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Hostage situation at Discovery Network building

post #1 of 37
9/1/10 at 3:49pm
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An asian man with a revolver with bottles strapped to him, making demands

his demands: http://savetheplanetprotest.com/
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post #2 of 37
9/1/10 at 4:14pm
I just don't understand what motivates a person to do something like this. Unless he's demanding a second Shark Week. Then I get it.
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post #3 of 37
9/1/10 at 4:24pm
Nooj snapped!

Probably from watching Scott Pilgrim too fucking much.

*EDIT* To take some of the load off of Kush's link.

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Focus must be given on how people can live WITHOUT giving birth to more filthy human children since those new additions continue pollution and are pollution. A game show format contest would be in order.
BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAH!!!! My guess is before all is said and done this guy will have relieved the Earth of one less filthy human. Or rather the Silver Springs police will....heh...

Holy shit...it's Jet Li!

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post #4 of 37
9/1/10 at 4:25pm
Send Bear Grylls in.
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post #5 of 37
9/1/10 at 4:35pm
Are we sure this isn't just Mike Rowe doing an episode of Dirty Jobs?
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post #6 of 37
9/1/10 at 5:04pm
Apparently some people don't like it when their myths are busted.
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post #7 of 37
9/1/10 at 5:05pm
Shit I kind of agree with him about the breeder programming.
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post #8 of 37
9/1/10 at 5:13pm
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post
I just don't understand what motivates a person to do something like this. Unless he's demanding a second Shark Week. Then I get it.
Or a better shark week then the one that aired.
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post #9 of 37
9/1/10 at 5:30pm
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Nothing is more important than saving them. The Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels.
Well yeah. Of course. The Squirrels. Lets not forget the Froggies though.
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post #10 of 37
9/1/10 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by Dan Savage View Post
Send Bear Grylls in.
"Next week on Worst Case Scenario: How to survive a hostage situation"
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post #11 of 37
9/1/10 at 5:55pm
I think I know just who to call.. all he needs is a flint, a water bottle and his knife
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post #12 of 37
9/1/10 at 5:56pm
It's often hard to find these guys some publicity.

I hope to Gawd O'Reilly books them.
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post #13 of 37
9/1/10 at 5:57pm
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post
I just don't understand what motivates a person to do something like this. Unless he's demanding a second Shark Week. Then I get it.
Maybe he's angry about Sarah "Wolf's Bane" Palin getting her own nature show.
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post #14 of 37
9/1/10 at 6:53pm
So I guess they killed him?

I thought that game-show stuff at the start of the thread was a joke - oh how I envy past-me.

He finishes his manifesto with:

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MAKE IT INTERESTING SO PEOPLE WATCH AND APPLY SOLUTIONS!!!!
To come so close to saving the world, only to fail at the very last moment...
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post #15 of 37
9/1/10 at 6:57pm
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I thought that game-show stuff at the start of the thread was a joke... So I guess they killed him?
You are the weakest link. Goodbye.


...what?!? That never gets old.

Shut up.
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post #16 of 37
9/1/10 at 6:59pm
And he's dead.

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SILVER SPRING, Md. — Police shot and killed a gunman who held three hostages for several hours Wednesday at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, Md., authorities said. They said the hostages were safe.

At least one explosive device went off when he was shot, and other explosive devices could still be in the building in Montgomery County in suburban Washington, D.C., they said. It was not clear whether there was any damage.

Montgomery County police Chief Thomas Manger said no one was believed to have been injured beyond the gunman, whose condition he said was unknown. Other law enforcement authorities told NBC News that the gunman was dead.

The building in the close-in suburb of Washington was safely evacuated, including the Discovery Kids Place day care center, police said.

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‘The planet does not need humans’
Lee appears to have posted environmental and population-control demands online, saying humans are ruining the planet and that Discovery should develop programs to sound the alarm.

“I want Discovery Communications to broadcast on their channels to the world their new program lineup and I want proof they are doing so. I want the new shows started by asking the public for inventive solution ideas to save the planet and the remaining wildlife on it,” the alleged manifesto reads...

Lee said at the time that he experienced an ‘‘awakening” when he watched former Vice President Al Gore’s environmental documentary ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth.”
Kate, does Al Gore now have blood on his hands?
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post #17 of 37
9/1/10 at 7:02pm
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And he's dead.



Kate, does Al Gore now have blood on his hands?

Called it! Do I win a prize for this new format?
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post #18 of 37
9/1/10 at 7:06pm
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Police have not identified the suspect, but say he has "concerns" with the Discovery Corporation.

Lee was arrested in 2008 for disorderly conduct and littering on the grounds of the building, according to police reports.

Sources are saying the suspect is allegedly upset about the documentary called "Whale Wars."

A daycare with about 100 children inside the building was also evacuated. WTOP's Kate Ryan, who is on the scene, says children were being rolled out in cribs. The children were taken to a nearby McDonald's.
Gold, Jerry! Gold!
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post #19 of 37
9/1/10 at 7:09pm
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Originally Posted by jvc View Post
And he's dead.



