Posts by Ross Mason
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Does it really matter if she may appear mentally suspect? If what she writes is what is happening with her son then surely that is the matter that should be the point of the discussion. If her child acts and reacts by lifting a knife and threatening her, that she describes how nice he can be and how quick he can change, and who, what and where she has ventured for help and what she may have to do to get him into the system then surely, one has to accept that this kid has "issues". They may very well be associated and linked with his mother's behaviour. But.....
Hello! Genes run deep!
Seems to me it was a bit of messenger bashing going on until the mutual back acratching joint statement came out.
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Adam Lanza's Mum -Stuff:
But it seems like the United States is using prison as the solution of choice for mentally ill people. According to Human Rights Watch, the number of mentally ill inmates in US prisons quadrupled from 2000 to 2006, and it continues to rise - in fact, the rate of inmate mental illness is five times greater (56 per cent) than in the non-incarcerated population.
I have heard that somewhere quite close to here.....
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Hard News: Cultures and violence, in reply to Russell Brown,
Apart from anything else, the young, white, male killers Danielle was talking about weren’t generally aggressive, testosterone types.
I think that is my point. It's shades of grey all the way down. I suspect there may be a grain of truth in the idea that the mass murderers are not the macho testos of the world. They need the extra fire power to exert their will.
Families: males who come into a family and find their (new?) partner's kids don't smell like them, look like them and certainly were not conceived by them have higher risk of doing some damage. One may argue a case for something deep within may be causing some chemical reaction that when mixed with unsociable upbringing can cause family mayhem.
But I am certainly not making excuses, just looking for possible 'life force' reasons that may be more than merely "good or bad".
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Hard News: Cultures and violence, in reply to Islander,
As the cop said, when I picked up my gun-licence – “This is the only one where people attest & ascertain you are a fit & proper person to be in charge of a lethal weapon. Not like a driver’s licence eh?”
You and me Babe!
Danielle:
"I don’t buy “the hormones made him do it” as a reason for any crime, whether it be sexual harassment or mass murder. The Animalistic Penis-Brain (TM) seems a terribly… convenient, status-quo-maintaining explanatory theory.
I find it hard not to consider the power of these "feeble" hormones. They control practically every teeny wee bit of your body. Why shouldn't they have some effect on your mental welbeing? It is only logical, surely.
We are not mere bodies with "Operational Procedures" that make us "normal" citizens who make their way through this world with a plan.
For the Life of Brian: " Yes, we are all individuals".
We most certainly are. And the corollary is that some of us (unidentifiable unless you want to deny any "suspect" their liberty) will go on rampages that are undeniably wicked. The real scary bit is that it can't, and won't, stop. Unless, or until, evolution finally weeds it out of us.
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And those of us who contribute fees to SKY can vouch that the Preppers are true up to the eyeballs nutters.
Why do they play such tripe down here? The time filling programs must be cheap and getting cheaper given the tide of recruiting new sky watchers is slowing.
And cage fighting? In societies name, why? Is the sector of society that thinks this is quality sport your only revenue for pay per view that will improve your profit line?
Give me some more pleasant sport ot watch huh Mr Sky?
(Declaration: NZ Representative Rifle Shooter. By definition, a "fit and proper person")
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Respect !
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"Where ya goin Dad?"
"Up the River Onions"
"Why Dad?
"Going to get a wigwam etc" or "see a man about a horse"."Eat ya veges! There's people starving out there ya know".
"Don't do that, I'll spifflicate you!"
I'm jake. How about you?"
"Fair to middling".
"Choice!""Strewth! Rattle ya dags."
Whoa...Taihoa for a mo willya".Grouse.
Bugger.
Geez Wayne.
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Hard News: The Public Address 2012 Word…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Cracker!
Not wrong!
All Credit. (90s but)
Anything-but.
Sick!
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Up Front: Whimsy Is an Extra 5 Cents a Word, in reply to Ross Mason,
Nope. Deliberate.