7 dead, 7 wounded in Santa Barbara shooting rampage

What is one step above name calling? I forget.

 

Obama

 

Even Aristotle complained the youth of his time were shiftless and self-indulgent.
Important not to fall into that trap.
What would you call U.S. soldiers who raped and killed Iraqi nationals?

 

And yours confusingly excessive wordiness. And no shining examples of coherence themselves.

Ya know, you could just say "becoming less sagacious and coherent." Just sayin...

 

You can't can't lay blame, but I actually think that trope might inform elements of this. Few unattractive women are in TV/movies. Many quasi-unattractive men are. I'd guess being bombarded by images of a world where really attractive people are considered average could have some warping effect, and this kid's crazy seems to line up with what that bombardment could cause.

I mean, this kid had no social skills, and ranted about how he wanted to be noticed. He didn't go up and talk to women, he just wanted them to see him and like him instantly. And for all the types of women out there, he was fixated on tall, tan, leggy blonds. And he thought he was so majestic he was uninterested in affection from any other sort. I wouldn't blame media for that, but I could also see how it could link. That said, maybe the motivations of a crazy person are just a manifestation of crazy, but I don't think it hurts to think about.

 

It's judgement that defeats us

 

How massive will prisons be if guns are outlawed? Can someone explain how a ban on guns would work?

FYI-I have not shot or owned a gun.

 

It will never happen, so it's not even worth discussing.

 

He's trying so hard that it seems as if his words don't even say what he hopes they will say. Diminishing growth in coherence does not mean there is a decrease in coherence, just that there is no increase.

 

Criminals is the place to start, convicts is where it would finish.

I know cops and soldiers who have shot and killed people. But I don't know a single concealed carry holder or gun rights advocate who has actually shot another person.

I also know plenty of cops who went their entire career and never shot anyone.

The belief of violence lurking around every corner and actual violence occurring seems to both wide and vast.

 

He blamed his parents for his lack of wealth.

"If only my damnable mother had married into wealth instead of being selfish," he wrote. She dated wealthy men after her divorce, giving her son hope and prompting him to "pester" her to marry one, he said. "I will always resent my mother for refusing to do this. If not for her sake, she should have done it for mine. Joining a family of great wealth would have truly saved my life. I would have a high enough status to attract beautiful girlfriends and live above all of my enemies."


http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/justice/california-elliot-rodger-wealth/

 

Is slavery a conservative position?