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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's Not Okay.
It's not okay when "they" do it.
It's not okay when "we" do it.
It's not okay when 'you can understand why' someone did it.
It's not okay when 'it was completely unexpected'.
It's not okay when there were "reasons."
It's not okay when it was "without reason."
It's not okay when there's 'background.'
It's not okay 'in context.'
IT'S NOT OKAY TO USE VIOLENCE.
That is all.
nycbos
(6,032 posts)It is amazing that has to be said out loud.
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/c54ewk/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-to-shoot-or-not-to-shoot---fear-and-absent-danger
It took a comedian to bring out that point.
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)moda253
(615 posts)I guess I missed that conversation.
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)Let me restate that: Yours is a great post and absolutely 100% correct.
I just wish that this current situation would open a dialogue into the needs and the pain and the suffering that causes things like this. Individuals get pushed over the edge and do crazy stuff. Generally, that happens to someone who is already not mentally healthy. Violence is still NOT okay and no one here is saying that it is okay.
But I sure wish we, as a country, could have a reasonable discussion about actions that could be taken to stop these types of occurrences. Could someone have stopped this shooter from actually doing what he did? Could anyone have stepped in and said something - ANYTHING - that might have made him act differently? Could someone have reported a change in his behavior? Could someone have extended him a kindness that might have changed his mind? Could someone have offered mental health help? Would he have taken advantage of mental health help if it was offered?
There are no answers at this point, and probably never will be. But it would be good for us as a nation if we could have an open dialogue about such things. And from my vantage point, there is one side that is willing, and one side that is not.