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originally posted by: Metallicus
ime.
So far it looks like extremists and SEVERELY mentally ill folks doing these crimes, although you could argue these are often the same thing.
originally posted by: Indigent
a reply to: Terminal1
If there are crazy people out there, not because of education, propaganda, religion and so on, then the why does not matter and the how does, as a crazy one can harm more with a nuke than with a bomb, and more with an ak with 1k rounds than a knife, so limiting the access to weapons that have higher potential to do more damage is the only thing a government could do. If they are just crazy what else could be done, put them all out (jail, island, nazi way)? That is not possible
originally posted by: DBCowboy
What they are ignoring is WHY people are doing it in the first place.
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: olaru12
You can't.
Freedom isn't free and there will always be a cost when we aren't controlled by Authoritarians. Terrorist, crazies and guns don't scare me, but Government overreach sure does.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: olaru12
Same with - IT'S THE GUNS!!
Eh?
originally posted by: DBCowboy
I've noticed (among other things) a myopic attitude towards the recent events of violence and mass murder.
Pundits, politicians, regular people are focusing on the HOW. Not the WHY.
They are focusing on HOW people have killed others. They talk of banning guns, more control of guns, regulating guns.
What they are ignoring is WHY people are doing it in the first place.
I figure, if you solve the WHY (they are doing it) then the HOW becomes meaningless. We need to discover the WHY. We need to solve the WHY.
If we only focus on the HOW then things like this will continue.
WHY did the couple kill those people in California? WHY did that man kill those people in Colorado? We need to solve the WHY.
When I see people focusing on the HOW, then I almost have to assume that they simply want guns banned for reasons other than protecting the public. When I see politicians focusing on the HOW, I see them as short-sighted people who just want more control over the rest of us.
It's like solving the drug problem by banning needles from everywhere, even hospitals. It doesn't address the WHY, it only focuses on the HOW.
Anyways, just thought I bring this up because I really don't see the media or our "leaders" doing it.
Thanks for reading.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
Because if we looked at the WHY, we would have to completely reverse course on the "ME ME ME" that has been indoctrinated for the past 20+ years into our kids
Every University
Every Public School
Every program designed to placate a persons ego and make them feel "special" and not prepare them for the realities that the world is going to slam them with
We have replaced Morals, Right and Wrong, Hard work, and the value of life with "Whats in it for me' "WHAT ABOUT ME!" "Give me my
participation trophy!"
Educators have stopped teaching HOW to think and started teaching WHAT to think
No one wants to look at this, this has been systematic and now we are reaping what has been sewn as a society