My own opinion is that I do not think we will ever be able to determine the root cause here. It was locked in the head of Adam Lanza. But I did find an interesting brief analysis of a potential causal factor (not reason but factors associated with the shooting).
http://ideas.time.com/2012/12/15/sandy-hook-shooting-why-did-lanza-target-a-school/ "School shooters have generally been found to 1) have a history of antisocial-personality traits, 2) suffer from mental illnesses such as depression or psychosis and 3) tend to obsess about how others, whether other individuals or society at large, have wronged them. (These conclusions are similar to the findings of a 2002 U.S. Secret Service report on school shootings.) These individuals seethe with rage and hatred and despondency, until they decide to lash out at individuals or a society they believe has done them great wrong. Mental health, as well as our failure to address it as a society, is at the core of these events." Given Lanza's asperger syndrome and his isolation he may fit this pattern. Aside from the access to firearms having substantially increased over the last 20 years, and a concurrent decrease in mental health services this may happen more often. I do not think that this is indicative of some sort of societal decay. to me its more indicative of greed and short sightedness. Better people making millions get a 15% tax cut than adequate mental health services be funded. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Judith Dinowitz <jdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > I just don't like these blanket statements, Cameron. For example, I can > think of several people who call themselves Christians who, I have found, > do what they say they will do. I can think of two examples of friends of > mine who are in our community. Bring specific examples, back what you're > saying up with facts! > > I honestly don't think you can point to Christianity as a religion as being > the root cause of this person's horrible act. Or the ills of our society. > Prove to me that Christianity is what's to blame here. > > (And now I've opened a can of worms. :) ) (slinks off) > > Judith > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Quite familiar with that line of thought as I've read many of those >> > translations, so I'll reword my statement. Very few of those who >> > call themselves Christians today practice what various Bibles claim that >> > Jesus said. I'd settle for them simply doing that. >> >> >> I'd settle for people who call themselves Christians simply doing what they >> themselves say they will do. >> >> -Cameron > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359503 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
