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HereSince1628

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3. I don't doubt this could be A reason. I doubt it is THE reason

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 04:20 PM

Jan 2013

Bullying is wrong on its own and it would be desirable, if infeasible, to reduce it to zero.

I think being bullied isn't so much a reason as it is experience(s) that cause emotions and perceptions, including a sense of having been wronged unfairly, etc. These feelings and thoughts surely can bend a person's motivation.

But a motivation can't actually be called THE reason, because a motivation to act on an ideation is simply an early step in a chain of decisions and actions that must be implemented for a shooting to take place.

Those steps ALL can be evaluated for the possibility of a hazard reducing action.

Many of the high profile massacres that get in-depth coverage include multiple places where interventions which are required by law and which could have functioned to prevent disaster.

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Why we keep having school shootings [View all] Pab Sungenis Jan 2013 OP

Sure. Why not? Also, put the people who allowed them to get their hands on guns in prison. onehandle Jan 2013 #1

Whoosh!!!!! nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #2

I don't doubt this could be A reason. I doubt it is THE reason HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #3

Good post malaise Jan 2013 #4

I never thought about shooting up my school. Of course my high school marybourg Jan 2013 #5

Bullies didn't exist before 1999? lynne Jan 2013 #6

School shootings go back further than 1999 too. Pab Sungenis Jan 2013 #8

And those who said it was the result of bullying got it wrong Major Nikon Jan 2013 #22

It was also during the Assault Weapon Ban Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #12

Harris was popular. He wasn't bullied. Recursion Jan 2013 #13

He was also a monster who taunted his victims before killing them Major Nikon Jan 2013 #23

in Columbine the Killer Harris was the Bully JI7 Jan 2013 #27

Yes, it was those mean old bullies at Sany Hook elementary that made Lanza go off, MadHound Jan 2013 #7

Actually, yes. Pab Sungenis Jan 2013 #9

ok Dr Frist. dionysus Jan 2013 #56

Disagree on one point sarisataka Jan 2013 #10

1.The bullying meme has been refuted in re: Columbine MichiganVote Jan 2013 #11

No, it really was not refuted. Not well or decisively. DevonRex Jan 2013 #15

+1,000,000 alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #26

Yup. Same people screaming about bullying in schools, let their offspring MichiganVote Jan 2013 #29

Going postal... loyalsister Jan 2013 #14

The youth who killed at Columbine were Sociopaths. They felt nothing. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #24

You know this from loyalsister Jan 2013 #30

8 years of research. And yes, we DO know this about these killers. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #31

We don't really know that though. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #59

Would anyone here consider a broader look at this problem? Rapunzel_39 Jan 2013 #16

Starts with the structural problems nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #17

Off the Deep End? Rapunzel_39 Jan 2013 #18

The article argues on globalism nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #19

Structural Issues Rapunzel_39 Jan 2013 #20

You can have the discussion without going to ct territory. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #21

Okay then, we won't go there, Nadin. Rapunzel_39 Jan 2013 #32

I don't talk of "globalism" nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #33

Globalism isn't a four-letter word Rapunzel_39 Jan 2013 #35

Sorry, no, not in Alex Jone's terms. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #39

This is the appropriate place for increased mental health services in the schools. libdem4life Jan 2013 #25

Most of the Mass Shootings are not because of Bullying, this was one case and the kid targeted those JI7 Jan 2013 #28

That part right there: Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #34

The main reason why there is more violence in the U.S. is due to the high level of hate propaganda. AdHocSolver Jan 2013 #36

Mexico has more gun problems but no school shootings rightsideout Jan 2013 #37

The children of Sandy Hook hadn't bullied that young man. tblue Jan 2013 #38

"Bullying" isn't the problem; it's sociopathy duffyduff Jan 2013 #40

Right. And in the schools, we watch them grow up. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #49

what a dim and repulsive op, hon. cali Jan 2013 #41

And thus we see why the problem Pab Sungenis Jan 2013 #45

In the history of mass murder by teens in their schools there have been exactly lunatica Jan 2013 #42

"how many teens killing their fellow students - bullies or not? 4? 5? half a dozen? "- source here green for victory Jan 2013 #51

Is that supposed to make my comment wrong? lunatica Jan 2013 #54

. Go Vols Jan 2013 #43

your op is just so wrong on so many levels cali Jan 2013 #44

Who says it justifies? Pab Sungenis Jan 2013 #47

well let's see, you frickin' call the victims of those shooters cali Jan 2013 #48

They are monsters. Pab Sungenis Jan 2013 #55

oh those vile little monsters in Newtown CT. cali Jan 2013 #57

The Columbine Shooters loose wheel Jan 2013 #46

Yes and no XemaSab Jan 2013 #50

... FlyDaddy145 Jan 2013 #52

An excellent movie on this subject is "Murder by Proxy." JDPriestly Jan 2013 #53

Here are some of the "monsters" of Newtown Floyd_Gondolli Jan 2013 #58

And by bringing up Newtown Pab Sungenis Jan 2013 #60

You are a very sick person Floyd_Gondolli Jan 2013 #61