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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- A recent study released by Johns Hopkins University indicates America is so much better at dealing with mass killings than it was not even five years ago. "It is incredible," noted Professor William Teasdale. "We, as a nation have advanced light years since Columbine."

The paper notes that while America is no stranger to mass killings, it has only recently reached a stage where it lets them pass by like "water off a duck's back." America has witnessed mass killings in the 80s and 90s, but the paper noted that the reaction to such events was "untold anguish" and "tremendous" levels of self induced empathetic pain.

The 21st Century has since seen a large uptick in mass killings, even excluding the 9/11 terror attacks. The killers disgruntled motives have varied greatly from being about religion to race to employment.

According to the paper, Sandy Hook was the "turning point between empathetic anguish and resigned apathy". The paper noted that between the NRA quickly released statement about the importance of the 2nd Amendment and Congress's complete indifference, many Americans started to just feel "numb".

"With the latest killings in Las Vegas," noted Professor Teasdale, "we have witnessed people just getting over it quickly."

The paper concludes that America is quickly moving pace to arrive at a point where the news doesn't even cover the murders because people will be filled with apathetic indifference, presuming the shooter(s) aren't black, Muslim, or an immigrant.
 
I'm already at that point. I don't have any off-hand sympathy left for the victims. I used it all up on something else before the hurricanes hit that I can't remember because of the quick news cycle. Maybe it was Charlottesville? I am sure I have some sympathy and empathy stored in my system, though. I would need to sit down, spend some time watching the video over and over in order to knock me out of my numbness, thus, pulling out that extra empathy and sympathy stored beneath the surface. It's still there somewhere. I think.
 
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I'm already at that point. I don't have any off-hand sympathy left for the victims. I used it all up on something else before the hurricanes hit that I can't remember because of the quick news cycle. Maybe it was Charlottesville? I am sure I have some sympathy and empathy stored in my system, though. I would need to sit down, spend some time watching the video over and over in order to knock me out of my numbness, thus, pulling out that extra empathy and sympathy stored beneath the surface. It's still there somewhere. I think.
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Hopefully we'll get some nice pix of Puerto Rican children starving, dying from cholera etc. once access is gained to all their hospitals and their data.
That will probably stir me out of my apathetic stupor. How about you?
 
I think I missed the last two shootings. There was one at a school in Washington and I think another somewhere. I didn't pay them much mind. They just didn't hit the threshold. But this Vegas thing, I mean, wow! It's not just that it's a new record but you have the seeming lack of motive, Average White Guy, automatic weapons, and the point of attack.
Point is, this quinfecta of helplessness, while not having the gut-punch of Sandy Hook, should... What's that? Oh. Right. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
 
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I think I missed the last two shootings. There was one at a school in Washington and I think another somewhere. I didn't pay them much mind. They just didn't hit the threshold. But this Vegas thing, I mean, wow! It's not just that it's a new record but you have the seeming lack of motive, Average White Guy, automatic weapons, and the point of attack.
Point is, this quinfecta of helplessness, while not having the gut-punch of Sandy Hook, should... What's that? Oh. Right. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Its like playing an Atari game. You've hit such a high score, that you are less inclined to play again because you won't have as much fun getting lower scores.

What seems incredible that this could have ended much worse, and it was pretty terrible to begin with.
 
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Being that now is too soon to talk about it, largely because God hasn't had time to answer all the prayers flung his way, and since we have to wait for the next one to see if the thoughts and prayers worked, why waste energy doing anything or even feeling anything for very long?
 
Opoponax said:
Being that now is too soon to talk about it, largely because God hasn't had time to answer all the prayers flung his way, and since we have to wait for the next one to see if the thoughts and prayers worked, why waste energy doing anything or even feeling anything for very long?
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Why waste energy indeed.
The 2nd Amendment seems to have been written with the intent of providing for military parity between the government and the citizenry. So ALL arms, including nukes, should be legal for private possession. (And if we have them, we should use them or it's pointless, per POTUS, right?)
Or maybe I have it wrong, but ... I don't see where it mentions legs or any other bear body parts...
 
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