Subj : Re: Outrage
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Jun 26 2022 11:19:00

>  MP> No, certainly not.  I am thinking more along the lines of something
>  MP> non-conspiratory.  Like we goofed when we started closing mental
>  MP> institutions, or the deterioration of the family unit, or something else
>  MP> that is causing people to snap or to feel so otherwise hopeless that a
>  MP> killing spree seems like a good idea.

> It's nice of you to call these things "goofs" and it's modest for you to say
> "we" like you had any choice in these matters.

> Andrew Cuomo (D) closed the Broome Developmental Center in Broome County NY
> (that's the county where the Buffalo shooter is from,) and I'm not sure how
> custody agreements go here in NYS, but in Indiana County Pennsylvania, there's
> a Democrat family court judge who facililtates fatherlessness (at least for me
> and my oldest son.) Coincidences, perhaps!

Now these are possibly examples of what I was thinking of.  I am not sure
they are part of any conspiracy so much as they are just bad policies.  In
the case of the mental institutions, I think both political sides are to
blame -- the left said it was not correct to lock people away, that they
could reform them, etc., while the right disagreed until someone showed them
they could save money not locking them away.

The USA is not the only place that happened, either.

As a society, we seem to look at divorce with less of a stigma than we used
to.  In some ways, I am not sure that is a bad thing as some marriages are
worse than the alternative. However, it has also contributed to the
deterioration of the family unit.  It is not the only factor.  Judges who
have a prejudice against the fathers (or mothers!) certainly don't help.

I honest think that part of the problem lies with (at least part of) our
society and how we raise kids with the idea that they "need to have kids"
of their own when they hit a certain age.  Not teaching them about, or
giving them proper access to, birth control is another factor.  Abstinence
until marriage is a great idea but it is quite obvious it is *not* effective
*at all* in practice.

Drug addicts that get pregnant and continue using during pregnancy lead to
children with psychological issues which also does not help.

>  MP> One thing I am pretty sure we are doing wrong is being too tolerant, or
>  MP> inattentive, of persons with violent and sociopathic tendencies.

> School staff members don't want to stir things up, and single moms can't
> discipline their kids. "No TV or internet while I'm at work and while you're
> home alone." (yea right!)

If they even try to discipline them.  There are some parents who worry
about their kid's behavior and may take action.  There are others who worry
but do not (scared of the kid, worried about what society would think if
they find out, etc.).  Then there are those who think their kid cannot do
anything wrong and actually enable the kids... even after the kid does
something serious enough to land them in jail, they work to get them out.

That last group in particular should not be parents.


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