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No More Fame for Mass Murder
- godarderik 11y agoWhile a noble idea, this seems quite incompatible with the first amendment.
- elicash 11y agoI notice there's no actually penalty being advocated for the words they'd be banning.
- ll123 11y agoA mass shooting occurred today by an unknown person. Don't worry, authorities are rounding up people with similar profiles for extra surveillance/interrogation.
- zeveb 11y ago> Petition the United States Congress to enact a law prohibiting the publication or revelation of either name or identity of mass murderers. I agree with the principle of not encouraging fame-seekers to mass-murder, by making making such murders a sure path to fame, but this is a blatant violation of the First Amendment and the principle of free speech. We need to figure out how to instill a sense of decency in the mass media.
- andrewmcwatters 11y agoYeah, because people who go on mass murders are looking for fame and power. Yeah. It's not that they're mentally ill, need help, or are lashing back out on their community for the pain they've incurred from it. It's because they're looking for fame. What a joke.
- jeremysmyth 11y agoNot that much a joke actually. According to University of Alabama criminologist Adam Lankford[1] the causes include fame: factors include a chronic and widespread gap between Americans' expectations for themselves and their actual achievement, Americans' adulation of fame, and the extent of gun ownership in the United States. [1] http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-united-states-mass-shooting-20150824-story.html http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-united-s...