Has the world gone crazy?
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40248)
United States
November 6, 2017 10:38am CST
My heart goes out to all the victims of violence and families.
Is it just me, or does it seem like random acts of violence, where some crazy kills a bunch of people - is becoming a lot more common?
Here's just the ones I know about.
Las Vegas shooting - 10/1
Van mows down people on bike path in New York City - 10/31
Gunman opens fire in a Colorado Walmart - 11/1
Man shoots people at Church in Texas - 11/5
These are all US. And these are just the ones we've heard about. Who knows what is going on at a local level, or in other countries - things that don't make the news.
I find it interesting that in all of these cases there is, apparently, no motive.
I don't know what to say.
I'll let Beck say it.
Music video by Beck performing Lost Cause. (C) 2003 Geffen Records
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@FourWalls (62147)
• United States
7 Nov 17
Precisely. Many of the school shootings and plots that were stopped had the perpetrators wanting to (by their own admission) "do a Columbine." The media has used the shooter's name ten thousand times and we know what he ate for breakfast on his 17th birthday. We know nothing about the victims. What does that tell a mentally unstable person looking for fame (or infamy)?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
@FourWalls It is true. -- For example -- There is a graphic novel out and a recently made movie about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (his teen years - before he did his crimes)
Now, I will admit I plan to go to the movie and I was a fan of the graphic novel.
However... what about his victims. I wish there would be some media on what those people were like and their lives.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
It's true... what an odd and delicate line to balance. To inform, but not to inspire
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
7 Nov 17
Yes the world is crazy..so very heartbreaking..
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
6 Nov 17
It is scary and sad to think that each time I or my loved ones leave the house now, I pray that I and they make it back home alive.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
10 Nov 17
@FayeHazel That is the best we can all hope for. 
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
I'm sorry to hear that South Africa is having these issues too. Hopefully things will calm.
On a local level - 2 years ago - in this area of Minnesota there were a lot of crimes happening, stabbings and shootings.
Eventually it tapered off.
I hope the same will happen, things will settle down ...
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
That would be a very twisted individual indeed
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@buenavida (9985)
• Sweden
7 Nov 17
Yes, the world seems crazy! People need lots of comfort.. I like to go to jw.org.. I learn about what God's plan for the future is and how he is going to save those who want to do good things to others.. There are nice people too.. 
This site is published in hundreds of languages, so it should give comfort to everyone.. 
This site is published in hundreds of languages, so it should give comfort to everyone.. 3 people like this
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
It's true - it's the negative we hear about because it's what makes the news.... there are still decent people and there is still goodness in the world.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
6 Nov 17
I would say that the world has always been crazy but we hear more of the craziness these days and it is going from 'bad to worse' if I can borrow a description from a Bible prophecy describing mankind in the 'last days'. The way I see things is that what we have seen will be compared to a picnic in comparison to what's coming. 
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
Perhaps you are right and it is the nearing of the end times?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
That is very true and very sad. In this area a few years ago there were a lot of stabbings, shootings - locally. Happily that seems to have tapered off. I hope the same will happen
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
That's true too, maybe they are psychopaths.
I agree - no "reason" would make it right. But one would think that they would at least have some kind of reasoning for committing such horrid acts
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
@much2say Such a scary world these days
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
6 Nov 17
It makes ya want to turn into a hermit @FayeHazel . OR find a cave up in the mountains to live.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
I agree! Living off the grid seems like it may be alright
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Nov 17
To my understanding this Church shooting was a domestic violence case, because he could not see his children. My feeling are, why hurt other people not involved? That was between that family and not the little children he hurt or killed. This is happening becuse the human mind can handle no more, they snap.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
Ah, well at least knowing the reason helps, a little anyway.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
6 Nov 17
Killers watched too much violent movies or Satan is in thier head
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
You're right, maybe it's spiritual in nature too
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
8 Nov 17
@peachpurple Very true. Spiritual warfare is a real thing.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
8 Nov 17
@FayeHazel one spirit has to be strong in order to counter attack the bad karma
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
7 Nov 17
It's unbelievable what's going on in the world today. I'm thinking of locking the doors and letting the world have at it
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Nov 17
@FayeHazel I do like the idea of that, sadly hubby and I have talked about it, it's a lot of work and we are old
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
9 Nov 17
@fishtiger58 True that... cool idea - but it is a lot of hard physical labor. Maybe you could do a version of it - some modern conveniences? That's sort of how I grew up.
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@kobesbuddy (74571)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 Nov 17
What is their sick reasoning, for slaughtering innocent people? The Boston Marathon?
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@kobesbuddy (74571)
• East Tawas, Michigan
7 Nov 17
@FayeHazel And shoot a 14 year old girl, because the guy was upset with his in-laws? He was crazy!:(
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
@kobesbuddy So crazy! Apparently one report I read said he was angry because he wasn't allowed to see his children. So go kill other people's children?
(this is my 10,000th post, yay!)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
I wish I knew it... I guess the Texas Church shooting - he was angry at his inlaws, and his inlaws went to that church, but they weren't there that day. Why shoot up a bunch of people at the church your inlaws go to? (I mean... don't go shoot up your inlaws, either.... but....)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Nov 17
The world need for prayers and thoughts
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@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
7 Nov 17
@FayeHazel I wrote discussions on this subject too. I meant Europe and the US with their bloody events recently.
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