expvideo
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That makes it pretty obvious that you aren't from seattle.
As opposed to this sentence?
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"I'm not from the Seattle area so I don't know what is typical."[/align]
Excellent analysis on your part.
A lot of stuff happens out here that doesn't make the paper.
That is true in many, if not most, metropolitan areas. I really don't think Seattle is peculiar in that regard.
In fact, since I used to work in nightclubs, I've seen a lot of stuff that didn't make the paper. Rarely does a shooting in a club parkinglot make the paper, or a gang fight, or just about anything else.
A fight, no. But I didn't know that shootings were so routine as not to merit a mention in your local rag. Memo to self: Do not move to Seattle.
I used to joke with my friends that if 3 people didn't get killed and one of them wasn't a cop, it wasn't going to make the paper.
That is a thigh slapper.
It's a big city. Sh!t happens. It rarely makes the news.
I already knew that Seattle is a big city. I'll take your word on the rest of it.
If you don't believe me, you obviouslydon't live in Seattle.
Umm, as I stated in my previous post and as you so cleverly deduced - I do not live in Seattle. Everybody got that?
I'm sure your small town paper manages to get every little thing that happens outthere,
I have lived in Baltimore, Chicago and Phoenix. Now, I split my time between Milwaukee and Atlanta. A couple of cow towns compared to Seattle I know but astory like this would be reported by the local paper even if the major metro dailies thought it of no significance. Even the suburban papers have police beat reporters.
but out here there's too much to put in the paper, and people don't want to read about violence all the time.
What with the horoscopes, salmon recipes, and new illegal alien sanctuary policies, I can see why SPI and its lesser cousins don't have time for such a mundane story. It's nice to see a newspaper that cares about its readers' sensibilities.
Of course, none of this explains why the OP is unwilling to provide information that he knows or can easily obtain. Pending such information, I am siding with Tarzan1888. This story is pure fiction.
expvideo wrote:
apjonas wrote:
I'm not from the Seattle area so I don't know what is typical. Just about everywhere I've lived an incident of "road rage" and/or display of a firearm would make the paper (at least of the local area). Most papers jump at the chance to show how "unsafe" it is to allow ordinary citizens to carry handguns. In any event, the OP could give provide the guy's name since it would make the records easier to find. Or his friend's name - it ain't secret anymore. Heck, since he knows the guy was arrested just the name of the PD involved would be a help. Maybe Tarzan1888 has a point. This story is long on drama, short on verifiable facts.
joshmmm wrote:
tarzan1888 wrote:
apjonas wrote:
What's the guy's name? I can't find a newspaper account or local TV report of the incident.
Good question.
Makes you wonder doesn't it.
Is there a little fishing from a moving boat going on here?
Do you really think the newspapers in this town report every crime that happens? If you want to dig this up, you are going to have to go to the king county district court and look it up; you will seldomly find such an un-interesting (to most readers) story in the newspaper. Nobody was shot, nobody killed, not gang related, no police over-reaction, no crying child missing his mother, etc. It will NOT be reported on. We, as 2A advocates, can be thankful that cases like this don't hit the mainstream.
Did it happen? I have no idea, but the lack of it being reported on in a newspaper means nothing.
That makes it pretty obvious that you aren't from seattle. A lot of stuff happens out here that doesn't make the paper. In fact, since I used to work in nightclubs, I've seen a lot of stuff that didn't make the paper. Rarely does a shooting in a club parkinglot make the paper, or a gang fight, or just about anything else.
I used to joke with my friends that if 3 people didn't get killed and one of them wasn't a cop, it wasn't going to make the paper.
It's a big city. Sh!t happens. It rarely makes the news. If you don't believe me, you obviouslydon't live in Seattle. I'm sure your small town paper manages to get every little thing that happens outthere, but out here there's too much to put in the paper, and people don't want to read about violence all the time.