There was also a quote from John Adams I think, (or one of the Founding Fathers) that went along the lines of "The people of these colonies are more violent, stubborn, and less refined then their European brothers" I know that's not the exact quote, but it goes along those lines.Nobunaga wrote:mybike_yourface wrote:i can't help it but think we may be missing something here. it's easy to talk about "crazies" but there's something deeper going on here. it's a social problem. it's good if you're armed yourself and you can deal with a situation. but the situations are just symptoms of a deeper social illness. what's with our increasingly violent society here in the U.S.? i'm no fan of societies in general. i'd like to ultimately see us get away from this failed city state model. there's a lot of things i could point towards(capitalism is always obvious) but past people owning guns or not maybe we should talk about something deeper. you don't have to have guns for whole groups of people or individuals to slaughter each other.
... Violent crime rates, especially murder (as well as others), are quite a bit lower today than they were 30 years ago. I'd give you a link but I'm lazy. Trust me, or look it up - shouldn't be too hard to find. The 70's were bad.
... Bloody news sells commercials, and news isn't the 30 minute evening summary of daily events that it used to be. News is now 24-7.
... But yeah, Americans are, generally speaking, violent. Perhaps more than most they see violence as a means of resolving conflicts... I mean, it's one of the first things that comes to an American mind when he (or she) is pissed off.
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