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You're willing to believe that China hides the true extent of its problem. I can't argue with you there, because such a conspiracy theory is not easily falsifia
by dleslie 4y ago
You're willing to believe that China hides the true extent of its problem. I can't argue with you there, because such a conspiracy theory is not easily falsifiable.
So compare America to other the liberal democracies in the G8. It will remain an aberration and horrific outlier.
- tablespoon 4y ago> You're willing to believe that China hides the true extent of its problem. I can't argue with you there, because such a conspiracy theory is not easily falsifiable. Maybe. I was more thinking along the lines that they don't blast the idea that attacking a school is something you can do into everyone's faces. It's not very good situation that every susceptible person in America is very familiar with the idea that attacking a school is an option they have. Media safety is another thing we need to be talking about, so all effective actions can be taken to deal with this problem. This wall-to-wall publicity will likely cause more gruesome deaths, and probably already has. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass-shootings-are-contagious/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass-shootings-ar...: > The investigators applied a mathematical model and found that shootings that resulted in at least four deaths launched a period of contagion, marked by a heightened likelihood of more bloodshed, lasting an average of 13 days.
- dleslie 4y agoWell now you're barking up my tree! Yes, the media climate is just one part of America's cultural illness that leads to such horrific outcomes.