tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post606047310270373176..comments2024-03-16T05:00:38.826-04:00Comments on Egnorance: On anniversary of Newtown shootings, experts cite need for better mental health caremregnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-70057646086034784472013-12-15T10:36:08.944-05:002013-12-15T10:36:08.944-05:00Bach,
When in Rome. I still follow the football,...Bach, <br /><br />When in Rome. I still follow the football, but the cricket I only hear about from folks at home these days. I have been here a long time and have Canadian kids. So ice hockey is what I follow, as I once followed cricket and rugger. There are several divisions that interest us in that sport. The local (CHL) being the most interesting, as it is all the young, up and coming talents. <br />I must admit, I do watch the Lions once in a while...<br />LBW? That stinks. <br />As for the temps. I could use a little sunshine come late Jan or Feb, that's for sure. It's been a cold one so far and I suspect that come mid winter, palm trees will be an attractive idea. <br />I don't mind the cold, really. But, it's nice to get a change in the middle of the season. <br />I prefer my heat around the 28-33C range. That's just about perfect for me. If it's bone dry or I am spending a lot of time in the water, I don't mind it a bit warmer again... but 46C is a little too warm for my tastes. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-79168944850089105272013-12-15T08:44:59.942-05:002013-12-15T08:44:59.942-05:00I Googled "school shootings and antidepressan...I Googled "school shootings and antidepressants" and got dozens of links. Here's one story from Jerome Corsi who has been a lone wolf reporting on the link between teenage violence and psychotropic drugs. According to Dr. David Healy who Corsi interviewed, "Some 90 percent of school shootings over more than a decade have been linked to a widely prescribed type of antidepressant called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs, according to British psychiatrist Dr. David Healy, a founder of RxISK.org, an independent website for researching and reporting on prescription drugs." Here's the link to the article published last year: <br /><br />http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/psych-meds-linked-to-90-of-school-shootings/Big Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222433855783705707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-8438137622792245142013-12-14T21:56:20.634-05:002013-12-14T21:56:20.634-05:00Crusader Rex,
Have you cut your allegiance to Bri...Crusader Rex,<br /><br />Have you cut your allegiance to Britain? England has just lost another wicket LBW in Perth. It's also stinking hot. Yesterday it was apparently 46 degrees on the pitch (that's 114 degrees Fahrenheit).<br /><br />Envious?bachfiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752055891882312204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-56594357816651239052013-12-14T21:28:08.518-05:002013-12-14T21:28:08.518-05:00Adm.
Too true. The trend of 'blaming the pre...Adm. <br /><br />Too true. The trend of 'blaming the preppers' is an alarming one. Media Matters and groups like that are hell bent on making these people into villains. Hollywood and Prime-time, too. Why should people who 'prepare' for problems with food, weapons, water, medicine, etc be portrayed as a danger or problem? Why the constant attempts to link this basic, common sense behaviour to some ideology and specifically to these kind of horrific events?<br />Regardless or the abject failure of the media to do so (at least to anyone who cares to look into it), is besides the point. <br />Why the effort in the first place? <br />That is the alarming question to me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-25632396393482032692013-12-14T21:21:51.038-05:002013-12-14T21:21:51.038-05:00Big Rich,
I could not agree more. The 'disor...Big Rich, <br /><br />I could not agree more. The 'disorders' these murderous kids suffer from vary. But the theme of being 'medicated' runs right through this bloody mess. <br />Solution? More diagnosis by more head-shrinkers and, of course, more pills. <br />Take your soma. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-18534404553987976522013-12-14T21:16:39.627-05:002013-12-14T21:16:39.627-05:00Can't you even vary insults?
