tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post5829721696973079062..comments2024-03-09T08:58:57.961-05:00Comments on Everything is Interesting: Are we losing our collective minds?Julie H. Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18370626312151913595noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post-54293744469755212932009-11-07T00:13:01.118-05:002009-11-07T00:13:01.118-05:00Maria is totally right, isolation makes even fairl...Maria is totally right, isolation makes even fairly normal people unbalanced. People that have a good social "net" around them and feel loved and satisfied in their relationships, rarely have a need to go out and murder. <br />Oh, and another thing. Guns should not be so easily accessible to lunatics. It just makes it way too easy. <br />NikaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post-21654944014853332742009-11-07T00:07:18.441-05:002009-11-07T00:07:18.441-05:00You see, my eye injury phobia is completely justif...You see, my eye injury phobia is completely justified! "There's enough of them to warrant its own term."<br /><br />Actually, given how unhappy I think most of us are, the thing that really surprises me is that more people aren't murderers. <br /><br />Oh, and the last count I heard on Fort Hood was 13.jmcleod76https://www.blogger.com/profile/17756115118582961551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post-21910498226111983622009-11-06T19:08:50.902-05:002009-11-06T19:08:50.902-05:00I ruminate on this one a lot. Not that I really ge...I ruminate on this one a lot. Not that I really get anywhere with thinking about it, but I find the question irresistible. There are so many reasons for all the violence, but one that doesn't get discussed much is plain old loneliness. Many of the mass killers live isolated lives, and I think there's a false assumption that they isolate themselves because they are sick. On the contrary, I think the isolation of contemporary culture is part of what makes them sick.BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.com