desert dude
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Serious question for you gunOphobes.
I'm fairly sure if I didn't smoke weed and kill people on Battlefield 3 for the stress relief Id kill someone in real life. The general public are pubes, Id wager the fact most people are total arseholes factors into the amount of mass shootings happening recently.Yes, I think they have increased quite significantly. I have done a bit of digging into this - sometimes it's hard to know as in years past communication wasn't as easy as it is today, but they appear to increased quite dramatically. The cause isn't guns. IMO the cause is prescription drugs more than anything. SSRI's - a really really dangerous class of drug that should be treated with immense respect because of the potential side effects. One of the most dangerous side effects are psychotic breaks, occurring in a small % of patients - this is a state where you basically lose your mind. The fact that these kids usually end up killing themselves after the spree is over is IMO a reflection on their shifting mental state (from psychosis -> normal -> realization). Most psychotic breaks are actually harmless, but the small % that become violent (and they can) obviously have negative results.They used to report on what kind of drugs these kids take. But not as much anymore. Almost every single one involved someone who was either on SSRI's or had a 'history of mental illness' whatever that means exactly.It's also possible that video games are having an impact here as well, but I don't think you could place anything square on the shoulders as a direct cause/effect. It would appear more indirect to me, but there's less solid research in that area. It's on the inserts that certain types of drugs can cause these breaks. Marijuana can do this too although I think most varieties, due to the CBD contained, are less likely to cause a break.Users of marijuana are also quite well aware they are 'altered'. I wonder how much knowing a potential side mental side effect such as this will affect your likely hood to experience it and how you deal with it.
i was with you right up to the video games part as i don't buy this for a second.. surely video games are popular in japan, yet i don't see any mass killings there, even after the earthquake and floods they behaved nothing like some of the people after katrina did here..Yes, I think they have increased quite significantly. I have done a bit of digging into this - sometimes it's hard to know as in years past communication wasn't as easy as it is today, but they appear to increased quite dramatically.
The cause isn't guns. IMO the cause is prescription drugs more than anything. SSRI's - a really really dangerous class of drug that should be treated with immense respect because of the potential side effects. One of the most dangerous side effects are psychotic breaks, occurring in a small % of patients - this is a state where you basically lose your mind. The fact that these kids usually end up killing themselves after the spree is over is IMO a reflection on their shifting mental state (from psychosis -> normal -> realization). Most psychotic breaks are actually harmless, but the small % that become violent (and they can) obviously have negative results.
They used to report on what kind of drugs these kids take. But not as much anymore. Almost every single one involved someone who was either on SSRI's or had a 'history of mental illness' whatever that means exactly.
It's also possible that video games are having an impact here as well, but I don't think you could place anything square on the shoulders as a direct cause/effect. It would appear more indirect to me, but there's less solid research in that area. It's on the inserts that certain types of drugs can cause these breaks. Marijuana can do this too although I think most varieties, due to the CBD contained, are less likely to cause a break.
Users of marijuana are also quite well aware they are 'altered'. I wonder how much knowing a potential side mental side effect such as this will affect your likely hood to experience it and how you deal with it.
i couldn't agree more cheesus.. i got on this chic's case yesterday on my fb for continuing to post this scum fucks picture every three seconds saying this is the asshole who just gunned down 5 year old kids..It is time for the media not to mention the killers names.
Harder to get guns in Japan. I'm not too up on what's going on over there socially though, that's for sure. Television is a really powerful force. Some of the experiments that have been done with it (lloooong ago) are rather surprising and even shocking IMO. Video games come through television (a known powerful force that can have tremendous psychological impact) and the fact it hasn't been examined too closely makes me wonder.i was with you right up to the video games part as i don't buy this for a second.. surely video games are popular in japan, yet i don't see any mass killings there, even after the earthquake and floods they behaved nothing like some of the people after katrina did here..