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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
The media is the biggest part of the problem in my opinion right under parents. Not sure what you are referencing to but I meant "thing" as in "gun", "video game", "band/song/music", "medications" etc. as I said, music was always blamed in the past, since It clearly isn't the problem, people moved on to blaming other "things".
I think it's complex. I think it's like health issues. When its reported that someone died of dancer for example, it's always followed by "we'l, of course, he did a lot of xyz, so...." It's the same behaviors when such acts of violence occur. People have a tendency to look for an easy fix because it gives us comfort to believe we can quickly control/stop/prevent it. But that's just us lying to ourselves because its easier to go around the problem and pretend it doesn't exist than to confront it, the risks, the horrors of failure and to go through life knowing your kid might get shot next or be the next shooter.
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oh, i misread your reference to thing, thought you were applying it to media.
aslo, i agree, i don't *blame* the media but as i've done in this thread, i do opine that the media plants the germ of an idea, and that then is fostered by other factors.
i know i've gotten many ideas in my life that germinated from something i saw on tele. fortunately, i'm not wired to get the idea that stabbing and shooting others is a viable option.