(June 11, 2014 at 10:08 am)Chas Wrote:(June 10, 2014 at 7:53 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/i-am-coming-home
When I was in school, there were guns but there were no school shootings.
What has changed?
One thing that has changed is the news itself. Now you get these frantic coverage sprees where the entire country is fed the same slop for an entire day or two....or until the next "event." A lot of these seem to have a splashy suicide as an end game.
It's a very good question, though. Another thing is the de-institutionalization of the mentally ill. That's a biggie.