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Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix
What follows came out of my brain. It is not a proven fact. It is what is called an opinion, to which I am entitled to have and to state.
These school shootings and other atrocities we suffer these days are by products of progress...of technological advances. If this kid had to read a newspaper or watch Cronkite or Huntley/Brinkley at a specific time of day to know about school shootings, he would not know about them at all and therefore would not be influenced to perform one himself.
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That is a great OPINION, and one I offered a few months ago, not necessarily on a school shooting.
I do not think it is a "by product of progress". It appears to be restricted to the United States.
However, I agree the "outside influences" sowing dissent is an issue.
Warning....my posts on this were deleted.
For context, my posts were deleted relative to a subject or cause not yet displayed in this case, only hinted at.