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People are susceptible to suggestion and manipulation. As evidence consider that 40 years ago it would have been considered insane to suggest that k-12 teacher

People are susceptible to suggestion and manipulation. As evidence consider that 40 years ago it would have been considered insane to suggest that k-12 teachers be armed. Opinions, and behaviors can be manipulated and a grand scale. Foods can be designed to increase likelihood of addiction. It is well known that everyone has a limited supply of willpower. Given all this it is not reasonable to put the blame solely on the individual.

merpnderp 9y ago
But 40 years before that, it wasn't uncommon or abnormal for teachers to be armed. We need to get back to whatever glued society together 40 years ago.
- Consultant32452 9y ago
  My dad was on the rifle team in high school, carried a rifle to school and stored it in his locker during the day. Now you can get expelled for making a gun shape with your finger and thumb. I don't have any helpful conclusions to offer, I just find the situation puzzling.
  - eanzenberg 9y ago
    The symptom is obvious: ivory tower professionals professing knowledge.
  - jjeaff 9y ago
    In rural communities, people were still bringing their hunting rifles to school (leaving them in their truck on the rack in the back window) up until and for some time after Columbine. I even remember kids accidentally bringing their rifle maybe as late as 2001 or 2002. They were just asked to go home and drop it of, if anyone noticed. I would wager that at those same schools today, a gun drawing or finger gesture of a gun would not get you expelled.
byproxy 9y ago
"It is well known that everyone has a limited supply of willpower." Not sure about that : http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2016/07/31/end-of-ego-depletion/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2016/07/31/en... but, then again.... : https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/12/14/strongest-evidence-yet-for-ego-depletion-the-idea-that-self-control-is-a-limited-resource/ https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/12/14/strongest-evidence-yet-...
alphaalpha101 9y ago
It's still considered insane to suggest that today. > It is well known that everyone has a limited supply of willpower. It might be well known, but it's also not true. Things aren't true just because 'everyone knows that'.

merpnderp 9y ago

But 40 years before that, it wasn't uncommon or abnormal for teachers to be armed. We need to get back to whatever glued society together 40 years ago.

Consultant32452 9y ago
My dad was on the rifle team in high school, carried a rifle to school and stored it in his locker during the day. Now you can get expelled for making a gun shape with your finger and thumb. I don't have any helpful conclusions to offer, I just find the situation puzzling.
- eanzenberg 9y ago
  The symptom is obvious: ivory tower professionals professing knowledge.
- jjeaff 9y ago
  In rural communities, people were still bringing their hunting rifles to school (leaving them in their truck on the rack in the back window) up until and for some time after Columbine. I even remember kids accidentally bringing their rifle maybe as late as 2001 or 2002. They were just asked to go home and drop it of, if anyone noticed. I would wager that at those same schools today, a gun drawing or finger gesture of a gun would not get you expelled.

byproxy 9y ago

"It is well known that everyone has a limited supply of willpower." Not sure about that : http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2016/07/31/end-of-ego-depletion/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2016/07/31/en... but, then again.... : https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/12/14/strongest-evidence-yet-for-ego-depletion-the-idea-that-self-control-is-a-limited-resource/ https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/12/14/strongest-evidence-yet-...

alphaalpha101 9y ago

It's still considered insane to suggest that today. > It is well known that everyone has a limited supply of willpower. It might be well known, but it's also not true. Things aren't true just because 'everyone knows that'.