Kate, does Al Gore now have blood on his hands?
That's an absurd and offensive question, if you were in fact being serious

This individual was clearly disturbed. However, if your question is "will the ravages of climate change and the increased global tensions that result 'set off' more mentally unbalanced people?" then my answer would be, tragically, probably yes.
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post #20 of 37
9/1/10 at 7:13pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
That's an absurd and offensive question, if you were in fact being serious

This individual was clearly disturbed. However, if your question is "will the ravages of climate change and the increased global tensions that result 'set off' more mentally unbalanced people?" then my answer would be, tragically, probably yes.
Yes. That was my question exactly.
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post #21 of 37
9/1/10 at 11:12pm
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Shit I kind of agree with him about the breeder programming.
As do I. They glamorize parents for having an exorbitant amount of children. The Duggars are famous simply for having a ton of kids. I know people have gotten fame for a lot worse, but still.
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post #22 of 37
9/2/10 at 12:49am
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
That's an absurd and offensive question, if you were in fact being serious

This individual was clearly disturbed. However, if your question is "will the ravages of climate change and the increased global tensions that result 'set off' more mentally unbalanced people?" then my answer would be, tragically, probably yes.
It isn't absurd and offensive when straight from the horse's mouth you get, "I experienced an awakening from Al Gore's AIT."

I doubt he spoke as absurdly as that by abbreviating the movie title but I just wanted to make sure you understood what he said.
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post #23 of 37
9/2/10 at 12:54am
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Originally Posted by TzuDohNihm View Post
It isn't absurd and offensive when straight from the horse's mouth you get, "I experienced an awakening from Al Gore's AIT."

I doubt he spoke as absurdly as that by abbreviating the movie title but I just wanted to make sure you understood what he said.
That's like blaming Columbine on NATURAL BORN KILLERS, I won't indulge in that kind of nonsense. Because Al Gore pointed out frightening facts about the planets future, he caused someone to take hostages? No, the person was crazy. Period.
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post #24 of 37
9/2/10 at 10:33am
So how long until this guy's a Muslim?
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post #25 of 37
9/2/10 at 10:39am
Asians Who Snap kinda have their own growing stigma going on, honestly.
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post #26 of 37
9/2/10 at 11:13am
No, sorry, that doesn't fit with the current narrative.
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post #27 of 37
9/2/10 at 11:36am
The sad misguided derangement in this story kinda reminds me of The Assassination of Richard Nixon.

(Movie Talk! *high-five*)
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post #28 of 37
9/2/10 at 1:59pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
That's like blaming Columbine on NATURAL BORN KILLERS, I won't indulge in that kind of nonsense. Because Al Gore pointed out frightening facts about the planets future, he caused someone to take hostages? No, the person was crazy. Period.
Good to know your intellectual standards on such situations. I hope you stick with these standards in the future.
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post #29 of 37
9/2/10 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by Kush View Post
An asian man with a revolver with bottles strapped to him, making demands

his demands: http://savetheplanetprotest.com
Maybe he thought the hostages were aliens from Andromeda?
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post #30 of 37
9/2/10 at 5:12pm
Man, talk about off his fuckin Nut.
I could see him being angry at TLC for turning into something of a freak network with morbidly obese people, or teenage moms.
But then it seems more like he just chose discovery channel, due to his close proximity to them, and their overall popularity, then throws in some more random crazy things that didn't actually happen (the promoting of child birth and the WOMD's, I've personally NEVER seen anything to do with birth on the channel, and the most WOMD stuff I've seen is watching shit explode on TimeWarp)
I only read a few bits of his demands, it reads like it's a friggen Onion article what with his first demand being that they "MUST have daily television programs at prime time
slots based on Daniel Quinn's 'My Ishmael'..."
On the plus side, at least he wasn't bright enough to actually hurt anybody before getting shot himself.
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post #31 of 37
9/2/10 at 5:17pm
Discovery Communications owns the Discovery Channel and TLC.
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post #32 of 37
9/2/10 at 5:19pm
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Originally Posted by Disciple_72 View Post
Maybe he thought the hostages were aliens from Andromeda?
It's a shame more people aren't going to quite get that reference, because it's 100% spot on.
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post #33 of 37
9/2/10 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by neoolong View Post
Discovery Communications owns the Discovery Channel and TLC.
Ah, yes okay that makes a bit more sense then.
A BIT.

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Originally Posted by reggie-wanker View Post
It's a shame more people aren't going to quite get that reference, because it's 100% spot on.
And wow.. that's a little uncanny, unless he owned that movie and it just hit right home for him.
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post #34 of 37
9/2/10 at 7:40pm
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Originally Posted by reggie-wanker View Post
It's a shame more people aren't going to quite get that reference, because it's 100% spot on.
I like to think that at CHUD, at least one person will always get the reference, no matter how obscure. Thanks for being that guy.
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post #35 of 37
9/3/10 at 10:16am

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Danger: Police in bullet-proof vests cautiously approach the Discovery Channel HQ during the stand-off this afternoon
What the fuck kinda police do they have up there? That looks like some kind of Police Fantasy Camp.
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post #36 of 37
9/3/10 at 10:52am
Too bad he didn't go after The History Channel. Ice Road Truckers? HOW IS THAT HISTORY?
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post #37 of 37
9/4/10 at 5:54pm
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What the fuck kinda police do they have up there? That looks like some kind of Police Fantasy Camp.
casual wednesday.

I like that one guy came prepared with camo-cargo shorts, just in case. He's the smart one. He deserves a promotion.
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