Thought provoking commentary... On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Marc <[email protected]> wrote:
> What would be interesting would be a true root cause analysis. All that > the suggestions I have heard from any source so far accomplish is to treat > symptoms – like taking acetaminophen for an abscessed tooth. It might make > you feel better temporarily, but it’s not going to solve the problem.**** > > ** ** > > One of our Congressmen made the observation “Of the 12 deadliest shootings > in our nation’s history, half of them have happened in the last five > years.” Aside from his obvious bias against firearms, and my skepticism > that this is an accurate statement, the real question is ‘why?’. My bet > is that it’s not because firearm technology has gotten better, because it > really hasn’t changed all that much since the 1930s. Nor is it likely > because access to firearms is easier – in reality, there are more > restrictions and laws in place since the Gun Control Act of 1968. > This is a very interesting point. Another interesting thing to examine might be ratio of population to population densities. > **** > > ** ** > > Could the fabric of society be unduly stressed? Could the cultural view > of life in general have changed since the 1950s? What would it **really** > take to address the issues? **** > > ** ** > > Of course the other question is: Is it really worse now, or is this just a > perception facilitated by better reporting and media? For instance, how > would the civil war and the events leading up to it play out today? How > would the Occupy movement have played out back in the time of the > Revolution – or did it? Maybe the Founding Fathers should have had Guy > Fawkes masks? > I think the advancement of various journalistic and entertainment media have played a huge role in modern perceptions of politics, violence, safety, and danger. I think the power structure may have been slightly different around the time of the American Revolution, and that there were some significantly larger injustices which inspired the actions of rational and otherwise stable men. Of course, I'm not a historian. Am I wrong in my perhaps naïve perception that by the standards of their day, the founding fathers were otherwise upstanding gentlemen, generally both wealthy and well-respected, business/land-owners (employers) and pillars of their communities? > **** > > ** ** > > Either way, it’s supposed to all be over next Friday – and, luckily, I > have it off from work (for other reasons). I can’t help but wonder if the > Mayans would have just gone out and bought a new calendar like we do every > year when our calendar ends.**** > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > -- Kyle Creyts Information Assurance Professional BSidesDetroit Organizer
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