Comments on: Non Violence http://onegeek.net/blog/2007/04/19/non-violence/ One Geek One Blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:33:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ben http://onegeek.net/blog/2007/04/19/non-violence/#comment-108141 Ben Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:39:29 +0000 http://onegeek.net/blog/2007/04/19/non-violence/#comment-108141 I'm not sure about the social integration angle (I assume you are referring to the fact that he is a Korean born resident, Ryan?). I imagine this is a factor, but I don't find it fully explanatory. I went through some pretty powerful (and sometimes anti-social) emotional turbulence in my first few years of University. And loners of the majority culture have committed such atrocities in the past (e.g. Columbine). It seems to me that we're looking at a really tangled web of contributing factors: mental illness, lack of effective supportive structures, the irreconcilable dichotomy of conformity to majority group norms and idealisation of the individual (loner), as well as a culture of violence and legislative laxity on gun access that borders on the criminally insane. I’m not sure about the social integration angle (I assume you are referring to the fact that he is a Korean born resident, Ryan?).

I imagine this is a factor, but I don’t find it fully explanatory. I went through some pretty powerful (and sometimes anti-social) emotional turbulence in my first few years of University. And loners of the majority culture have committed such atrocities in the past (e.g. Columbine).

It seems to me that we’re looking at a really tangled web of contributing factors: mental illness, lack of effective supportive structures, the irreconcilable dichotomy of conformity to majority group norms and idealisation of the individual (loner), as well as a culture of violence and legislative laxity on gun access that borders on the criminally insane.

]]> By: david http://onegeek.net/blog/2007/04/19/non-violence/#comment-108120 david Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:42:02 +0000 http://onegeek.net/blog/2007/04/19/non-violence/#comment-108120 Yeah, I get the social integration bit too. It is a big part, what we really need is COMMUNITY! Or even better NON/VIOLENT COMMUNITY!!!! Yeah, I get the social integration bit too. It is a big part, what we really need is COMMUNITY!

Or even better NON/VIOLENT COMMUNITY!!!!

]]> By: Ryan http://onegeek.net/blog/2007/04/19/non-violence/#comment-108119 Ryan Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:39:32 +0000 http://onegeek.net/blog/2007/04/19/non-violence/#comment-108119 It doesn't seem to be about angst to me. Or not just angst. I think it runs a lot deeper. I lot of America's most anti-social men are middle-aged. I tend to think it's more about lack of social integration, like all those social theorists have been saying for 100 years. It doesn’t seem to be about angst to me. Or not just angst. I think it runs a lot deeper. I lot of America’s most anti-social men are middle-aged.

I tend to think it’s more about lack of social integration, like all those social theorists have been saying for 100 years.

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