Jezus, Peanut Butter Boy, do you have to turn every Pirate's Cove thread into a 300 page diatribe??
It's not his fault. Everybody else is the problem.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/romano-movie-theater-shooting-shows-we-are-angry-people-in-a-hair-trigger/2161202 I'm talking about disputes escalating beyond reasonable measure, and I'm talking about confrontations that are more about ego than principle.
Thanks for the link, Olaf.
"It feels, and again I may be mistaken, as if too many of us are just waiting for the provocation that will validate all of our pent-up frustrations.An us-against-them mentality has become pervasive in our world even if the lines between us and them are too blurred to truly recognize.You see it in Washington, where hyper-partisan politics make it impossible to simply disagree. Instead, sides must be chosen and vendettas never forgotten as if we all aren't pulling for the same basic outcome.You see it on the Internet, where anonymity and distance have made civility seem like a relic from the past. Taunts and insults you would not normally consider when in the presence of others are now a routine and accepted way of making a point.You see it in media, where outrageousness pays and divisiveness sells. It sometimes feels as if the entire concept of us-versus-them was born on talk radio.You see it in religion, race, class, culture, gender, generation and geography.And just to be clear, I'm not suggesting hate and ire are new to the world. You could certainly point out that trigger fingers were quicker and bigotry more vile in bygone days.I'm talking about something different. I'm talking about educated, intelligent and otherwise sophisticated people snapping over the relatively insignificant.I'm talking about disputes escalating beyond reasonable measure, and I'm talking about confrontations that are more about ego than principle."
71 year olds routinely go back to take on 43 year old ex-navy dirt bikers ..... whats the big deal ... took the kids to see Frozen today ... middle of the day .... brought my 9 ... self-defensebtw ... bunch of gun types in this thread ..... not a one of which disputes that the gun was the proximate cause of death . . .stupidity caused the fight but gun caused the death . . . and yet not a thing should be done . . . gun logic
Jezus, Peanut Butter Boy, do you have to turn every Pirate's Cove thread into a 300 page diatribe??
It's not his fault. Everybody else is the problem.
"Aggressive behaviour, like bullying, can also be a sign of low self-esteem. If someone picks on other people, they’re probably doing it to make themselves feel good. Bringing other people down gives them a false feeling of self-confidence. For a while, they feel like they’re better off than the person they’re bullying. Those feelings fade very quickly, meaning the bully will often repeat this pattern of behaviour."Poor Buggsy . . . he needs a dose of confidence
