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Yesterday, seven people were killed in a shooting spree at a party in Seattle. I heard about it fairly early when my sister called me to see if I had been to any parties the night before. I hadn't, but what's scary is that I've been to a party at that particular house before. I have spent a little time with some of the people who live there. And my fella, sadly knew at least one of the people killed and some of his very good friends were very close with him. Not surprisingly, the news immediately latched on the the fact that it was "ravers" at the party and are trying to associate the tragedy with the party culture. Which is stupid. That would be like blaming people for wanting a hamburger when some mentally unbalanced person decides to shoot up a restaurant. It's just an incredibly sad situation and the fact that it's affecting people I care about...sometimes the world just feels irreversibly fucked.