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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Apparently many of you did not notice my request to tone things down. At this point in time, nobody really knows what happened today. A lot of assumptions are being made that may turn out to be true, but may not. So, let's all calm down a bit.
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With all due respect, I've read that some of the posters here were eyewitnesses to the mayhem. [/quote]

Such posters' input is more then welcome. But, some of the most extreme posts have come from posters who weren't there,
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I wasnt in the middle of the shooting. I was with my kid not more than 500 feet from the zoo entrance when a helicopter came on top, you could hear sirens everywhere, people were running out and my spouse, having heard some news in the radio, called me to see where we were and how we could leave the area fastest.

Am I qualified to comment?[/quote]

Yes, but unless you were in the zoo, you are not qualified to comment on what happened in the zoo. Of course, if you were in the zoo, comment away. 
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Wait - someone isn't qualified to comment on the news unless s/he was there?  Come on. [/quote]

Now you are just being difficult. There have been comments in this thread saying that such and such was happening in the zoo that were made by posters not in a position to know. Those accounts were contradicted by posters who were in the zoo. What good is uninformed speculation and unfounded claims?

As I said in my first post in this thread, there are a few posters who seem to be showing a great deal of glee about today's event. You would almost think that they would have been disappointed had today's event go off without a hitch. Similarly, there is an unfortunate eagerness to rub black peoples' faces in it. None of this is helpful.

We don't know if the shooting was connected to the event at the zoo. We don't know if last week's shooting was connected to today's. We don't know a lot of things. So, let's just ease off a bit with comments about things we don't know.

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NP here. I don't see any glee, only justifiable fear, confusion, and anger.  The anger seems to be about the shooting and riot-type atmosphere in broad daylight in a normally safe neighborhood.  The anger also seems to be directed towards the media for giving vague and useless information.  I don't know where to turn for credible information since the local media is so vague, hours after the event.  I want to know more so I can deduce if my family and I will be safe at the zoo over the next few days (Zhenjiang I was considering visiting).  I don't see any glee from anyone.  Stop projecting.[/quote]

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