kids, flees from theater.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You are really too much.

What man (or person) leaves his family in a theater being shot at..... and he goes and gets in his car and leaves?

i'll bet anything he stopped by Ben And Jerry's and got Ice-cream on the way home.

Good man, but is he protective over you because you are the "weaker sex?"

I'd ask yourself that if you end up in the unfortunate position of being at the centre of a mass murder.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Umm...

My husband is liberal and would not have run away. He is the most protective person I've ever met. Nice attempt at a stereotype though.

Same here. Not a chance in hell my husband would have left that theater without me.

[rocks 494]

Same here. Not a chance in hell my husband would have left that theater without me.

[Danno 1,228]

I'd ask yourself that if you end up in the unfortunate position of being at the centre of a mass murder.

A stranger in that same theater had the decency to help his family out of there.

What the HEII are you talking about?

[rocks 494]

A stranger in that same theater had the decency to help his family out of there.

What the HEII are you talking about?

People react to things in different ways. Just the same that I am offended by your "weaker sex" comment but that you think it is hilarious. It's pretty simple...

[Danno 1,228]

People react to things in different ways. Just the same that I am offended by your "weaker sex" comment but that you think it is hilarious. It's pretty simple...

So you are suggesting in these situations it is no less shameful for a man to run off like a little girl than a women?

[rocks 494]

So you are suggesting in these situations it is no less shameful for a man to run off like a little girl than a women woman?

Read what I said. You constantly ask me to repeat myself, I'm not going to do it. If you can't work out what I said then I can't help you.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

A stranger in that same theater had the decency to help his family out of there.

What the HEII are you talking about?

I'm saying that unless you've faced the situation in question you don't know how you'd react or what you'd do.

I'm saying that your opinion on the matter, as an armchair spectator, is useless.

So you are suggesting in these situations it is no less shameful for a man to run off like a little girl than a women?

Well I don't know what they're suggesting, but what I'm suggesting is that when you're acting out of instinct and self-preservation you probably don't think rationally about whether what you're doing is brave, shameful or whatever.

[rocks 494]

I'm saying that unless you've faced the situation in question you don't know how you'd react or what you'd do.

I'm saying that your opinion on the matter, as an armchair spectator, is useless.

Well I don't know what they're suggesting, but what I'm suggesting is that when you're acting out of instinct and self-preservation you probably don't think rationally about whether what you're doing is brave, shameful or whatever.

Exactly. People react to things in different ways. I was trying to make it simple for Danno to understand, I guess it wasn't simple enough.

He finds something offensive funny, I find it offensive and not funny. There are two different reactions to the same situation... Obviously being put under extreme pressure of being involved in a mass shooting makes it a little harder to think clearly, but it is the same. People react in different ways.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

If you think about it this guy did exactly as a Liberal should under the circumstances.

-He pissed his pants in fear.

- He thought of his girl but then remembered for him to act "as a man" would denigrate her ability to assert herself (which she reluctantly pulled off.

-He reaffirmed his conviction that this is best handled by Gov't and skiddaddled out to his hybrid car. (and took off)

- He had a kid with a women he was not married to (and then ran out)

-He deescalated the situation by running with tail-tucked.

-He showed up at the hospital after she had already checked in and took care of the billing details (on the tax payer no doubt.)

- He "told her" he loved her.... feelings are always more important than actions.

-He "promised" to marry her with no specific time table in mind.

-He cried in front of the camera.

This guy could be a GOLD MINE for the Obama campaign.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Sad when people politicize things like this.

[rocks 494]

Sad when people politicize things like this.

Isn't it? Who knows what his political background is. Why not attack him for taking a 4 year old and a 4 month old to a midnight showing of a movie? You know, the facts.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Sad when people politicize things like this.

On forums people view these things as yet another form of entertainment. Apparently a lot of fun to be had from other people's tragedies.

[PMartin37 161]

Sad when people politicize things like this.

Indeed. How in the HELL does a discussion about this article turn into liberal vs. conservative? It's a really far stretch but I suppose those itching for the opportunity it works

[Danno 1,228]

I'm saying that unless you've faced the situation in question you don't know how you'd react or what you'd do.

I'm saying that your opinion on the matter, as an armchair spectator, is useless.

Why is it lIbs can't just have a conversation without hiding behind such silliness.

This is like saying -no body can condemn a mother for selling her daughter for sex...... because we don't know what we would do until someone offers us money for 30 minutes with our child.

If I made some claims that I might act as a super-hero in that moment ... you might have a point but what we are talking about is supposing we might act in an "instinctive" and typical manner... which is to help those we care about.

This is exactly what most people did, even concerning strangers in some cases.