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Old 12-14-2012, 06:00 PM
 
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I mean, every month it seems someone goes out and kills a dozen people and then offs themselves. We are not a peaceful nation. Not to others, and not to ourselves.
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:55 PM
 
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Yes and yes. And in both cases its a mental illness.
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Old 12-14-2012, 07:00 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Blood is part of the price of liberty.
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Old 12-14-2012, 07:15 PM
 
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Blood is part of the price of liberty.
The blood of small innocent children is the price of liberty? Really?
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Old 12-14-2012, 07:16 PM
 
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Yes and yes. And in both cases its a mental illness.
It's not.
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Old 12-14-2012, 07:59 PM
 
Location: Del Rio, TN
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It's not.
Oh really? What sane, mentally healthy person slaughters large numbers of innocent people?
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Old 12-14-2012, 08:08 PM
 
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Oh really? What sane, mentally healthy person slaughters large numbers of innocent people?
If not x, then -x?

It's blue.
It's not.
It's not green, so it must be blue.
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Old 12-14-2012, 08:31 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Well there is something going on with young adults these days.
They can't just take their own lives anymore..they have to have public revenge as well taking out strangers before taking their own lives.

The big question is why ? Why is this happening ?
One article I read called it "social revenge" and the more public, the more innocent the victims are, the bigger the impact.

That shooter today was only 20..barely reached adult age and had no problem shooting down 5 year old children.
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Old 12-14-2012, 09:29 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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If the media speculation can be trusted the shooter lived with his mother. I was long gone from home at 20. Unemployment of white 20+'s is over 40% for blacks over 95%. I had more job opportunities as a young black teenager than now with multiple IT certifications and decades of experience. Why is this happening?? You really have to ask? We haven't seen anything yet.

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Old 12-14-2012, 09:49 PM
 
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The only one that compares is the Fort Hood Shooting, except he didnt get to martyr himself.

Our society has become the Cult of Personality personified.

Dont think so?

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Secular Populism.
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