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juneroses 06-02-2022 08:45 AM

A study of mass shooters:

Two Professors Found What Creates a Mass Shooter. Will Politicians Pay Attention? - POLITICO

gatorbill1 06-02-2022 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2101803)
#8 - get rid of social media

you are on social media?

tophcfa 06-02-2022 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by gatorbill1 (Post 2101810)
you are on social media?

Your correct, TOTV is the only social media I have ever used. So far, no wack job mass murders have sought out instant rock star status through TOTV “old retired people” media. And despite a lot of complaining, no one has gone postal over dog poop, bad parking, poor golf conditions, increased happy hour prices, or having to share the MMP’s with various users.

dewilson58 06-02-2022 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2101817)
And despite a lot of complaining, no one has gone postal over dog poop, bad parking, poor golf conditions, increased happy hour prices, or having to share the MMP’s with various users.

Avocado did go postal over the Property Tax increase.

:1rotfl:

golfing eagles 06-02-2022 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2101837)
Avocado did go postal over the Property Tax increase.

:1rotfl:

And then disappeared. Johnny One Note?????????:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Michael G. 06-02-2022 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe (Post 2101758)
Oh Geez, that's easy. You're not gonna like the answer though:

1. Two-parent homes for raising children;
2. A stay-at home parent;
3. Put away "participation trophies" and teach kids that heartbreak and losing are life lessons and doing so gracefully is important;
4. Return to discipline. Kids are your responsibility to society, NOT your new cuddly best friend for you to pamper and indulge;
5. Return to a shared moral code. In the past, it was Christianity and regular church attendance;
6. Return to community norms. No more, "but it's their culture to be rude" excuses. Abide by community standards or face social ostracism;
7. A return to accountability and personal responsibility for one's actions and behaviors.

We would have to stop the world and restart again to accomplish this.

Don't know about any of you people, but I'm a senior citizen looking for my eternal life
someplace else.

dewilson58 06-02-2022 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2101840)
We would have to stop the world and restart again to accomplish this..

Wrong, as with anything............to move forward, you have to take a first step.

tophcfa 06-02-2022 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2101837)
Avocado did go postal over the Property Tax increase.

:1rotfl:

Naaaa, he didn’t kill anyone, he just got more upset than most.

MartinSE 06-02-2022 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2101842)
Wrong, as with anything............to move forward, you have to take a first step.

See, some of us consider that moving backward not forward. As with many things moving forward can be painful. The industrial revolution was the start of all the things listed, should we return to pre-industrialization? That was a lovely bucolic time.

Spalumbos62 06-02-2022 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by gatorbill1 (Post 2101810)
you are on social media?

Problem is...how do you get back to this??

Can't change the divorce rate, with the current divorce rate you'll always
have a one parent home.

And in my opinion with such high divorce rate leads to trophy for all....bc the one parent household is always competing against the other parent, daddy got you this...well I'm gonna get you this better thing. In addition their is resulting guilt that the child is hurting mentally from the split...hence the trophy isssue...Oh no, you did great, you're the best, you made an excellent effort, heres a trophy.

Religion issue...well that's a tough one. I do believe, yes allot pulled away in almost defiance, but things within the catholic church was a major factor.

Yea, respect...well we all know that starts at home. Here's a conundrum...my grandkids are allowed to sit at the dining room chair with their feet on the seat, drives me nuts...at my house when they sit on a counter stool that way....its not allowed..."get you feet off the seat".....you can not imagine the looks....first the grandkids at me....mean grandma...then over to their parent, like I'm speaking another language...then the parent will "explain " well, they are used to doing......
I dont really care....
Anyway, sorry to go on...but I guess we gotta get the feet out of the seat...so to speak.

Blueblaze 06-02-2022 10:56 AM

Well, I wish we could live the world ElDiabloJoe suggests, but here's a couple of things we could actually do now.

1. Re-open the insane asylums and make it possible to once again commit dangerous lunatics, like we used to do back before we had mass-murders by dangerous lunatics every other month.

2. Make Big Tech apply the same powerful algorithms they use to detect people pointing out that the Covid Vaccines don't work, to detecting the ravings of the next murderous lunatic, as he documents in detail on-line his plans to commit mass murder.

Just a couple of alternative common-sense ideas, since everyone seems to have a "common sense" plan these days to remove 400 million guns, which might be a little more difficult than simply locking up the lunatics.

dewilson58 06-02-2022 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MartinSE (Post 2101850)
See, some of us consider that moving backward not forward. As with many things moving forward can be painful. The industrial revolution was the start of all the things listed, should we return to pre-industrialization? That was a lovely bucolic time.

Nonsense.
Congrats.................................the worst post of 2022 award.

retiredguy123 06-02-2022 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blueblaze (Post 2101863)
Well, I wish we could live the world ElDiabloJoe suggests, but here's a couple of things we could actually do now.

1. Re-open the insane asylums and make it possible to once again commit dangerous lunatics, like we used to do back before we had mass-murders by dangerous lunatics every other month.

2. Make Big Tech apply the same powerful algorithms they use to detect people pointing out that the Covid Vaccines don't work, to detecting the ravings of the next murderous lunatic, as he documents in detail on-line his plans to commit mass murder.

Just a couple of alternative common-sense ideas, since everyone seems to have a "common sense" plan these days to remove 400 million guns, which might be a little more difficult than simply locking up the lunatics.

I agree with No. 1. But, I don't see how your No. 2 would acccomplish much unless you are going to deny people their legal due process. I don't like red flag laws because they allow people, who are not part of the justice system, to take away legal rights without any due process. They take away your rights, and then you are guilty until you can prove that you are innocent.

The problem with "common sense" ideas is that there will never be universal agreement on what constitutes common sense, especially in today's world.

jimjamuser 06-02-2022 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe (Post 2101758)
Oh Geez, that's easy. You're not gonna like the answer though:

1. Two-parent homes for raising children;
2. A stay-at home parent;
3. Put away "participation trophies" and teach kids that heartbreak and losing are life lessons and doing so gracefully is important;
4. Return to discipline. Kids are your responsibility to society, NOT your new cuddly best friend for you to pamper and indulge;
5. Return to a shared moral code. In the past, it was Christianity and regular church attendance;
6. Return to community norms. No more, "but it's their culture to be rude" excuses. Abide by community standards or face social ostracism;
7. A return to accountability and personal responsibility for one's actions and behaviors.

Funny, no mention of the guns used. Like that is not part of the problem?

Stu from NYC 06-02-2022 11:58 AM

We can discuss this over and over until the cows come home and not sure what will ever be accomplished.


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