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Gregorian

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4. Thank you. Thank you!

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:50 PM

Dec 2012

This is the conversation we need to start having.

I'm being beaten by people on this forum for suggesting that this is a parenting problem.

It all looks so complicated. It isn't. But if one wants to look just at parenting, we see the root causes of ADD. We see children being raised by their own peers, instead of by parents. And even when raised by parents, the economic inequality, passing along of abusive experiences to children, lack of health care, high paced modern society, all add up to emotional traumas that are at the root of these problems.

I think your post really nails the heart of this discussion.

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Gun Violence Will Only Stop When We Address The Violent Currents in Our Collective Consciousness [View all] KittyWampus Dec 2012 OP

It will decrease when we impose strict regulation. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #1

You mean like Prohibition decreased alcohol consumption? Or the "War on Drugs" decreased drug use? KittyWampus Dec 2012 #3

Yes because they are exactly equivalent. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #7

Yes, because it's so easy to make an assault rifle with a backyard distillery. ThatPoetGuy Dec 2012 #8

There have been mass shootings in many countries outside the US. Denmark last year, for instance. KittyWampus Dec 2012 #10

Population of your sample, about 6.5 billion jeff47 Dec 2012 #13

I agree. Fridays Child Dec 2012 #2

Thank you. Thank you! Gregorian Dec 2012 #4

Turns out we aren't that far out of the cave after all. galileoreloaded Dec 2012 #5

Damn fine OP, IMHO. We changed our collective arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #6

Japan has almost no guns and almost no gun crime. It can be done MightyMopar Dec 2012 #9

Absolutely! Don't buy into the NRA dogma, arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #11

I couldn't agree more, KittyWampus. You left of one VERY important component: POVERTY loudsue Dec 2012 #12