Hi all, Platt, I just wanted to comment on the erroneus nature of your comment.
You said: the terrorists in Iraq armed with little more than handguns >and explosives are doing a pretty good number on the US Military. Just to let you know, the insurgents in that country are extremely heavily armed. RPG's and Kalasnikovs are fairly easy to attain. A large part of the casualties are cause by Improvised Explosive Devices. Their armament is considerably more dangerously effective than handguns. Also, you said; >Since similar school killings have occurred in recent years in Scotland and >Germany I think it's simplistic to blame those in the U.S. on a unique >"culture of >violence." In the past 6 years, there have been over 200 fatal school shootings in the U.S. in the past 6 years alone, with an average of 1 young person dying every week. (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20070417.COLETTS17-1%2FTPStory%2F%3Fquery%3Dnumber%2Bof%2Bschool%2Bshootings&ord=22129502&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true) I think you will find this in stark contrast with other developed nations. In the end, I think it was the "loose straw" gene theory. If a crazy person really wants to kill people, then they can go and do that. This is why they are crazy. gotta run _________________________________________________________________ RealLiveMoms: Share your experience with Real Live Moms just like you http://www.reallivemoms.ca/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
