-Caveat Lector-
Responsibility by definition means answerable or accountable
for. And what is a person responsible for? Everything he
thinks, says or does. Why? Because no matter what or whom
one can blame for the circumstances of his life, he is still
stuck with the consequences of everything he thinks, says or
does. People can be terribly unreliable but never irresponsible.
Thus there is no way a person can be irresponsible because
everyone is answerable or accountable for everything he thinks,
say or does, does not do or neglects to do. Until people fully
realize that they are totally responsible for their lives, we
as a society collectively will be operating under a false and
distorted assumption of what responsibility means.
-- Sidney Madwed
MJ:
You certainly missed it ... individual responsibility coupled
with piss-poor parenting.
Thomas, Kenneth F. wrote:
I know CTRL readers won't go for this simplistic ballyhoo.
Here's a good place to start looking for real answers
about the school shootings:
MJ:
Your emotive efforts aside ...
Two gunmen shoot a group of 'innocents' ...
First we blame the guns ...
While 'guns' do not kill ... we find a gun is used for the
purpose of self-defense nearly 7,000 times daily (Florida
State Criminologist Gary Kleck) They’re just not newsworthy
because, in almost all of the self-defense incidents, the
gun wasn’t even fired.
"More Guns, Less Crime" by John Lott contains a comprehensive
and scientific study of the effects of gun control on crime
rates. Lott’s research found that violent crime rates are 81
percent higher in states without nondiscretionary laws.
Nondiscretionary concealed carry laws require the issuance of
a concealed weapons permit if the applicant meets the standards.
Just looking at murder rates --- States that ban carrying
concealed weapons have murder rates 127 percent higher than
states with laws that allow law-abiding citizens to carry
gun for protection.
... then we incorporate the Militia and other groups which are
painted in a bad light -- whether or not there is truly a
connection ... certainly THEY are to blame ...
certainly emotive non sequitur with ad hominem overtones, but
then our educated electorate is no longer and it makes great
'press'
... we can then determine this a hate crime if the victim is in
a protected group. Then we we can blame bigotry, prejudice or
the misunderstood term; racism ...
That is all the 'rage' these days isn't it? Not only did
Little Jimmy kill Bobby, but because of their group it is
suddenly more egregious a crime.
... Of course the blame MUST then be in the television, the
radio, the rock music, lyrics, the latest popular rock act ...
and now we can even place blame with the internet ...
What we never ask is WHY the authority figure responsible
for the 'child' permitted access to these various
(non-contributing) media OR why no core was instilled where
this type of material is consumed for what it is -- entertainment.
... We need more laws, especially against guns ... their lack is
to blame.
Note the studies above ... these children broke numerous
EXISTING laws which did NOTHING to deter them.
... the peers are to blame
Parents have no say in how their children are raised or with
whom they associate?
... oh well, it takes a village, the village failed ... SHIT happens
No matter how you try project blame from reality, it is those
two predators that made the CHOICES and bear the brunt of
the responsibility. Their parents are secondarily to blame
for their 'failures' in raising autonomous, responsible
individuals.
If you have interests other than fallacy and the desire to
absolve responsibility with this feel-good nonsense ...
Regard$,
--MJ
Few skills are so well rewarded as the ability to convince
parasites that they are victims. -- Thomas Sowell
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