"...I wonder if we could live at all if we really secured ourselves against this kind of lunacy?" - Neil
"Kill your TV!!!" :D On Mar 12, 6:45 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > The underlying need for violence is interesting, including the way the > media almost demands copycats. I wonder if we could live at all if we > really secured ourselves against this kind of lunacy? > > On 13 Mar, 01:24, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Craig made it clear long ago he was gonna shoot his way in Slip. The > > song 'I hate Mondays' (whatever) was actually about a girl. Many kids > > are very insecure and unhappy. I suggest we call in a Pied Piper, > > claiming the issue is about rats in the first place. > > > On 13 Mar, 01:17, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > KC, please, Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! > > > > So you believe in heaven do you? > > > > On Mar 12, 7:23 pm, Kierkecraig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Do I smell another gun control thread emerging? Heaven help us! :) > > > > > On Mar 12, 4:42 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The past few days have seen two frightening series of rampage > > > > > killings, in Alabama and in Southern > > > > > Germany:http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,612863,00.html > > > > > Living in Germany, and having a 17-year-old daughter going to school > > > > > here, I've been hearing and reading quite a bit about our local horror > > > > > in the past few days. It seems to have been a typical case of a boy/ > > > > > young man with major mental/self-image problems irrevocably losing it. > > > > > > The talking heads are waffling about the availability of weapons (Tim > > > > > K. used a Beretta his father kept in his bedroom), graphic computer > > > > > games (Counterstrike) and all the other usual stuff. Despite my oft- > > > > > posted abhorrence for privately-held guns, I don't really think that > > > > > further gun control is the answer (not to this particular problem - > > > > > rampage killings take place in societies with tight and with lax gun- > > > > > control - the killers seem to be able to get the guns anyway). I also > > > > > don't believe that 99.99% of kids are significantly brutalised by > > > > > graphic games - otherwise no street in the world would be safe to > > > > > walk, given the fact that almost all 18-year old males in the > > > > > developed world have,or have had significant exposure to such games. > > > > > > I don't know if there is any real answer to such events. Growing up > > > > > has always has its problems and it certainly isn't easy for kids > > > > > today, in our high-octane, high-pressure, consuming/consumptive > > > > > performance- and success-driven society. One interesting comment I've > > > > > heard claimed that girls tend to internalise aggression (with results > > > > > such as the repeated cutting of arms) while guys are more likely to > > > > > channel that argression outwards. That said, it was the amok killings > > > > > of Brenda Ann Spencer in 1979, which inspired Bob Geldof to write, "I > > > > > Don't Like Mondays", which maybe gives the best explanation for why > > > > > such things happening - the best because it just expresses rather than > > > > > explains the unexplainable: > > > > > "The silicon chip inside her head > > > > > gets switched to overload ... " > > > > > > Francis- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
