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Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 13 May 1999 16:31:57 GMT
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Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
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> Frank Filz wrote:
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> > The availability of guns is a factor in the recent school tragedies, but
> > most of the tragedies would probably still have happened in some way
> > (though probably with fewer casualties) without guns. The major
> > contributing problems I see:
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> > - more importantly, the promotion of instant gratification
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> How so? This is the only one that I don't 'get' right off.
In that I think it leads people to want a solution to some problem NOW!
This makes violence as a means to solve a problem more likely. It also
creates higher stress which makes it more likely that someone will
crack.
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Frank Filz
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Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) Maybe (...) How so? This is the only one that I don't 'get' right off. (...) I really think these last two bullets are right on. Everything else stems from these, and I really think that the second to last is derivative of the last. Parents (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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