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In reply to the discussion: THE ROLE OF ANTI-DEPRESSANTS IN MASS KILLINGS - Michael Moore on THE REAL LESSON OF COLUMBINE... [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)You are just wondering around speculating. Think. GMOs are a recent phenomenon. Massacres are as old as the hills. People were just less effective with knives and hunting rifles.
Its just that the media prominence and 24/7 coverage turns more disturbed people to the idea of "going out in a blaze of glory" in their twisted minds or taking more with them. The much higher availability of assault rifles, semi-auto pistols, and high capacity magazines means that the people with the intent are able to kill higher numbers.
They go in with three guns instead of a single six-shooter. So instead of killing one person and wounding two and being a two-day wonder on local TV, they kill twenty and become a three-day wonder on national TV.
GMOs may or may not have other problems, like allergies, but layoff the tinfoil speculation about much more because it is just speculation that loses all credibility.
There is not any more mental instability among kids these days. There is over-prescribing and over-diagnosis and kids do face greater pressure from cyber-bullying and middle class hover parents with money to hover and push.