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Debating the minutiae of the number of school shootings is just...sad. The total number of children who should die in school shootings should always be 0. It'
by spaceman_2020 4y ago
Debating the minutiae of the number of school shootings is just...sad.
The total number of children who should die in school shootings should always be 0.
It's not even particularly hard. Practically every country in the world manages to achieve that target.
- Mountain_Skies 4y agoIncorrect. Some do, many don't, unless of course you're racist and don't consider quite a bit of the developing world worth your notice. Is that the case?
- rayiner 4y agoHow common are school shootings in the developing world?
- bandyaboot 4y agoWhat a childish comment.
- spaceman_2020 4y agoThe two largest developing countries in the world are China and India, both accounting for roughly 35% of the world’s population. And they’ve both reduced school shootings to either zero or close to zero.
- OzyM 4y agoAnd the ideal number of suicides is 0, and the ideal amount of spyware is 0, etc. All of these are targets, but an ideal doesn't give you further information on how to prioritize
- iudqnolq 4y agoMany other countries have succeeded at bringing school shootings to zero, providing the fundamental feasibility in principle. That makes the difference.
- krapp 4y agoThe difference in America is that Americans really don't want to. By the time Sandy Hook happened, Americans had already long decided as a culture that they were willing to trade the lives of their children to protect their sacred right to keep and bear arms. Hell, many are happy to, as long as the kids aren't theirs.
- iudqnolq 4y agoSort of. Sandy Hook meaningfully changed polling. Americans broadly support the idea someone should do something. Of course, they get colder feet when it gets more specific. Regardless, this makes it very different from a 0 suicide or 0 spyware goal. Those don't have a similarly reasonable theoretical solution.
- spaceman_2020 4y agoNo country has managed to bring the total number of suicides to 0. Which tells you that it’s a harder problem. But again, practically every country has managed to being the total number of school shootings to 0. Which tells you that it’s not a particularly hard problem.