Peyton Manning Called Victims of Movie Theater Shooting in the Hospital

All, NFL Stephen Douglas July 22nd. 2012, 6:06pm

Peyton Manning spent Saturday afternoon talking on the phone with victims of the Denver shooting. The new Broncos quarterback spoke one-on-one with multiple people who were injured at the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rising in Aurora early Friday morning. No jokes or anecdotes here. This is just a reminder that Peyton Manning is a decent person.

[CBS Denver, Getty]

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26 Responses to “Peyton Manning Called Victims of Movie Theater Shooting in the Hospital”

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Walking Underwear Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 6:06 PM
Second place is first loser, Jim Thome
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Monster is Meth Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 6:12 PM
Second place is first loser, Jim Thome
Talk about not related to the article. Certainly I’m never guilty of that……
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Full Point (1000) Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 6:12 PM
[quote]No jokes or anecdotes here. This is just a reminder that Peyton Manning is a decent person.[/quote]
qft
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Full Point (1000) Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 6:13 PM
fuck
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Walking Underwear Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 6:14 PM
Talk about not related to the article. Certainly I’m never guilty of that……
it is related. thome has the trophy for being nicest athlete ever, and manning got to these folks first
/next headline: Thome Lays Hands On Shooting Survivors
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Monster is Meth Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 6:16 PM
Oh. I get you now.
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got_em_looking Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 6:55 PM
No jokes or anecdotes here
I would’ve preferred no post at all to a post that asks for “no jokes or anecdotes”. I mean if Peyton called these victims good for him but hopefully we only know about this because the victims told friends who know bloggers.
Now when Peyton calls these victims why’s he doing it? I mean if I am a victim does hearing from Peyton Manning really improve my lot in life in any way? May be for other people the answer is yes but I get the feeling Peyton gets more out of the calls than the victims do.
Does Peyton now call every gun shot wound victim in greater Denver area.. if not why not?
I guess every act of altruism has some hidden selfish component. Anyway I don’t really feel strongly about this position, just a thought i guess.
/wearing cynical hat today
//just trying it on for size
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Tim Ryan Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 7:14 PM
Douglas wasn’t asking for no jokes or anecdotes. He meant that he wasn’t going to make any.
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Monster is Meth Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 7:16 PM
Also, I’m pretty sure when Peyton Manning makes phone calls to multiple citizens, word gets around. I highly, highly doubt he called a newspaper and told them about it for credit or acknowledgment. What does he really have to gain?
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resolutedefense Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 7:39 PM
Does Peyton now call every gun shot wound victim in greater Denver area.. if not why not?
So if you can’t help or comfort everyone don’t do it for anyone?
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got_em_looking Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 7:44 PM
So if you can’t help or comfort everyone don’t do it for anyone?
Fair enough… I probably should do it anyway but I might feel a tiny bit of guilt about my method of choosing who to comfort. I don’t know. I’m conflicted on this.
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resolutedefense Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:02 PM
I probably should do it anyway but I might feel a tiny bit of guilt about my method of choosing who to comfort. I don’t know. I’m conflicted on this.
I can respect that. It’s a huge national story which often compels people to respond just based on so much attention. However, people shouldn’t just limit what they respond to to only the stories that lead off the news. I remember when Alonzo Mourning needed a kidney thousands volunteered to donate if they were a match (great) but wouldn’t donate to non-famous people they did match (not so great).
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heldover Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Fair enough… I probably should do it anyway but I might feel a tiny bit of guilt about my method of choosing who to comfort. I don’t know. I’m conflicted on this.
you reach out to who you can, when you can. Good on Peyton Manning.
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Monster is Meth Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:10 PM
I remember when Alonzo Mourning needed a kidney thousands volunteered to donate if they were a match (great) but wouldn’t donate to non-famous people they did match (not so great).
Did they actually turn down non-famous people that they matched or just state that they wouldn’t? That’s fucked up either way but fucked up on all levels if they declined.
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resolutedefense Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:14 PM
Did they actually turn down non-famous people that they matched or just state that they wouldn’t?
I remember it more being people asking to only be tested for him and Mourning speaking out and saying not to just limit yourself to him and to be in organ donor in general if you’re willing.
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Monster is Meth Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:16 PM
That’s still wrong…wonder how many actually followed through.
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bsanders37 Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:35 PM
What a monster.
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got_em_looking Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:36 PM
I wouldn’t even donate a kidney to a famous person so I must occupy a lower floor in hell than the folks who at least would give to Mourning. We prefer to keep our kidneys in the family over here.
I see some similarity between Peyton Manning acting on this story and not the victims of less famous crimes and the Mourning donor situation. Both are pretty much more willing to give if the recipient has a high enough Q-rating.
So yeah not saying they’re exactly the same but they could belong to the same chapter of a morality and ethics textbook.
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Monster is Meth Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:41 PM
I wouldn’t donate organs unless I died or it was to family. I don’t think it’s wrong to not be willing (maybe just saying that because I’m not) but you can’t offer for one demographic and not the other. That’s organ discrimination.
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got_em_looking Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 9:09 PM
So if you can’t help or comfort everyone don’t do it for anyone?
and
I don’t think it’s wrong to not be willing (maybe just saying that because I’m not) but you can’t offer for one demographic and not the other. That’s organ discrimination.
Both of these share an underlying philosophical issue regarding how to most ethically and practically select who to give to.
If I’m only willing to give Mourning my kidney you can’t really make the case I am not offering less to humanity than someone who wouldn’t give to anyone at all. At the same time as humans such specific and targeted acts of altruism leaves a bad taste in our mouths for reason I can’t sufficiently explain.
I’m not sure there’s a satisfactory solution with these sort of issues since no human being is either willing or able to give indiscriminately.
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got_em_looking Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 9:11 PM
If I’m only willing to give Mourning my kidney you can’t really make the case I am ~~not~~ offering less
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Monster is Meth Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 9:19 PM
Maybe they were hoping in return for offering up their insides he’d offer up some fat stacks.
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resolutedefense Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 9:33 PM
NCAA looking to hit Penn State with $30M in fines. While I get the desire to do something punitive, there does seem to be the issue of what Penn State did not really violating any NCAA rules (which I think the NCAA admitted before saying something to the effect of we don’t have rules for something like this). However, you think the NCAA thinks they can come down hard because Penn State won’t want to look bad fighting or appealing?
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got_em_looking Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 9:34 PM
In a true shortage of kidney situation, i’m sure Mourning would rather be +1 kidney and -1 fat stack of cash in which case at least one life, Mourning’s, is improved by the transaction.
Speaking of fat stacks… Break Bad on in 30 yo!! Can’t wait to DVR and watch commercial free later…. bitch!
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Monster is Meth Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 9:44 PM
Break Bad on in 30 yo!! Can’t wait to DVR and watch commercial free later…. bitch!
Perfect impersonation.
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got_em_looking Says:
July 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 PM
on the PSU situation… I am always weary of letting the mob decide anything even in the few cases were the mob is directionally correct. I would prefer it if these actions all the way from the firing of Patterno are able to occur inside of a process insulated from a very flawed court of public opinion.
Public opinion gets it wrong more often than it gets it right not so much in the direction of their views but in the intensity and timing of the expression of those views. The public has no interest in important issues that affect human behavior such as details, conflict, incentives and ambiguity hence they are unable to recommend solutions or punitive measures that can actually change for the better how real humans would behave in real live situations laced with nuance and ambiguity.