(March 22, 2018 at 10:41 am)Shell B Wrote: Lol, "he was just crying out for help." Fuck that. He could have tried actually crying.
I am not claiming he had an excuse, I he did not, nobody does for any reason.
I was saying if we want less violence as a society we need to foster conditions long term that make more people stable so that others if that individual is having problems, we have the time and opportunity to prevent it. Saying hurricanes happen does not mean you want to be in their path, but we can look for signs of a hurricane, and we can evacuate and promote better building codes.
He was disturbed regardless of his motive. I think family and especially psychologists and teachers should have more power to get law involved with any disturbed person before something really bad happens, not so much for that individual, but for public safety in general.
The Boston bomber brother, the older one was a domestic abuser and lost his kick boxing licence, and that loss of the income allowed him an excuse to hide behind religion to play false martyr. Sure he deserved to lose his livelihood. Just like if you drink and drive you deserve to lose your drivers licence. But why not try to prevent the conditions before it gets to that point?
I can tell you in my youth there were times I was angry at the world myself. I am just glad I never got that destructive. I can tell you I was isolated up until High School and didn't have any real friends till then. My parents were authoritarians and had nothing but bullies on my street. There were times I wanted to get even with them in a violent way. I feel lucky that I was too scared to act on it, but the feelings were there.
I can tell you that when I finally had friends and my hormones left me, I was able to talk to others and didn't feel alone. But I do wish I had had growing up the same emotional support I have now. Intervention before hand is not an excuse for after the fact.
