Some ideas, need for closure and low tolerance for ambiguity for one. Sense of control over one's life - or a perceived sense of control.
Simply is amazing that someone would actually think this government would do something like that to its own children. We are not Syria. If any government that tried something like that, it would be on the front pages within hours - it needs too many people to pull it off, and that means too many potential whistle blowers. On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am baffled that they would find the idea of a mentally disturbed 20 year > old killing their children more frightening that the idea of the government > killing their children. > > Something is very wrong with that line of thought. > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:01 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But I think it's something else at work here...something I've touched on >> before: It's a defense mechanism. 9/11 and Sandy Hook share the same >> attribute of senselessness, and that scares people. That anywhere at any >> time, some 20 year old could walk into THEIR kids school....for NO >> reason...and kill them....is a scary idea. It brings some sense of relief >> to think that there was a reason behind it...even if that reason doesn't >> really make much sense. Oh, it wasn't a random act...the GOVERNMENT did it. >> There aren't really 20 year olds out there capable of doing something do >> horrible. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360154 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
