Woman Shot at CNN Atlanta

[Catchme]

So what's pregnant got to do with it? Being pregnant does not give a woman any higher privileged status than the rest of the population.....at least, not by today's radical feminists' standards! Especially according to them, that thing in her tummy isn't human anyway...

Sounds to me like you've become too influenced by radical feminists.

Sounds to me like she is blamming the victim

[Canadian Blue]

Catchme, no offense intended, but you blamed the witness who actually went and got help. Then went on a rant against every man because of the actions of one guy in Atlanta.

[ScottSA]

So it wouldn't be as funny if the guy driving the GEO was WHITE? What color was the GUN?

Nope, and the gun was black as far as I could tell. I only saw the barrel as it was pointed at my head.

So what you're implying is that black guns are dangerous!? How racist! I suppose a yellow or red gun would instill fear in you too, but a white gun is more yer kind huh? When will people learn to accept guns for what they are instead of according to the color of their barrels?

[betsy]

So what's pregnant got to do with it? Being pregnant does not give a woman any higher privileged status than the rest of the population.....at least, not by today's radical feminists' standards! Especially according to them, that thing in her tummy isn't human anyway...

Sounds to me like you've become too influenced by radical feminists.

Sounds to me like she is blamming the victim

Blame is a very strong word.

Let's say we're just trying to analyse the situation (how it could've been handled to avoid fatal results).....after all, no one knows how we'll react when faced with a very strong and stressful situation such as this, and we never know what's going on in that gunman's head. He may've been bent on killing the woman no matter what...or he may've just blew a major fuse. Heck, for all we know he may've just smoked a bit too much weed and was having a very bad trip!

But it's true. It was already a very tensed situation (to say the least)....the gunman was most likely at a very high desperation scale, not mentioning the rage he was in (especially if it's a domestic dispute).... struggling at that moment was not the best option. With a gun to your head. Especially if help is on its way.

Gee, how many cops died answering to calls of domestic dispute?

Well, all we could do now is speculate. Just because somebody is dead doesn't mean she didn't make an unconscious error contributing to her death...nor is there anything wrong in pointing that out.

I say "unconscious"...because maybe the woman was overcomed by fear and panicked.

[betsy]

So what's pregnant got to do with it? Being pregnant does not give a woman any higher privileged status than the rest of the population.....at least, not by today's radical feminists' standards! Especially according to them, that thing in her tummy isn't human anyway...

Sounds to me like you've become too influenced by radical feminists.

Sounds to me like she is blamming the victim

And no offense intended, but seems to me, this topic is USING THE VICTIM as a mean to rant off some big chips logged on someone's shoulder.

[Catchme]

Responding, once was not enough, Betsy?

It is getting sickening the amount of women being killed by men in domestic disputes. The leading cause of death in pregnant women, is murder.

Women, need to stop blaming women IMV.

[ScottSA]

Responding, once was not enough, Betsy?

It is getting sickening the amount of women being killed by men in domestic disputes. The leading cause of death in pregnant women, is murder.

Women, need to stop blaming women IMV.

Pardon me Ms Catchme, but ya'll need to take a pill. This ain't the 90s anymore when it was incumbent upon people to accept hare-brained nonsense about the "war on women". It's refreshing to see women looking at things from a sane perspective again.

Some people panic and do the wrong thing. The wrong thing in this case was continuing to push whatever buttons she was pushing. You may argue that she shouldn't have to go along with the eViL mAn!11111!; that she had the right not to; and that's fine. The problem is that she's dead, so it's a hollow victory at best. Any police negotiation expert will tell you that in a hostage situation, one of the things not recommended is for the negotiator to run screaming into the house shouting abuse at the hostage taker. It's not her fault that someone shot her, and it is the fault of the person who pulled the trigger and no one else's, but this isn't about eVilMeNraar!1!!111. It's about human nature.

[betsy]

Responding, once was not enough, Betsy?

It is getting sickening the amount of women being killed by men in domestic disputes. The leading cause of death in pregnant women, is murder.

Women, need to stop blaming women IMV.

Equally sickening is the blanket-bashing of all males!

As far as I know, no one here is blaming the woman. Get a hold of your emotions for crying out loud....so you can understand what is being said here.

Too bad, this topic could've had the opportunity at an enlightening, powerful, MATURE discussion related to the incident.... without the hysterical and senseless dramatics!