Elmhurst Steve wrote:
Frontman wrote:
Q.Bovifs wrote:
What the fuck is going on in this fucking world with kids around this age? Is it something in the damn water?
One thing is becoming more and more clear, though: it is definitely NOT all about "guns", and sick politicians are taking advantage of these sick people in an attempt to gain more control over the populace.
Like someone said before, Godlessness is taking its toll on society, and I wouldn't be surprised if a cult or other truly evil movement were really afoot.
No, its our culture. When we go "It's no big thing" about small shit, it eventually progresses to a point we go "What the fuck just happened?!?!?!"
No matter what you believe, all human life is precious. Problem is that we've taught an entire generation that life is cheap.
Who's culture are you talking about???....and who is teaching an entire generation that life is cheap?? Don't lump everyone into one group. Not everyone has taught their children that life is cheap and not to be reguarded with great value. Movies and music videos too often seem to be bent on teaching such things and it's a good reason to censor the kind of things kids are exposed to and make sure they don't get negatively impacted by entertainment productions that might leave them with such impressions.
The American culture we all share, CIJ. We start small, with things like "Ah, its a bit of weed, no harm done," or "Hey, my kid might of stole that video game, but politicians rob us blind." We allow shows that originally aired in the evening hours to play 24 hours a day on basic cable. (NCIS, CSI.) We think nothing of kids playing "Call of Duty" all Christmas break. Those shows, violent video games, angry pissed off music and language everywhere you look. We try to shield our kids from it, but its an onslaught. (Not to mention how you can find shit so easy on the internet.) We have entire cable networks dedicated to armed warfare.
We get to a point that we've allowed so much to pass in the name of "freedom of expression" and "I've got a right to...." again and again; then we all sit up shocked when shit like this went down. These kids probably started with small shit, and then progressed to the point of this.
And as a society, we now all sit here, in hushed tones and with hands wringing, asking "How did we get to this?" when someone, anyone, (a parent, a teacher or school councilor, hell even a neighbor) should scared the shit of these kids when they were younger and did that small thing wrong. Not to sound like an old fart, but growing up neighbors weren't afraid to tell you to stop doing something wrong. Nowadays, how many of us ignore it, because we don't want the hassle? How many of us step in when we see someone getting bullied? Or a kid being treated like complete shit by their parent?
We can blame a ton of things, but we can also hold ourselves, as members of a society, in part responsible for how our society is going.
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