I was about to post a comment on how dumb these people are, but that is against my personal goal of trying to keep the conversations polite.
I would hate to have to block myself. On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > the site LiveScience had a very good take on the psychological > processes involved here. Worth the read. > > > http://www.livescience.com/26314-sandy-hook-massacre-conspiracy-theories.html > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:01 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > There is a surprisingly large group of people in this country who are > > questioning whether Sandy Hook tragedy was really just a government > > conspiracy...a fake event concocted to help usher in gun control, or in > the > > name of some other government agenda. It's not that much different from > the > > 9/11 truthers. > > > > On first blush, it's easy to be incredulous at such an idea. How can > anyone > > be that heartless, that stupid, etc. > > > > Granted, i'm sure there are some people who really are that stupid and > mean > > hearted, or who are so beholden to the idea of guns or whatever their pet > > project is, that they will do whatever is necessary to shield their > > ideology from the reality of events. > > > > 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. > > > > It really is interesting to watch how large societies react to senseless > > tragedies like this. The defense mechanisms can be almost as awful to > > behold as the event....and they underscore, once again, how fragile we > > really are. > > > > We are SO flawed...and we aren't even able to cope with the enormity of > our > > own shortcomings. And yet, we consider ourselves a higher species???? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:360294 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
