12-19-2012, 11:09 PM
"Guns are not the problem, our society is."
[cool][#0000FF] These tragedies should never happen...but they do. And each of us must deal with them in our own way. But it is foolish to start running around wild-eyed and pointing fingers in all directions...trying to affix the blame.
Ultimately the blame lies solely with the shooter. We can forgive them or not. Sure, we can blame it on guns, parents, teachers, Obama or whatever else is convenient to blame. The
truth is that we now live in a society where unthinkable tragedies are almost commonplace. And "troubled persons" see such attention-getting and newsworthy events as the ideal way to commit suicide. Some of them plan their actions for days, weeks or months...glorying in what they think everybody is going to be saying about them when they are gone.
There are countless sources of stress and anxiety in our modern world that might cause someone to lose their grip on reality and choose to end it all rather than try to turn things around. And once someone has "gone 'round the bend" and is committed to their plan there is little anybody in their world can do to change their minds. The best we can do is to pay attention to those around us and try to recognize the potential for irrational actions and to prevent them if we can.
It's the fault of parents, teachers and supervisors who have not properly structured those people? Yeah right. These people in positions of authority are often the first ones to go down in the process. I'm sure the guy in Connecticut once loved his mother and obeyed her. But in his warped state of mind she became the enemy and his first target.
The vast majority of parents and teachers care about their kids and students and do all within their power to help make them responsible members of society. It's not their fault that a few slip through the cracks and become news items.
It scares the heck out of me when I see the mass hysteria that follows every major disaster. It reminds me of a wounded animal that growls and bites at everybody who comes near and tries to help. Nothing or nobody is exempt from somebody's finger pointing. And in reality, we should always remember that whenever you point a finger of blame...there are three more pointing back at you.
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[cool][#0000FF] These tragedies should never happen...but they do. And each of us must deal with them in our own way. But it is foolish to start running around wild-eyed and pointing fingers in all directions...trying to affix the blame.
Ultimately the blame lies solely with the shooter. We can forgive them or not. Sure, we can blame it on guns, parents, teachers, Obama or whatever else is convenient to blame. The
truth is that we now live in a society where unthinkable tragedies are almost commonplace. And "troubled persons" see such attention-getting and newsworthy events as the ideal way to commit suicide. Some of them plan their actions for days, weeks or months...glorying in what they think everybody is going to be saying about them when they are gone.There are countless sources of stress and anxiety in our modern world that might cause someone to lose their grip on reality and choose to end it all rather than try to turn things around. And once someone has "gone 'round the bend" and is committed to their plan there is little anybody in their world can do to change their minds. The best we can do is to pay attention to those around us and try to recognize the potential for irrational actions and to prevent them if we can.
It's the fault of parents, teachers and supervisors who have not properly structured those people? Yeah right. These people in positions of authority are often the first ones to go down in the process. I'm sure the guy in Connecticut once loved his mother and obeyed her. But in his warped state of mind she became the enemy and his first target.
The vast majority of parents and teachers care about their kids and students and do all within their power to help make them responsible members of society. It's not their fault that a few slip through the cracks and become news items.
It scares the heck out of me when I see the mass hysteria that follows every major disaster. It reminds me of a wounded animal that growls and bites at everybody who comes near and tries to help. Nothing or nobody is exempt from somebody's finger pointing. And in reality, we should always remember that whenever you point a finger of blame...there are three more pointing back at you.
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