http://markmanson.net/school-shootings
Just read this one today, which takes the argument away form feminism/ entitlement issues and focuses it more on lack of human contact/ empathy.
"According to the FBI, mass shootings (defined as shooting events that kill at least four people) occur on average every two weeks in the United States."
That seems like A LOT! Doesn't it??
I also wonder, if in any industrialized society, will there always be a small fraction of the population who obsesses over violent revenge plots, and then a smaller fraction of those who actually do it? In other words, is this sort of a natural occurence, for the current system/ paradigm we live in?
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also, re: St.Slutface, oldster, and Will
this part from this Mark Manson article seems to respond to what you're saying-
"But this “witch hunt” we go through every time a school shooting happens is a total ruse. Elliot Rodger didn’t become a killer because he was a misogynist; he became a misogynist because he was a killer. Just like Eric Harris didn’t become a killer because he loved violent video games; he loved violent video games because he was a killer. Just like Adam Lanza didn’t become a killer because he loved guns; he loved guns because he was a killer.
Every school shooting incident comes in the same dreary package: an angry, politically-charged rant, shrink-wrapped around a core of mental illness and neglect. These shooters leave behind journals, videos, diagrams, manifestos and treatises. They broadcast their plans and intentions to their friends and family. They email news outlets minutes before they start firing. They write down their plans and make checklists so that others may follow in their footsteps. They go on angry rants against materialism, hedonism, the government, mass media, women, and sometimes even the people close to them.
And each time, as a culture, we work ourselves into a frenzy debating the angry exterior message, while ignoring the interior life and context of each killer."
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