# Isn't anyone going to Pit the Denver Batman killer? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 21, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919 "2012-07-21T01:17:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/1 "2012-07-21T01:17:32Z")
I don’t know where to begin. WTF is going on? The whole thing is so bizarre I’ll just Pit him. Again, WTF is going on? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/2 "2012-07-21T01:22:50Z")
Too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/3 "2012-07-21T01:25:02Z")
I guess we get a pit thread for every deranged gunman, so why not. What a terrible tragedy. Politicians will gab and posture and try to claim they know the right way to deal with this (not to mention that one Republican congressman who said this shooting was due to a ‘breakdown of Judeo-Christian values in this country’ (never mind that the shooter was very active in his Presbyterian church)). But really now our energy should be spent focused on treating the wounded, mentally and physically, as well as the friends and families of the victims. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/4 "2012-07-21T01:40:06Z")
You’re taking a brave stand here **R. P. McMurphy** ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/5 "2012-07-21T01:44:13Z")
I Pit him for, among other things, potentially spoiling the movie for millions. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/6 "2012-07-21T01:45:49Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Too soon. Have you considered becoming **Nzinga, Standup**? Yer good. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/7 "2012-07-21T01:50:32Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > I guess we get a pit thread for every deranged gunman, so why not. > > What a terrible tragedy. Politicians will gab and posture and try to claim they know the right way to deal with this (not to mention that one Republican congressman who said this shooting was due to a ‘breakdown of Judeo-Christian values in this country’ (never mind that the shooter was very active in his Presbyterian church)). But really now our energy should be spent focused on treating the wounded, mentally and physically, as well as the friends and families of the victims. Obviously the breakdown of Judeo-Christian values has now spread to churches. Gandhi would argue that this is not a new phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/8 "2012-07-21T01:52:06Z")
Heard on the radio that one of the people killed in the Denver theatre shooting was a journalist who was a witness to the recent mall shooting in Toronto. Some folks is just plain unlucky. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/9 "2012-07-21T01:53:38Z")
I’m waiting to hear his side of things. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/10 "2012-07-21T01:57:12Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You’re taking a brave stand here **R. P. McMurphy** I’ll say. The insight behind the countless expressions of “WTF” is something I never would have imagined. The guy is crazy. It’s not that complicated. Just like the guy who shot Giffords. Since that event happened, more people have been killed by non-crazy folks who were just driving and fiddling with their car sound system or something. Or tailgating, because of course that saves you so much time. _There_’s your “WTF” for you. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/11 "2012-07-21T02:04:26Z")
**Isn’t anyone going to Pit the Denver Batman killer?** or TNT for airing \*The Dark Knight \*(about The Joker) on right now? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/12 "2012-07-21T02:06:58Z")
[Maybe we should stop giving them any attention at all.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezlFNTGWv4) ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/13 "2012-07-21T02:14:33Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > or TNT for airing \*The Dark Knight \*(about The Joker) on right now? Why should TNT be pitted for doing so? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/14 "2012-07-21T02:15:22Z")
I’m not sure it’s even possible this guy committed the crime he is accused of. First he would have to prop open the door, then he would have to reach down and around to grab his weapons. The pressure on his legs and back would be enormous, it’s basically impossible to do. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/15 "2012-07-21T02:19:00Z")
I love Batman, so I really hope this guy doesn’t end up being called the Batman Killer. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/16 "2012-07-21T02:22:52Z")
Spoiler Alert: Audience dies. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/17 "2012-07-21T02:26:28Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I’m not sure it’s even possible this guy committed the crime he is accused of. First he would have to prop open the door, then he would have to reach down and around to grab his weapons. > > The pressure on his legs and back would be enormous, it’s basically impossible to do. I heard he propped open the door with a toilet paper roll. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/18 "2012-07-21T02:30:01Z")
Nutjob. Guns. Innocent people. End of story. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/19 "2012-07-21T02:40:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I heard he propped open the door with a toilet paper roll. It was a paper towel tube, dufus. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919/20 "2012-07-21T02:45:10Z")
You might as well Pit the weather. We’re always going to have latent crazy people - as well as a lot of not-so-latent ones - and as long as one of them has a little freedom and a little money, he’ll be able to take as many lives as he\* has the means and the will to. \*I say “he” because he will, however, almost invariably be male. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-anyone-going-to-pit-the-denver-batman-killer/628919.md?page=2)