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A Breath of "Fresh" Air
19 Apr 2007 22:34Different "boss" today. Result - a very positive working experience, better than many in the current arrangement. I also managed to:-
- go some way to fixing TDD-503, in an early bust of writing, and
- find another of the "Marvel Legends" figures I need to complete the bonus "build it yourself" MODOK figure. Yay! Two more to go...
But then along comes something to cast a cloud over it all... the debate surrounding this Virginia massacre is starting to sound like a scratched record: "violent films, violent internet" *click* "violent films, violent internet" *click* "violent films, violent internet" *click* "violent films, violent internet" *click* "violent films, violent internet" *click*...
Nothing will be learned from this, because THE CAUSE has already been swamped, buried forever, with the same old scapegoating. There is something that set this guy on the path he followed to his own, and others' destruction, but it's far more fundamental than watching the "wrong" movies or visiting the "wrong" websites.
There need to be psychological evaluations for anyone in the US applying for a gun licence - this student only needed to tick the box marked "not a loony" to get his weapons.
Not going to dwell on this. It's only a matter of time before something like this happens again, and another perpetrator will die, the FULL story of their descent into murder never to be fully and properly explored. What a waste...
- go some way to fixing TDD-503, in an early bust of writing, and
- find another of the "Marvel Legends" figures I need to complete the bonus "build it yourself" MODOK figure. Yay! Two more to go...
But then along comes something to cast a cloud over it all... the debate surrounding this Virginia massacre is starting to sound like a scratched record: "violent films, violent internet" *click* "violent films, violent internet" *click* "violent films, violent internet" *click* "violent films, violent internet" *click* "violent films, violent internet" *click*...
Nothing will be learned from this, because THE CAUSE has already been swamped, buried forever, with the same old scapegoating. There is something that set this guy on the path he followed to his own, and others' destruction, but it's far more fundamental than watching the "wrong" movies or visiting the "wrong" websites.
There need to be psychological evaluations for anyone in the US applying for a gun licence - this student only needed to tick the box marked "not a loony" to get his weapons.
Not going to dwell on this. It's only a matter of time before something like this happens again, and another perpetrator will die, the FULL story of their descent into murder never to be fully and properly explored. What a waste...
