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Ridiculous crap. As usual the media goes ultra-conservative over events unreleated to tv/film/.music.

I'm still expecting Focus Features to pull Hot Fuzz as it's got gun action. Even though it's a satire, I can see them pulling it or pushing it back. Of course, should it fail, they'll claim this random event has something to with Hot Fuzz's box office performance.

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What's particularly strange about this is that 8 years ago, the WB pulled an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that included a plotline about a planned school shooting. This was shortly after the Columbine school shooting.

The common factor? David Boreanaz.

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Boreanaz causes school shootings! Alert the media!

*snicker*

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How about 32 innocent people died so they are showing some respect by not showing it... why does it always have to be about ultra conservatism or exec's trying to look good in the limelight... maybe they should replace it with an educational program on how to spot the signs of a distressed teenager

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Thank you blee27! I go to a college here in Maryland and what occurred at Virginia Tech truly affects me. I am deeply saddened by everything that has happened. It just really hits close to home... I've been crying all day and although I did not personally know anyone who has died, I truly feel for those parents, siblings, and friends who have lost a loved one. I personally wouldn't want to watch that specific episode of Bones right now.

I mean I'm not saying Fox should've pulled the episode but at the same time its obvious that Fox did decide to pull the episode out of respect for those who truly are suffering right now... I've been watching the news all day and by the time it is 8 or 9 pm I do want to try my best to get my mind off of this horrible tragedy and I would want to watch something on tv that doesn't relate to the school shootings.

There are people who are really suffering right now and many of them are going through a hard time... and many of them do want to focus on something else and pull their attention away from the news... which is why I don't think it was inappropriate for Fox to pull that specific episode of Bones at this time.

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Well I think if it was planned to be shown, then show it; but show some kind of warning ahead. I am saddened by the shooting and I go to college as well, but it is just a show, don't like it change it. I hope they figure out why this crazy guy killed all of those people, too bad he killed himself.

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We have showed rescpect do you know any of those killed? Most of us don't and want to watch TV to get our minds off crap like this. It's not like the episode was going to deal with a crazy guy going around killing 32 people at a college. they found a body at a college, them not showing it doesn't show rescect at all.

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**"maybe they should replace it with an educational program on how to spot the signs of a distressed teenager"**

He was an adult. There are no "signs". Millions of morose and depressed people go through each day without going batsh!t and taking out people. Life is unpredictable. One portion of the nation suffered a loss; that doesn't mean the rest of the viewing public is in mourning. Life goes on.

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Well I'm a VT alum and I'm proud to say I'm a Hokie. To be honest, I'm rather overwhelmed by the national outpouring over what seems to be a very personal event for me. Virginia Tech is my family, it's my friends, it's my home. My father went there, my brother, my sister, myself, my nephew, my niece, and my husband went there.

But there is one thing that we have to remember, this is the biggest mass shooting in the United States. As much as I would rather not share this with the world, the world wants to share this with us. I'm sorry if this interrupts your tv watching. I am a fan of Bones myself. They will show the episode eventually and you will get to see it. I don't think I would have even made a connection. But I respect their decision and appreciate their concern.

Friday is National Orange and Maroon Day, please show your respect and support for my fellow Hokies by wearing orange and/or maroon on Friday.

BTW.... I am a Buffy fan and I remember when that episode was pulled too.

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It is a sad day for this country when we cannot safely educate our young. Play this for what it is, a community of educators who saw a very sick mind and a lot of people who ignored their warnings. Now it is a tragedy. My heart goes out to all of you. I am a grandmother of ten and the oldest will start high school. I am afraid for all of them and 3 will be home schooled next year. What can we do. There is at least one adult out here who is willing to listen to what you have to say.

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I don't mind this. I don't think that its necessary, but, as someone said, there's nothing wrong with erring on the side of caution. I grew up in Virginia, and while I didn't go to VT, I definitely spent time on the campus, and had many, many friends that went there.

If you want to talk irony, go back and look at last week's the Unit. Much closer to what happened than what it sounds like this Bones episode is.

This happens. It is terrible and it is awful and it is tragic

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Kudos to Fox for pulling the episode and for having the brass and heart to do so!! What happened @ VA Tech was horrendous. The students, faculty and their families effected by it will have to relive it for the rest of their lives. And this includes Cho's family!! To those of you who expressed your anger about the episode change, have a heart! Sorry your life is being affected. Maybe you should think about how these people's lives are being affected right now! The episode is just a TV show that can be shown at another time. These people's lives, deaths and sorrows can't be put on hold! It's close-minded, egotistical people that don't reach out to someone in need that can sometimes "push over the edge" the sick (emotionally and mentally) people that end up doing this type of violent acts. They try to reach out for help in their own way and no one listens.............so they make us listen!! In closing.........again, I'm glad Fox pulled the episode. It shows someone working there has heart and I hope other networks follow suit if need be.

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"We have showed rescpect do you know any of those killed?" - David

So just because I didn't know anyone who died I shouldn't be upset? Are you kidding me? What's wrong with some of you people? Innocent people are dead, parents are suffering, and you're telling me that I shouldn't have compassion for these people? This is a tragedy - where's your heart? Do you have any compassion for anyone except yourself? Wow. You really need to get over yourself if you find it a big deal that ONE episode is not going to air as planned. It's a television show for goodness sake. It will eventually air, just not tomorrow.

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I don't mind that Fox pulled it, but I don't think it was necessary. Tonight's episode was about a college basketball player found with multiple fractures, not a campus shooting. But I respect their decision, and hope they decide to air the episode at some future time.

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I think Tammy is right with the sentiment of probably not making a connection between the particular episode of Bones and the VT shootings. That being said, pulling the episode and reporting the reason why actually causes a connection to be made. This move will place more focus and publicity on the Bones episode than if they had simply aired it without saying a word.

Sounds more like a publicity stunt disguised as a sympathetic move to me.

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Wow. I'm really glad they pulled it, personally. Granted, most of the people most closely affected by the horrible events at VT probably weren't watching TV last night, but "erring on the side of caution" really is the most thoughtful thing to do.

Again, speaking only for myself, I tend to be uncomfortable even with these "ripped from the headlines" shows--not for myself, but for those affected by the original event. I remember when "Law & Order" did an episode based on the massacre at a Harlem Wendy's, just a few months after the actual crime, all I could think of was how the families of the dead must have felt, both to have seen the crime played out again in front of their eyes and to think of the deaths of their loved ones being exploited for entertainment. I actually think that's far worse than an episode merely corresponding accidentally to an event of the day.

But erring on the side of caution is a good thing, so while I don't salute Fox often, lord knows, I think they made the right call.

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