Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
You'll get used to these people. ;0)Sorry, I thought the weight of sarcasm was enough... but then it is hard to tell on RF sometimes...
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Vance opines on a grim 'Fact of Life' in the wake of the Georgia shootings
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Regiomontanus
Eastern Orthodox
Pogo
Well-Known Member
Just making sure for the lurkers. These days!
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
The only thing messed up in America is the psychopathic youth and the politician that is opportunistic to gain power and control for themselves.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
What kind of affect do you think living through a mass shooting(s) has on a person's psyche?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Depends on the character and fortitude of the person.
A mass shooting is essentially a combat situation.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
No it doesn't.
Yep.
So what affect do you think continual mass shootings is going to have (or is having) on the populaton? You've written off young adults as "psychopaths," correct? They weren't born that way, so how do you think they got this way? Could it maybe, possibly have something to do with the continuous and ongoing number of mass shootings plaguing your country and the society such events produce?
Something to think about.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Yes it does and of course it's the psychopath that is doing it. Either born or raised I would say it's prudent to start investigating the recent surge in the numbers to get to the bottom of things.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
No. "Character" and "fortitude" have nothing to do how one's brain and body react to trauma.
Psychopaths are made. Nobody is born a psychopath. There aren't little psychopath babies running around.
My point was that mass shootings are having a societal effect. You can't have a bunch of people continually experiencing such high levels of trauma without some sort of consequences. So the people you write off as mentally disturbed or whatever, got that way somehow. I'm suggesting that mass shootings are contributing to the mental health problem in your country.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
According to Scientific American it's probably both. You have both born and made Psychopaths. Not all of them necessarily bad but clearly not good either.
Inside the Mind of a Psychopath
Neuroscientists are discovering that some of the most cold-blooded killers aren't bad. They suffer from a brain abnormality that sets them adrift in an emotionless world
Such a surplus should drive down the price, making them so much more affordable ...
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
Of course it’s the firearms. Every week in the USA, someone shoots up a school, or goes on an armed rampage in some other public place. This only happens in America. And it’s not because Americans are more inherently violent than the rest of us. There are plenty of angry unstable individuals in every country in the world. Only in the USA do angry unstable individuals have easy access to firearms. Ffs, how can you miss what’s so damn obvious?
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Last year I believe roughly 1600 people between the ages of 1 to 17 were shot. As I have stated before, 1 is too many but still...it's not like we're living in daily fear of a school shooting. Or at least most of us aren't, though I'm sure some are. There are many graduating classes that are that big! Pretty sure my high school was that big. Anyway, I just want to point that out. Otherwise I agree with a lot of your post. You know what's interesting to me? That my brother and I were both raised in the same house by the same parents but he's mentally ill and I'm not. And honestly, I believe I was the more "abused" of us too, but maybe I wasn't, who knows?
As I've stated before, I recently hosted a friend of mine from Germany, who was very surprised that there weren't gunshots ringing in the streets (he was also really surprised at the low percentage of African Americans because based on media coverage and commercials, he thought that they made up at least 50 percent of the population, but I digress).
Anyway, I've brought this up several times, but it's never been addressed - oh well.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
When you factor in the sheer number of the population , it's pretty obvious how low these figures really are.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
That's true too.
According to one site there were 2,959 reported rape incidents. Clearly, 1 is too many but still...it's not like we're living in daily fear of rape.
When you factor in the sheer number of the population , it's pretty obvious how low these figures really are.
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So, now that we've convinced ourselves that the damn pinko liberals are overreacting, let's talk about something more relevant. Anything good on TV tonight?
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Daemon Sophic
Avatar in flux
Pogo
Well-Known Member
Yeah, it is only five times our neighbor Canada and nearly twice that of Argentina that is one of the largest source of migrants fleeing intolerable conditions at home if you have been watching the news.
Okay, you've said this before --- so why do you think America raises more pschopaths or others more willing to kill than other nations? Surely that implies some sort of deeper national problem.