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In reply to the discussion: I don't think the problem is so much the guns as the culture of violence. [View all]Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)18. I agree.
And I got myself pummeled a bit for posting as much on one of those threads.
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I don't think the problem is so much the guns as the culture of violence. [View all]
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2012
OP
Yep. Today people pretend to be killing machines, not hunters. It's demented.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#39
How old are you? I'm 42 and my GRANDPARENTS had all manner of automatic weaponry.
Edweird
Dec 2012
#80
I'm 66 and i had a m-14 and a 1911 in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968. You don't go hunting with your dad
upaloopa
Dec 2012
#111
Who do the hate and shock radio assholes advocate for? The NRA and gun nutz
Care Acutely
Dec 2012
#10
Absolutely and that they have been PAID to spew their Disinfomation makes it all the
KoKo
Dec 2012
#115
People feel marginalized... and they are... and they don't have the tools to cope.
dogknob
Dec 2012
#11
We want to eliminate war and we train our kids with video war games.
socialindependocrat
Dec 2012
#72
well thanks JR, isn't it funny that the people who don't want to discuss violence tend to bully
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#66
Yes...it seems the "shooter" was pretty isolated in his affluent neighborhood where
KoKo
Dec 2012
#119
Nice post. Why someone wants to kill is a problem more than the weapons used to do it.
Logical
Dec 2012
#24
And the "culture of violence" has nothing to do with the fact that all those guns are out there?
Bonobo
Dec 2012
#61
I don't know if I can explain this very well, but what I see is the eruption of the "shadow" out of
scarletwoman
Dec 2012
#65
"U.S. mass culture must surely be one of the most determinedly denialist of any society on earth"
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#73
+1...And I wonder if the more sensitive in our population sees Cognitive Dissonance
KoKo
Dec 2012
#110
Kicking this because this is a thoughtful post worthy of more discussion. (nt)
scarletwoman
Dec 2012
#70
Yeah, it reminded me of the "Heavy metal is satanic" argument I heard over
GreenPartyVoter
Dec 2012
#106
I play a game, Civilization, where I am razing whole cities and slaughtering the populace.
Odin2005
Dec 2012
#95
Since this OP seems to be a rational discussion of the situation, I'll posit this...
Hugin
Dec 2012
#86
Culture and almost worship of violence in Media, Movies, even Commercials these days..
KoKo
Dec 2012
#109