Comments on: The Pause that Reflects http://mooretoons.com/2009/11/07/the-pause-that-reflects/ the mooretoons blog Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:39:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Kevin Moore http://mooretoons.com/2009/11/07/the-pause-that-reflects/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Kevin Moore Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:31:38 +0000 http://mooretoons.com/?p=826#comment-683 Blame and suspicion is easy. As we have seen with health care reform, doing the right thing is hard. I wonder if the biggest obstacle is just getting people to give a shit? Your comment is way more thoughtful than mine, sorry. Blame and suspicion is easy. As we have seen with health care reform, doing the right thing is hard. I wonder if the biggest obstacle is just getting people to give a shit?

Your comment is way more thoughtful than mine, sorry.

]]> By: Dawn http://mooretoons.com/2009/11/07/the-pause-that-reflects/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Dawn Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:56:46 +0000 http://mooretoons.com/?p=826#comment-681 I highly recommend reading Columbine by Dave Cullen. His answer boils down simply to: one of the shooters was a sociopath who would have killed many more people if he had lived longer, or waited longer and acquired more skills, and the other was a depressed youth who was manipulated by a master. It wasn't about bullying or goths or social injustice. It was simply about unchecked mental illness, and boys who had shown signs and gotten in trouble but agencies didn't work together to put the clues in place. Sounds like this latest massacre also had plenty of advanced clues. Its sad that instead of a system of care coming into place, more likely there will just be more blame and suspicion. I highly recommend reading Columbine by Dave Cullen. His answer boils down simply to: one of the shooters was a sociopath who would have killed many more people if he had lived longer, or waited longer and acquired more skills, and the other was a depressed youth who was manipulated by a master. It wasn’t about bullying or goths or social injustice. It was simply about unchecked mental illness, and boys who had shown signs and gotten in trouble but agencies didn’t work together to put the clues in place.

Sounds like this latest massacre also had plenty of advanced clues. Its sad that instead of a system of care coming into place, more likely there will just be more blame and suspicion.

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