Greg G. wrote:
HeyBub said:

Greg G. wrote:
Lew Hodgett said:
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The shooting rampage raises many questions, starting with "WHY".
I've been reticent to join this fray until the smoke cleared.
But that truly is THE question of the day.

Yep, but should it be?

Carl Jung postulated that humans are evolutionarily compelled to ask (and
discover) the "why" of something. When confronted with an effect, we MUST
find out the "cause." It's in our genes!

You conveniently snipped the relevant portion. My question was why did

Easy....his superior officer has a hot job to get done.....PTSD is THE
hot button issue of the day. Firing a psychiatrist, much less one who
is a member of any minority, probably would have gotten him a circular
firing squad. He'll get one anyway, because there is now an extreme
need to identify responsible parties.


they miss clear cut signs of trouble,

What is THE clear cut sign of trouble? Which argument with my husband
will get me a bullet through my head? (Just asking, we don't argue )


not why did he do it. I'll not
argue with Jung, who certainly makes far more sense than Freud, as
relates to machinery and such - finding out the why is a requisite for
future troubleshooting and avoidance purposes.

As for humans, I gave up figuring them out years ago and don't care
why they choose to do the f'ed up things they do anymore. I do make it
a point to avoid them when I see signs of danger, and lock and load
when I can't. ;-)

In the latter case, it's simply better to deal with the effect (kill the
****er, his family, his dog, and everybody he ever knew, verily, unto the
third generation) and move on.

Umm... a bit reactionary, after all, he knew quite a few enlisted men.
I certainly don't want to be blamed for the actions of my friends and

We were all ready to tell our former friends to f--- off when they
disagreed with our campaign to invade Iraq. France, having the
experience of fighting a 20 year war in Viet Nam before we went in to
prove that such was unwinnable, told us not to go. Saddam was a truly
bad guy whose US-supplied military was bought for him to fight Iran
before the US decided to destroy it. And we wonder why the world hates
our guts?

The shooter is first generation American, from Palestinian parents and
with family still in Palestine.....Americans know it is unfashionable to
express racist sentiment, but blogs are full of it. Right after 9/11,
an acquaintance told me that the US should deport everyone not born in
the US. Unfortunately, that would have included her )

Just the constant use of expressions like "Muslim extremists" takes it's
toll. We don't use "Christian child molester" or "Christian child
rapist" .....Suicide bombers and murderers aren't practicing Islamic
beliefs any more than Jim Jones was practicing Christianity when he
dished up the KoolAid.

relatives. It's bad enough to have taken the brunt of punishment for
the local politicians and their idiot kids, much less some extremist
nut job. (Yeah, I know, an attempt at sensationalist humor...)


Greg G.