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Why do people hate school shooters?
November 21, 2014 at 1:28 pm
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I just don't understand the mentality behind people who are all about demonizing school shooters. They're obviously some kids who are either deviant or just extremely disturbed. I just don't see what kind of ethics are behind acting so sanctimonious like you're so much better than a school shooter. So people go over seas and kill people all the time. People kill people in the electric chair, people kill each other at school. What's the difference in your eyes? I don't see a seamless ethic here on your part, people who hate school shooters. Eric (Dylan's friend) once said that "there is no such thing as good or evil, it's all relative to the observer".
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RE: Why do people hate school shooters?
November 21, 2014 at 1:31 pm
Sorry, I'm not even going to try arguing here. Let's start like this: why don't you first try to come up with a hypothesis what the reason might be, and then we'll discuss.
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RE: Why do people hate school shooters?
November 21, 2014 at 1:32 pm
Well, if they limited it to just shooting schools, they'd be more popular.
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RE: Why do people hate school shooters?
November 21, 2014 at 1:33 pm
There's a really big taboo about killing children. It's right up there with raping someone.
Motivation and intent play as big a role in killing, if not bigger. The whole reason people support the death penalty, but are against murder is that killing someone in the street for their money and killing someone because he raped and tortured someone to death are very different things.
You can't just lump all killing in the same pile. Well I guess you can, but it's rather childish. Like saying stealing a candy bar from a convenience store is the same as robbing a bank, or stealing food because you're starving to death. The act is the same, but the details surrounding the act vary wildly.
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RE: Why do people hate school shooters?
November 21, 2014 at 1:40 pm
Ugh..another one of these posts? We get it MLA, you hate everyone.
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RE: Why do people hate school shooters?
November 21, 2014 at 1:43 pm
Itt: "I'm a hate monger and hate is what drives a successful society"