Where were their mothers, huh?
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No. Sorry. That just doesn't fly.
When your kid is at school, blowing up shrapnel filled bombs and shooting other kids, it's just two damned late to be intervening.
Where was that father when his kid was making bombs in the garage? Where was that father when the kid was buying automatic weapons and ammo?
Where were their mothers, huh?
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I agree completely.
When I was in high school, I was one of the geeks who was continuously abused. In my high school, the jocks beat the shit out of the geeks on a daily basis.
Did I dream of getting back at them? Of course so. Could I have gotten to weaponry to get back at them? Sure. In America, anyone with half a brain can get access to guns if they want.
Why didn't I? Because I was raised by terrific parents.
That's the missing link in all of these cases. What causes this kind of violence? Bad parenting. But the parents don't want to take the responsibility for how they've raised their children, so they need to find scapegoats.
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No. Sorry. That just doesn't fly.
When your kid is at school, blowing up shrapnel filled bombs and shooting other kids, it's just two damned late to be intervening.
Where was that father when his kid was making bombs in the garage? Where was that father when the kid was buying automatic weapons and ammo?
I agree completely.
When I was in high school, I was one of the geeks
who was continuously abused. In my high school,
the jocks beat the shit out of the geeks on a daily basis.
Did I dream of getting back at them? Of course so. Could I have gotten to weaponry to get back at them? Sure. In America, anyone with half a brain can get access to guns if they want.
Why didn't I? Because I was raised by terrific
parents.
That's the missing link in all of these cases. What causes this kind of violence? Bad parenting.
But the parents don't want to take the responsibility for how they've raised their children, so they need to find scapegoats.