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DevonRex

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56. LOL. Bvar: List everything wrong with society

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 02:49 PM

Dec 2012

EXCEPT THE MOTHERFUCKING GUNS.

That way we'll get so bogged down in minutia once again that nothing will be done about the goddamned guns.

Just more distraction from the real issue. Look over there everybody!!!!!

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Besides easy access to guns, what other factors do these mass murders have in common? [View all] bvar22 Dec 2012 OP

Mental illness. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #1

killings are not new. just media saturation and availability is new. nt msongs Dec 2012 #2

Yep, it's a "fame" thing. TPaine7 Dec 2012 #5

You don't get much fame for offing yourself, though. randome Dec 2012 #8

Can we get some REAL data on this? bvar22 Dec 2012 #13

Stan Williamson sprung to mind. Robb Dec 2012 #44

You nailed one big factor in my opinion: attention whoredom, fame seeking, anything for notoriety. TPaine7 Dec 2012 #3

Add gender to the list. n/t Whisp Dec 2012 #4

I say population density has much to do with it. randome Dec 2012 #6

Bullying, psychotropic drugs, distant parents... ananda Dec 2012 #7

Pretty much all of the above. ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #9

I blame closing all the mental hospitals marlakay Dec 2012 #10

Anomie rrneck Dec 2012 #11

Thanks. bvar22 Dec 2012 #28

It seems to me that it's too easy rrneck Dec 2012 #31

^^^ this ^^^ nt bunnies Dec 2012 #41

Anomic Behavior and Collective Behavior ThoughtCriminal Dec 2012 #51

i'm glad you brought this up. untreated (serious) mental illness. dionysus Dec 2012 #12

"amok" has a long history, and goes across cultures mainer Dec 2012 #14

Population size? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #15

I think yours is the start of a very reasonable discussion joe_sixpack Dec 2012 #16

The cult of ruthless individualism associated with the modern Right... YoungDemCA Dec 2012 #17

white suburban males riverwalker Dec 2012 #18

It has nothing to do with population size, TV, or our culture mainer Dec 2012 #19

It occurs around the world, but the per capita incidence of gun violence is particularly high in the kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #25

Guns just make SMASI deadlier mainer Dec 2012 #30

With the regularity and frequency that it does in the present-day USA? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #26

per capita, I'm guessing it's the same mainer Dec 2012 #45

an elephant in the room DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #20

A sense of something being "taken" from them... YoungDemCA Dec 2012 #21

Yup DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #39

am I saying all shooters are white, no? DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #24

You're right - it's not just about easy ACCESS to guns. It is about our nation's kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #22

Video games DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #29

A culture of violence. The way to solve all of our problems is with violence. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #23

Well said. YoungDemCA Dec 2012 #27

Saw this after posting the lazy/shitty version - Another great post Sabrina. n/t whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #33

THank You, sabrina 1 bvar22 Dec 2012 #34

I just didn't have it left to say what you did. Murder of innocents is always murder. libdem4life Dec 2012 #35

God that was so spot on. Glassunion Dec 2012 #37

Best post I have seen all day.. SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #40

Thank you for your compassion for all children. If everyone had that kind of empathy sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #53

Huge factor, very well done. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #42

Nailed it. n/t X_Digger Dec 2012 #47

beautiful post Sabrina 1 Locrian Dec 2012 #49

Ours is not a culture of love whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #32

Why excuse "easy access to guns"?...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #36

As bvar22 clearly points out in the OP, access has not changed. Neither does he excuse it. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #43

The fact that it is ever more difficult just to get by as inequality grows and is flaunted, Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #38

An interesting question, but how useful are even real answers? dmallind Dec 2012 #46

I'm not sure addressing this on an "individual" basis would yield results. bvar22 Dec 2012 #48

Oh, let's just ignore the guns? No fucking WAY. Nt DevonRex Dec 2012 #50

I see you didn't bother to READ the OP. bvar22 Dec 2012 #54

Your post was right on. Guns will always exist. No way to stop a lone nut. Logical Dec 2012 #55

LOL. Bvar: List everything wrong with society DevonRex Dec 2012 #56

Add antidepressant use to your list. Silver Gaia Dec 2012 #52