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Quote de onewhippedpuppy
That's pretty much how people work, isn't it? To hell with rational thought and facts, light up those torches and pitchforks and let's go find a witch! With 24/7 news coverage of course.
Now I'm curious. What's rational about getting a call from your kid's school that your kid has just been hacked up by a fellow student for no reason and that 20 others were also victims? I don't advocate pitchforks and torches, but what is that parent supposed to feel? Are they supposed to say, oh well, there's nothing we can do. Preposterous. They'll want to do everything possible to ensure that something - anything - can be done to keep their child safe. What rational thoughts and facts are you alluding to? Where's the supposed "witch" here? There's no imaginary scenario here - a real person was subdued in the process of committing the assault.
I'm sure there's a point you're making here but I don't think you make it well. Thinking like yours is exactly the problem. Because we have to do SOMETHING. Because we simply cannot admit that sometimes $h!t happens and there is absolutely NOTHING that can be done to prevent it. So in doing SOMETHING to make you feel better you rarely stop the action from happening again, instead impinging on the rights of law abiding citizens. The call to do SOMETHING is the call of a fool who is incapable of looking at the issue in rational terms and admitting the reality of the situation. It is emotional and knee jerk. Also the call of those too scared to admit that the government, laws, and police cannot protect you.
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When have I called for new laws and government intervention? You're making leaps based off of your own agenda and spewing gibberish that is completely irrelevant to this situation. I'm a former Marine - I don't need the government, or anyone else for that matter, to protect me. To say there is nothing to be done about violence in schools shows just how clueless you are. Do we not recall cars when there are known safety defects? Will a known hydraulic problem go unfixed in a commercial jet? Absolutely not. Do we not try to stop terrorists because there will always be others? Of course not. Your "rational" argument is morbidly highly irrational.
To say that nothing can be done to protect kids from this growing school violence shows just how out of touch you are. The issue at that school will be examined for root cause and steps will be taken to ensure security gaps and so on will be reviewed and/or enhanced as necessary. A high effort will be expended to try and prevent these types of situations as much as humanly possible at that school, and anything that can be passed along nationally will be.
What happened to the assailant? Are there others at the school who have a similar agenda? Was there bullying? And so on. Find the reason and attempt to resolve the catalyst to try and prevent a reoccurrence. Do you honestly think law enforcement and school officials are just going to do nothing? You think they're "fools" for trying to do "something?" Wow!
What if this happened at your kids' school? You would do nothing? As you so vehemently say nothing can be done. Well guess what, you wouldn't be doing your job as a parent. Wow!