I'm sure everybody has heard of the tragedy that took place in Aurora, Colorado this weekend when people at the Dark Knight Rises midnight premier were open fired upon at a movie theater outside of Denver by a man named James Holmes.12 people were killed, and even more were injured.
I was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and I live there--only a short distance away from areas like Aurora and Denver. I have many friends and family members who live in the surrounding communities. I think I speak for all of us when I say that we had moments of panic when we heard of the attack, knowing that there are people we could think of that could've been involved.I am fortunate and blessed enough that nobody I personally knew was there. However, I do know people who have friends who were there, and who have been living in the same apartment building as Holmes and who are now evacuated.
I therefore find it crass, sickening, rude, crude, heartless, and ignorant that someone created a page dedicated to James Holmes--a man who mercilessly killed 12 people, and injured many more (children among them), thereby tearing families apart. The page attempts to make the entire situation into a joke.
And I'm not sure what I find most sickening--the fact that one person was ignorant and heartless enough to create the page in the first place, or the fact that 420 people are apparently ignorant, hurtful and rude enough to like and support it.
You can view the page here:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/thedarkknightfalls
I encourage everyone to go to this page, report it, AND report all of the images posted on it.
There is no excuse for this absolute mockery of a real tragedy.
Reporting the page and images may seem like something very simple, but if enough people take a few seconds to do it, then maybe Facebook and it's administrators will take a hint, get the picture, and shut it down.
I also encourage you to like, support and share the Shut Down the James Holmes page, which you can find here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Shut-Down-the-James-Holmes-Page/476310009048928
I know of at least one of my friends, who is from a surrounding Colorado community, who has stated that since Facebook so far refuses to shut down the James Holmes page, that they are deleting their account, saying, "If Facebook does not remove the James Holmes page mocking this tragedy I will be permanently deleting my account. I will not be part of a hate supporting community."
If necessary, I would actually encourage people to think about doing the same. I am considering doing the same thing if Facebook sends me back a response still refusing to shut it down. Hit them where it hurts--at the end of the day, Facebook is a business organization, and it's creators, organizers, and administrators get money off of the site. If they really refuse to shut down the James Holmes page, and everyone who disagrees with it deletes their account in return, that'd be alot of people.It would make a statement, that's for sure.
DO NOT LET THIS SLIDE.Do NOT let these people get away with this. Take action, do your part. DO SOMETHING.
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