I have been reading some news lately... school shootings... a day later,
more school shootings, another day later, more school shootings. All of them
involves the shooter killing himself (cause he know he's screwed, either its
the chair or life in prison without parole). So why is it that it seems as
if everyone in America (or the world for that matter) thinks they gotta vent
anger by shooting someone?
Simple really Tai Fu, America is morally bankrupt. Spiritially this
nation is hurting. God has been banned from the schools, but condoms
and secret abortions are encouraged. I am NOT a bible thumper, but too
many people are SPIRITIALLY lost in this nation. Its really that
simple; but white liberals will see to it that everyone goes to hell
with them :(
Lunar
tai fu wrote:
"Lunar" is right. America has been under assault from evil for decades
and has largely surrendered. It's going to hell in a handbasket faster
and faster every year. In 2010 America intends to cede its autonomy to
an unelected, unaccountable "North American" government. RIP freedom.
But there are other forces at work here too. Although perhaps not a
factor in this recent string of school shootings, almost every school
shooting by students has involved kids under the influence of
antidepressant drugs. One savvy independent researcher studying this
found that Kip Kinkel, the kid who shot up my high school alma mater,
was taking antidepressants that ACTUALLY WORSENED HIS VIOLENT
TENDENCIES. This of course has all been covered up by the
pharmaceutical/political powers that be--bad for business you know!
I love this country but it's full of rot right now. It's not just the
Bush Administration that's in a state of denial. Most Americans are
living in a fantasy that no longer exists. Occasionally something like
9/11 or a school shooting briefly jars them back to reality.
+McG+
snipped-for-privacy@juno.com wrote:
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:45:07 -0400, "Darrell D. Mobley"
It works the OTHER way, too. Some of the worst atrocities in human
history have been committed in the name of God. (By whatever name you
want to use...)
All it takes is the belief that the 'something bigger than society'
is on *your* side... and you get fanatics willing to do just about any
kind of barbarism for your pet cause.
SPIRITIALLY lost? Then I've been lost all my life, I left the chech so long
ago that I've forgotten just when the last time I went to a mass was. I'm a
free thinker now a days and don't need someone in a chuch telling me what I
can and can't do.
FWIW, I agree. A good book on the subject of the sort of nutbag that commits
these acts is "Anatomy of Motive" by John Douglas, formerly a profiler with
the FBI.
Kevin OClassen
I agree with the other comments about moral bankruptcy, though I do not
necessarily connect morality with spirituality. In terms of these
shootings - when a human or any other animal is beset on all sides with
forces it cannot comprehend or predict, it lashes out.
In earlier, more tyrannical societies, you basically did what the kings
men told you. In some cases, there was even a way to appeal to the king
directly. But either way, the results (no matter how harsh) were simple
an understandable.
Now flash forward a few centuries. We have the illusion of freedom, but
our lives are minutely controlled by a government and corporations we
cannot see or comprehend. Worse, decisions are conditional, arbitrary,
and capricious. And, unless we can buy into the system with our own
lawyers, irrevocable.
Some of us can work the system and/or tolerate it; an increasing number
cannot. So they go literally insane.
A very small example: I made my usual electronic payment to my cable TV
company last month. For some reason this one wasn't processed
correctly, and was refused as the equivalent of "insufficient funds."
with a $25 fee. I demonstrated that all the numbers were correct,
plenty of money in the bank, etc. to no result. If it doesn't go
through for ANY reason, my fault or not, even a technical error at
their end - I pay.
There is a REASON we have more guards and metal detectors at our family
court than the criminal courthouse across the street....
I am going to disagree with all you folks.
My theory? 1) Consequences, and a distinct lack thereof.
Used to be if a guy ran his mouth, somebody punched him. Now he has a
"disorder", and if he gets a well deserved black eye he sues.
If a kid was a brat, he got spanked, or sent to his room, or
"something". Now he gets a pat on the head and a pill.
If you killed somebody, you took a seat on ol' sparky. Now you get
years of bullshit. Just look at the nonsense surrounding the Brian
Nichols trial. He shot a judge and others in front of dozens of
witnesses...what is there to discuss?
and 2) Too many people. Too many people trying to do too many things in
too short a time. Hurry hurry, stress stress. Courtesy is the first
casualty. And hey, if you run over somebody in your big SUV while you
rush too and fro, it's no big deal since there are no consequences,
remember?
It ain't religion, it ain't faith, it ain't spirituality, or a lack of
any of these that are causing our problems. WE are causing our
problems.
Thanks. I'm running for office next week on a platform of a hickory
switch for every kid's behind, one free "punch a jerk" card (per annum,
there are lot of jerks out there needin' a punching) and free housing in
Montana.
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