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58. How does someone look a little child in the eyes before pushing them naked into a gas chamber?

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 04:16 PM

Dec 2012

Sadly, the problem is not new. Dehumanization allows for all sorts of atrocities.

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How does someone look a little child in the eyes and shoot him? [View all] dkf Dec 2012 OP

A person would obviously have to be severely mentally ill to do that slackmaster Dec 2012 #1

Odd you post that because a few seconds ago, I heard a reporter asking Skidmore Dec 2012 #2

I wonder if that was true for little kids. dkf Dec 2012 #16

It is but not surprising given his cluster of Skidmore Dec 2012 #17

they obtain a gun. waaay too easily. bettyellen Dec 2012 #3

By killing his mother atreides1 Dec 2012 #5

he killed his mom before stealing the gun to kill her with? bettyellen Dec 2012 #12

People who have had a psychotic break from reality Lex Dec 2012 #4

But if your reality was playing video games where you kill every day dkf Dec 2012 #8

I play videgames most nearly every day and I know the damn difference. white_wolf Dec 2012 #55

Millions of people play violent video games and own guns and still know the difference. xoom Dec 2012 #76

Someone who has no soul or heart. axetogrind Dec 2012 #6

Diagnosing Adam Lanza FarCenter Dec 2012 #7

I've been thinking this too. Skidmore Dec 2012 #9

The Most Detailed Account Yet Of The Sandy Hook Massacre FarCenter Dec 2012 #18

How effective are our treatments? dkf Dec 2012 #35

From a quick look around -- not good FarCenter Dec 2012 #38

How does someone know that this shit happens & still oppose gun control? baldguy Dec 2012 #10

Gun control won't solve, in and of itself, guns are a symptom of the ROOT CAUSES. nt patrice Dec 2012 #29

There's oxygen & fuel in every forest. What prevents forest fires is the lack of a spark baldguy Dec 2012 #40

+++1 Guns are a spark, the MOST powerful spark. nt patrice Dec 2012 #49

Although, I guess I should say I think we need to address the "addicts' " connections to their patrice Dec 2012 #54

Adam Lanza seems devoid of sensitivity. GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #11

Movies and Video Games RetroLounge Dec 2012 #13

Turn on the tv LOOK at "our" culture. Our history, recent & otherwise, e.g. 100K dead Iraqis patrice Dec 2012 #14

"Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked" Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #15

I wouldn't says it causes people to do this... dkf Dec 2012 #21

Science says no. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #24

You can expose well developed youngsters to LOTS of stuff & they'll steer their way through & out patrice Dec 2012 #34

That person has to be dead inside before that can happen. n/t Cleita Dec 2012 #19

+1google! We are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind the curve on this. There are reasons why zombies are patrice Dec 2012 #26

Right. Out of the millions of video games and violent movies on the market today.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #20

The gun doesn't do it the games don't do it the mental health dkf Dec 2012 #22

Ya think? Big admission coming from you. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #28

It's a pretty obvious conclusion... dkf Dec 2012 #32

Research does not produce absolutes. Using the word "proof" & its derivations is usually a mistake. patrice Dec 2012 #51

I'll take all of that as an agreement that there is no proof of a link between gun violence and.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #60

Please read up on "the nature of (what is commonoly referred to as) proof". It's not what you are patrice Dec 2012 #63

Tipper Gore has returned! quinnox Dec 2012 #23

No kidding ! arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #39

Fundamentally, most problems begin & end in families. & It appears that families patrice Dec 2012 #25

Some people are just wired wrong. That has nothing to do with their families and how.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #30

Biological traits, appropriately assessed, usually reveal some degree of strength. If this weren't patrice Dec 2012 #44

Do you believe everyone is born mentally sound? Yes or no? nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #62

I think that oversimplification leads to GAS OVENS. Please read the article I linked for you and patrice Dec 2012 #64

Sorry, but the only person here talking about "gas ovens" is you.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #66

Try actually informing yourself on what you're talking about and try me again. Until then, eom. patrice Dec 2012 #67

There won't be a "later" as far as you're concerned. Consider yourself on "ignore". See ya. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #73

+1. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #70

You might think I was kicking butt just to kick butt (sorry if you do!), but here's a link that will patrice Dec 2012 #61

No human Berserker Dec 2012 #27

Battering and murdering of children is fairly common. Often by other family members. FarCenter Dec 2012 #31

Something to think about... dkf Dec 2012 #33

In 2010 there were 1,277 murders of children under 18. FarCenter Dec 2012 #59

because he was severely mentally disturbed TorchTheWitch Dec 2012 #36

"odd, unsociable, a loner, uncommunicative, etc." sounds like you're talking about my 2nd husband... patrice Dec 2012 #46

The person was mentally ill, that's a given to do arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #37

How does someone capable of that get access to someone else's deadly toys?? kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #41

great article Corgigal Dec 2012 #42

We can't blame all violence on mental illness unless we are willing to hedgehog Dec 2012 #52

Like the portrait in Taxi Driver (1976) which was interesting for how it placed that kind of patrice Dec 2012 #57

I hate to agree with you but I have at least 4 family members who are "addicted" to these games. jwirr Dec 2012 #43

Mental illness. Jennicut Dec 2012 #45

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Thanks. Jennicut Dec 2012 #48

Extreme self-centered jealousy customerserviceguy Dec 2012 #50

Mom wasn't a teacher and didn't even have a job, lived off $200K+/yr alimony n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #72

Yes, facts are now coming out customerserviceguy Dec 2012 #74

I believe he was in a state of mind most of us cannot imagine. nolabear Dec 2012 #53

Which video games feature blowing the heads off of children? MrSlayer Dec 2012 #56

There are 59 games in this list: FarCenter Dec 2012 #71

How does someone look a little child in the eyes before pushing them naked into a gas chamber? NoodleyAppendage Dec 2012 #58

Or what that child became before strapping him/her down for lethal injection. nt patrice Dec 2012 #65

Yawn Rex Dec 2012 #68

how do parents kill their own kids, for that matter? HiPointDem Dec 2012 #69

Odd completely different from your Zimmerman post. aandegoons Dec 2012 #75