Bigot.Can't you even vary insults?<br />Bigot. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-23754810228468505172013-12-14T18:08:06.508-05:002013-12-14T18:08:06.508-05:00I'm sure this is what the 'founding father...I'm sure this is what the 'founding fathers' had in mind: a "well-regulated militia" of obese religious dimwits who couldn't shoot their way out of a paper bag. The would-be tyrants must be shaking in their boots.troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05136662027396943138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-32411427294985517202013-12-14T17:36:53.492-05:002013-12-14T17:36:53.492-05:00Big Rich:
I do wonder about the effects of anti-d...Big Rich:<br /><br />I do wonder about the effects of anti-depressants in some people, especially youths. Suicide is a very real issue with these drugs, and one wonders about rare acts of mass violence. No real science that I'm aware of on the violence issue, but it's troubling. <br /><br />I had similar experiences as you did as a kid. I bought my first rifle at 12 years old (a 16 dollar single shot .22 that was my pride and joy-- I bought it with the money I earned from my first job-- blowing up balloons at a carnival-- I was a windbag even as a kid). I had free use of my dad's 12 gauge and his .35 lever action bear rifle. A lot of fun with my buddies.<br /><br />Most boys I knew growing up (in rural upstate New York) had guns. <br /><br />This paranoia today about guns is not only foolish, but it's deadly. It sets up a perfect storm of publicity and disarmed victims for evil people with violent grudges. <br /><br />Elimination of gun-free zones, armed security in schools, and voluntary refusal of the press to cover these shootings except for the barest of details-- no name or picture of the shooter, no speculation on motives, and one-day coverage.<br /><br />Obviously this would be a challenge in a horror like Newtown, but the obvious reality is that school shooters are motivated by publicity and imitation. An example of the effectiveness of this approach was a string of subway suicides in Vienna a few years ago. Each time the press covered a suicide on the front page, a spate of new suicides followed. The government asked to press to stop covering the suicides so sensationally. They stopped (they only reported with a brief article on page 20), and the suicide epidemic stopped abruptly.<br /><br />People imitate. Mass shooters are motivated by grudges, raw evil, publicity, power lust, and the availability of easy victims. We can eliminate three of these five.mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-80123924228449815582013-12-14T15:12:15.319-05:002013-12-14T15:12:15.319-05:00It's my understanding that practically every o...It's my understanding that practically every one of the school shooters going all the way back to Columbine, had been prescribed at one time or another, anti-depressants such as Prozac and Zoloft. I tend to think that the presence these drugs with teenagers is a much bigger factor in their violence than the presence of guns. True story. I grew up in the deep South in the "60s. We had guns from my first memories. As teenagers we often took our shotguns and walked to the woods to shoot. Once we got lost in a vast wooded are and finally after a full day of wandering around, came out near an interstate highway many miles from home. We promptly threw our shotguns over our shoulders and started hitch-hiking on the interstate. It took about 30 seconds to get a ride in the back of a pick-up. Where I lived, in those days, no one was scared of teenagers with guns. I often tell that story to illustrate how times have changed. Big Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222433855783705707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-66855157034851620002013-12-14T14:49:06.970-05:002013-12-14T14:49:06.970-05:00Fox is reporting the little Socialist who wanted t...Fox is reporting the little Socialist who wanted to murder his teacher tried to do so because he or she kicked him off the debate team.<br /><br />I can understand how that might happen. Leftists get pretty rabid sometimes. They learn it watching MSNBC and reading the left-wing hate sites.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-77542134472007727352013-12-14T14:35:15.352-05:002013-12-14T14:35:15.352-05:00KW,
Okay witless, you have forwarded something a...KW, <br /><br />Okay witless, you have forwarded something about killing machines (i suspect you mean fire arms?), but what does that have to do with Satan and the Anti-Christ? Was there some relevance, or are you just bent on mentioning those names/titles on a post about dead children? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-89206126796710360122013-12-14T14:23:36.698-05:002013-12-14T14:23:36.698-05:00Doc, It would be headline news until at least the ...Doc, It would be headline news until at least the second week of November 2016.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-41967703981378009072013-12-14T14:21:34.581-05:002013-12-14T14:21:34.581-05:00Samson was a good example of a need for more strin...Samson was a good example of a need for more stringent donkey jawbone control. To this day, you can't buy a donkey jawbone without a license.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-15179954555339815942013-12-14T14:05:38.479-05:002013-12-14T14:05:38.479-05:00John and Torch:
If Dorner or the Colorado kid had...John and Torch:<br /><br />If Dorner or the Colorado kid had been a Tea Partier, it would be headline news for months. megnornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-79106135849966719742013-12-14T14:02:36.178-05:002013-12-14T14:02:36.178-05:00David:
Hannibal was a good example of the need fo...David:<br /><br />Hannibal was a good example of the need for better elephant control. megnornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-62502720187405541222013-12-14T13:59:52.825-05:002013-12-14T13:59:52.825-05:00Human murder machines? I would say that guns are d...Human murder machines? I would say that guns are designed to kill, but not all killing is murder. <br /><br />Didn't you say that you work on weapons systems for the US Navy? Are those murder machines too, or only the ones used by citizens to protect themselves?<br /><br />Little JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-84724074072572641752013-12-14T13:57:28.682-05:002013-12-14T13:57:28.682-05:00I wonder what this very opinionated socialist'...I wonder what this very opinionated socialist's opinion on gun control was? I found the irony delicious when ex-cop Chris Dorner blasted a bunch of people then complained in his manifesto about the lack of gun control in America. (My immediate question--what lack of gun control?)<br /><br />I think that the media would be making quite a bit of hay out of the shooter's political beliefs if they were conservative. They always do. <br /><br />Little JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-21210033362319362552013-12-14T12:57:16.230-05:002013-12-14T12:57:16.230-05:00KW. So before firearms were invented there was no...KW. So before firearms were invented there was no murder?<br />Oh, wait. St. Stephen stoned to death with rocks. Obviously the Roman Empire needed better 'rock control'. Hannibal and his army in one afternoon killed somewhere between 50 and 70 thousand Roman soldiers. All without any firearms. <br /><br />Violence, you dimwit, has been with us forever. Until the invention of the gun violence was the province of young, strong, healthy males. Others were at their mercy. Now, with an assist from one of Colt's lifesaving inventions, granny can take down the muscle bound thug who just broke through the door.<br /><br />Why do you hate women?Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-30653575423491266872013-12-14T12:54:54.843-05:002013-12-14T12:54:54.843-05:00"Human murder machines"?
