Sadly, there will likely never be a day when acts of evil and madness don't occur. What I think that we can do is try to figure out why our society is permeated with violence. We probably need to devote a lot more resources to mental health than we presently do. I know lots of people are calling for gun control, but then I remember how Tim McVeigh killed hundreds with some fertilizer and a rented truck. Also, we have had guns for the entire history of the Republic, and submachineguns since the 1920s. We have been capable of these rampages for almost 100 years from a technical standpoint, yet they were isolated until about the last 25 years or so. Why? What is it that has made us more violent?
And I don't know. I get questions about this all the time from people who want the answers and... I don't know. Sometimes I want to blame the media (which may be like blaming the thermometer for a fever) and sometimes I want to blame guns.
I think, at the core, there is a growing level of anger and dissasociation. Like Ghavrel said, in this age of instant communications, fewer and fewer people have any real connections with other people.
I just don't know.
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20 children killed in latest US school shooting
15/12/2012 12:35:42 AM
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i know 2 people with kids there, one of them has lost their 5 year old. this is too close to home
15/12/2012 12:39:26 AM
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It is absolutely terrible.
15/12/2012 01:51:38 AM
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I agree.
15/12/2012 04:46:45 AM
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I lived 20 mins from there. I'm shocked. I'm even heading back there in 4 days....
15/12/2012 02:08:28 PM
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Maybe when we stop making media celebrities out of these murderers..
16/12/2012 05:36:19 PM
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Nope, won't happen.
16/12/2012 06:37:11 PM
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For each of those 30 years sociologists have warned of the growing danger of growing alienation.
16/12/2012 10:05:28 PM
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I don't know what you mean, though.
17/12/2012 05:53:44 PM
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I dunno, your response suggests you figured it out pretty quickly.
18/12/2012 05:08:12 PM
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Short form: The common phrases "suicide by cop" and "going postal" did not exist a generation ago.
18/12/2012 09:14:51 PM
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if they were after fame, they would probably all have tried to stay alive after killing everyone
16/12/2012 10:01:50 PM
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One need not be living to be famous.
16/12/2012 10:08:12 PM
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actually, i'm pretty sure you're wrong on this
17/12/2012 05:38:07 PM
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"Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse," "it's better to burn out than fade away" etc
18/12/2012 03:25:23 PM
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what do your examples all have in common?
18/12/2012 08:42:59 PM
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I frequently confuse that detail of Hinckleys shooting with Chapmans, sorry.
18/12/2012 08:59:25 PM
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Chapman wasn't a mass murderer, though. Neither was Hinckley.
20/12/2012 05:15:23 AM
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True, but it does demonstrate how easily and frequently notoriety motivates shootings.
26/12/2012 07:22:37 PM
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