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Originally Posted by livi
Many people are not surprised that this happened and some even seem to figure that it is something we have to accept as an expected random abnormality in a society. Thats what perhaps scares me the most.
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It is scary, Markus. But one must consider that we number 300mm souls. I believe Sweden numbers 9mm?
Expected random abnormality, perhaps. But the issue here that many are concerned about is the vitriolic rhetoric that has come to permeate our culture, and the effect that it might have in triggering those mentally unbalanced among us into commiting acts of violence.
All things being equal, we might not have, by virtue of our numbers, a higher percentage of mentally ill people than you do - I don't know. I do know that, to me, the vitriolic rhetoric is very disturbing and counterproductive to our moving ahead.