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wmw999 2,121
I'm not sure that any of the recent mass killers would have been confined to mental hospitals based on their pre-rampage "weirdness," even if mental hospitals were as plentiful as they were in the 1950's and 1960's.
Wendy P.
Wendy P.
There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)
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QuoteI'm not sure that any of the recent mass killers would have been confined to mental hospitals based on their pre-rampage "weirdness," even if mental hospitals were as plentiful as they were in the 1950's and 1960's.
Wendy P.
Well there's some first steps. They took the kid who brought the .22 to school to clink for mental evualation. I see mental health becoming more involved and courts dealing the adjudication of mental health and constitutional rights and you can't have your rights taken unless your found mentally ill. With the pharm industry push to have all of us on a $40/ month supply of medicine, it won't be long that we all have an illness. It's just a matter of sorting out what illness constitutes loss of rights. The institution construction industry is salivating.
RonD1120 58
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XBOX, Pills, two working parents, Internet access, unsecured loaded guns= recepie for disaster.
Kids use to play outside. When they were in the house they use to play musical instruments or board games. Now they are sitting on sofas, drinking caffine drinks and killing millions of people on XBOX.
I blaim Bill Gates for inventing the personal computer. It's gone down hill since DOS
Sometime back there was a lot of emphasis on the "blossoming of the fig tree" as a sign of the end times. Most interpreted that Scripture as when Israel became a nation i.e., 1948.
Ironically, that same time period is when great advancement was made in computer development i.e., transistors.
Are these coincidences or eschatological development of Scripture?
Development of SMS is also a problem. People don't even talk to each other they're typing back and forth. The younger generation can't even carry on a conversation. Disintegration of society as people have lost social skills and how to communicate with each other. Bell created PHONE for a reason. But now we're going backwards typing over the phone line? Voice to Text might help and that's around the corner, especially since keyboards will follow mouse demise.
I was discussing this phenomena with a friend the other day. Kids have difficulty expressing themselves verbally, poor social skills. I have a couple grandsons whose father is a programmer. They know every cutting edge technological device on the market. If I ask them a question they get that deer in headlights look about them. If I ask them how a specific game works, for instance, what is the object of the game? They cannot verbally explain it. Maybe it will get better as they get older. I have doubts. Their father can't carry on a conversation either. He knows all the answers.
Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.
RonD1120 58
QuoteQuoteI'm not sure that any of the recent mass killers would have been confined to mental hospitals based on their pre-rampage "weirdness," even if mental hospitals were as plentiful as they were in the 1950's and 1960's.
Wendy P.
Well there's some first steps. They took the kid who brought the .22 to school to clink for mental evualation. I see mental health becoming more involved and courts dealing the adjudication of mental health and constitutional rights and you can't have your rights taken unless your found mentally ill. With the pharm industry push to have all of us on a $40/ month supply of medicine, it won't be long that we all have an illness. It's just a matter of sorting out what illness constitutes loss of rights. The institution construction industry is salivating.
Keep in mind the legal definition of mental illness is not the same as a clinical definition of mental illness.
A judge can determine you are mentally incompetent even though you are sane. It probably doesn't happen often but it is possible. Basically, all you need is three close relatives to seek an ex parte order because they want your money.
Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.
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they should also evaluate the parents... They gave him the gun. Please explain me how "legit" is a 6th grader with a gun.QuoteThey took the kid who brought the .22 to school to clink for mental evualation.
scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
QuoteThe institution construction industry is salivating.
As somebody who works in the field, I honestly don't think we are going back. The trend towards community based care is still going strong.
"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"
Columbine was smack dab in the middle of the previous AW assault ban. Clebold and Harris used shotguns and pistols. They also made a multitude of IED's set up over the campus. Banning a particular type of weapon now will only bring more rules and regulations in the future. So in two years when some nutjob goes into a day care with a deer rifle and a shotgun and shoots the place up that will be the next banned weapon.
kallend 1,623
Myths from the gun lobby:
thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1340531/five-lies-the-gun-lobby-tells-you/?mobile=nc
thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1340531/five-lies-the-gun-lobby-tells-you/?mobile=nc
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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
kallend 1,623
QuoteTed Nugent on gun control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkhQ6GybPs
Well, there's an authority!
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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
SkyDekker 1,122
QuoteYou present Iraq, but in the past 2 years scores of other nearby nations used guns to get rid of oppressive dictatorships. They didn't get there by asking nicely. And they didn't have 200 years of a better life to fight for. We, the West, give an example that life can be better, rather than serving shitheads who build giant palaces with oil money and ignore the people.
We, the west created many of those oppressive dictatorships. I doubt we are seen as the great model of society.
QuoteBut it's also odd citing from a region that has not enjoyed free speech in general. Where speaking out against Islam can get you jailed or killed, where any reference to Muhammad (Allah help you if you name the class teddy bear after him) could get you stoned.
So, guns don't protect free speech? I thought you were claiming the opposite?
He's just as much of an authority as you are.
Sometime back there was a lot of emphasis on the "blossoming of the fig tree" as a sign of the end times. Most interpreted that Scripture as when Israel became a nation i.e., 1948.
Ironically, that same time period is when great advancement was made in computer development i.e., transistors.
Are these coincidences or eschatological development of Scripture?
Development of SMS is also a problem. People don't even talk to each other they're typing back and forth. The younger generation can't even carry on a conversation. Disintegration of society as people have lost social skills and how to communicate with each other. Bell created PHONE for a reason. But now we're going backwards typing over the phone line? Voice to Text might help and that's around the corner, especially since keyboards will follow mouse demise.