More perspective, if any is needed.

Another tragic mass-slaughter rampage by a gunman in gun-crazy, sick, Tea-Party America.
Well, okay, maybe not in America, and not with a gun; but, hey, same thing, right?

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8 Comments!

  1. Kristophr
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 9:31 am |

    These massacres in China can only be prevented with more gun control.

  2. SondraK, Queen of my domain
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 9:36 am |

    Huh. Chinese Tea………

  3. mojo
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 11:31 am |

    Berserkers in Asia.

    Time to re-read John Brunner’s “Stand on Zanzibar”

  4. Hog Whitman
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 12:50 pm |

    Bidding on Li’s heart, lungs, kidneys, bone marrow, etc. is expected to begin tomorrow on India’s Organ Exchange futures market.

    Burial of the remains will be in a 3 lb. coffee can on Saturday.

  5. danintampa
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 1:17 pm |

    While our administration leans toward emulating Communist China, Communist China strives to be more like Chicago.

  6. mech
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 4:39 pm |

    What about all that martial arts stuff they are so popular for?

    Oh, falling out with girlfriend, maybe it was an issue with marital arts. So he got tea’d off?

  7. ZZMike
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 6:52 pm |

    Very telling quote from the story:

    “Violent crimes are growing more common in China”.

    I guess they’ll just have to start implementing knife control.

    (Come to think of it, that’s why they’ve had chopsticks for years: the Emperor figured that people with knives might not want to follow his every whim.

  8. dick, not quite dead white guy
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 10:21 pm |

    Meanwhile, back in peace loving, no guns allowed, 1960 Japan:
    http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=japanese+asanuma+assassinated&view=detail&id=08DDEBFFF87E1CD9261743F17B3D7E1B9435DA07

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