Ick. I think people are way more interested in exsposing their freakishness these days instead of hiding out in the comfort of their homes. The world wide web has embraced the dregs of society with their MySpaces and YouTube videos...we need to go back to ignoring the weirdos.
I hear on the news that it's just happened again - this time at a shopping Mall in Nebraska. 8 dead and 5 injured by a 19 year old who "wanted to go out with a bang" and apparently wanted to be famous.
I think its *very* dangerous when you have people who feel totally left out of society (not only alone but totally ignored and irrelevant) who see the high status given to celebrities who have nothing else to contribute to society except their 'fame', then you have a competative news media who are fighting for airtime so want sensational stories to titilate an increasingly jaded public bloated on sensation.... Throw into this explosive mix an easy access to firearms and an obviously lack of empathy for other people.... and I think killings such as we've seen (again) today are an inevitable consequence.
The 64 million dollar question is: What can your society do about it? Because it is, by and large, an American phenomena....
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Ouch. Sad but true...
Sad, and a little disturbing, but also funny.... Be sure and check out my blog, I debunk creationism/design:
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-Ryan
Ick. I think people are way more interested in exsposing their freakishness these days instead of hiding out in the comfort of their homes. The world wide web has embraced the dregs of society with their MySpaces and YouTube videos...we need to go back to ignoring the weirdos.
I hear on the news that it's just happened again - this time at a shopping Mall in Nebraska. 8 dead and 5 injured by a 19 year old who "wanted to go out with a bang" and apparently wanted to be famous.
I think its *very* dangerous when you have people who feel totally left out of society (not only alone but totally ignored and irrelevant) who see the high status given to celebrities who have nothing else to contribute to society except their 'fame', then you have a competative news media who are fighting for airtime so want sensational stories to titilate an increasingly jaded public bloated on sensation.... Throw into this explosive mix an easy access to firearms and an obviously lack of empathy for other people.... and I think killings such as we've seen (again) today are an inevitable consequence.
The 64 million dollar question is: What can your society do about it? Because it is, by and large, an American phenomena....
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