tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post1287952336429782582..comments2023-10-29T03:47:58.234-04:00Comments on Birches: concerning the gun murders in ArizonaBudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17494196266134594302noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-44211966826636733232011-01-19T13:27:32.422-05:002011-01-19T13:27:32.422-05:00I think the gunman was deeply disturbed, and while...I think the gunman was deeply disturbed, and while I'm troubled by the rhetoric from the right, I do not think this was a case of someone making a political hit. I think this was a case of someone deeply mentally unsound, and whatever political ramblings he may have uttered are secondary to that fact. It may have helped determine his target, but the capacity to do what he did was less about extremism than it is about illness.scot s whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947031962111227317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-5056669704276952232011-01-15T14:51:47.221-05:002011-01-15T14:51:47.221-05:00Thanks to al for the contributions.Thanks to al for the contributions.Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494196266134594302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-20848551852244030692011-01-11T17:41:16.440-05:002011-01-11T17:41:16.440-05:00Maybe if we had better mental health programs that...Maybe if we had better mental health programs that consist of more than drugging people that might help too. The talking heads are on their way to demonizing the parents. That's wrong. We know so little about how the mind and/or brain works. Lots and lots of people rise above mild to horrendously bad parenting and don't act out in this manner; while others who come from semingly great caring and loving parents act out horrendously. Where were all the helpers when he was getting kicked out of schools, having complaints filed about him and police attending to him. He's beencrying for help foe a long time. We talk a good talk about mental health care and publish lots of 800 numbers but in the end on one know what to do.Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-34325705433780449972011-01-11T15:15:27.100-05:002011-01-11T15:15:27.100-05:00Sparty has sent this reference to a NYTimes articl...Sparty has sent this reference to a NYTimes article stating that there should be regulations on some guns, like Glocks, which have no value except to kill people in large numbers. <br /><br /><br />https://myaccount.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/opinion/10collins.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26emcQ3Deta1SPARTYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-76292126173299968542011-01-11T15:06:48.750-05:002011-01-11T15:06:48.750-05:00Thom Hartmann asked an interesting question on his...Thom Hartmann asked an interesting question on his show today.<br />If a Muslim put up a map on the internet targeting prominent Americans in crosshairs, how long do you think that person would be walking around free? Or if Malcolm X or any hispanic leader?<br /> <br />I'm getting tired of hearing "it's true of both sides". Back it up! That's nonsense.ALICEnoreply@blogger.com