Like the kind..."Human murder machines"? <br /><br />Like the kind my father-in-law carried in France to defeat the Nazis?megnornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-58693622594279359452013-12-14T11:47:16.036-05:002013-12-14T11:47:16.036-05:00OK dimwit I’ll explain. Mr. Evil wants everyone to...OK dimwit I’ll explain. Mr. Evil wants everyone to carry human murder machines. <br /><br />-KW<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-17921970988133332542013-12-14T11:41:22.129-05:002013-12-14T11:41:22.129-05:00The kid who shot up that high school in Colorado s...The kid who shot up that high school in Colorado sounds a lot like Troy, actually. He was described by a classmate as a very opinionated socialist.<br /><br />"Pierson also appears to mock Republicans on another Facebook post, writing “you republicans are so cute” and posting an image that reads: “The Republican Party: Health Care: Let ‘em Die, Climate Change: Let ‘em Die, Gun Violence: Let ‘em Die, Women’s Rights: Let ‘em Die, More War: Let ‘em Die. Is this really the side you want to be on?”"<br /><br />http://weaselzippers.us/2013/12/14/colorado-school-shooter-a-very-opinionated-socialist/<br /><br />I'm all for keeping guns out of the hands of very opinionated socialists. That just falls under mental health. Warped minds should not be carrying guns.<br /><br />The TorchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-19091390470900410042013-12-14T11:18:33.263-05:002013-12-14T11:18:33.263-05:00C-Rex: "On the other side of the dichotomy, w...C-Rex: "On the other side of the dichotomy, we find all sorts of weirdness about 'prepping' and 'weapons hoarding' being pushed by the media. Again, if we correlate that with other people of that set, we find them to generally be the most responsible, law abiding weapons owners."<br /><br />You hit that nail on the head and countersunk it.<br /><br />The media can pander these stories about "prepping" and "weapons hoarding" only to pathetic gullibles who live in the Progressobubble and fell hook, line, sinker, rod and reel for the "bitter clinger" fairy tale. <br /><br />I know people who possess and collect weapons, and who do so partly because they are deeply concerned about the fragility of the world we live in. In the Sixties, one relay, incorrectly set to be too sensitive, blacked out the entire Northeast grid (including Ontario) and put 30,000,000 people out of service. One small fire in a tandem central office in a Chicago suburb killed the telephone service over the entire area, isolated air traffic control at O'Hare Airport, and disrupted long-distance service all across the United States.<br /><br />Imagine what a single EMP detonation 200 miles above Kansas would do, or even a NNEMP pulse from a hypersonic missile aimed at Manhattan or Los Angeles would do. Or what if they had, say, a big hurricane in New Orleans? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOPD#Hurricane_Katrina" rel="nofollow"> Why, major, uncontrollable looting might occur and NOPD officers might simply leave the scene</a>!.<br /><br />If you aren't prepared, you aren't paying attention. Civilization is a fragile web, shielding us from a Darwinian world red in tooth and claw.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-64874012202744606692013-12-14T10:54:28.932-05:002013-12-14T10:54:28.932-05:00KW,
What? Come again? I have no idea what you'...KW, <br />What? Come again? I have no idea what you're on about. How is this statement related to anything being discussed here? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-52324077044450720422013-12-14T10:26:36.510-05:002013-12-14T10:26:36.510-05:00More and more it looks like Satan has taken over A...More and more it looks like Satan has taken over American Christendom and Egnor wants to be a general in the armies of the Antichrist.<br /><br />-KW<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-67629637685570320752013-12-14T10:24:37.678-05:002013-12-14T10:24:37.678-05:00I stand firmly against the prohibition on marijuan...I stand firmly against the prohibition on marijuana. <br />Not because I use it. I don't. I have. I don't know that I never will - but it certainly does not interest me like it does many others. I don't even drink regularly. What I mean to say is that I did inhale, and I did not grow man boobs, turn into a commie, or start stealing cars. Nor did anyone I know. I have seen people who abused (ie not simply used) the stuff get very lazy, paranoid, and centred on the next 'buzz'. But I have seen the same with beer drinkers, and that is not a crime. I have also seen close friends come back from the brink by using cannabis as a tool to enhance appetite and help them recover from chemical therapies. I have never seen that with scotch or beer...or cigarettes for that matter. <br />The reason I oppose prohibition is that it does not work at all for the purposes the proponents push it. It simply fills prisons and fuels a security state mentality. It keeps the ever increasing hoards of lawyers in business. Drug dealers do not ask for ID. There is no standard of quality control in the underground economy. These are the prime reasons I oppose prohibition on marijuana. The harder the drug, the harder the question. But, generally speaking I am against criminalizing the use of substances. <br />I mean think about it: It is your 'choice' to kill your unborn child, but it is a crime to smoke a cigarette made from a common, native plant. <br /><br />The way I see it 'lock em up' should be the last resort in any non violent crime. Warehousing non violent, otherwise law abiding human beings is offensive to me. Why, I ask myself, are there sexual predators being allowed to walk free after a couple of years (or less) while there are others spending decades in prison for supplying a substance that people want?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.com