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Terror at Batman Movie
Jul. 20th, 2012 11:20 amAURORA, COLO. — A gunman armed with three weapons, including a rifle and shotgun, opened fire in a theater crowded with families and children at a midnight showing of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” in a Denver suburb early Friday morning, killing at least 12 people and wounding at least 38 others, the local police and federal officials said.
Just before he began shooting, the police said the man, identified as James Holmes, 24, had appeared in front of the packed theater in Aurora, Colo., and set off at least one smoke device before firing randomly at audience members, who had just settled into their seats.
-- The New York Times
Well, it's been a while since we've had one of these mass killings, right? At least a whole year, right? Maybe. Though, it can seem like there is not as much difference between violence on the big screen and violence in real life anymore. Where does mad fiction end and reality begin? The savagery is never really that far below the surface, is it?
Just before he began shooting, the police said the man, identified as James Holmes, 24, had appeared in front of the packed theater in Aurora, Colo., and set off at least one smoke device before firing randomly at audience members, who had just settled into their seats.
-- The New York Times
Well, it's been a while since we've had one of these mass killings, right? At least a whole year, right? Maybe. Though, it can seem like there is not as much difference between violence on the big screen and violence in real life anymore. Where does mad fiction end and reality begin? The savagery is never really that far below the surface, is it?
