Greatest threat to life

I totally agree that the under lying reason is a person's self worth, but they (the psychologists working on the police force, I guess) will quote money being the biggest factor. Money is the main cause of divorce. That's bs, it's because the two people in the marriage don't want to work together. The main reason for crime, especially now (LOL) is because of money. The reason for crime is the punishment doesn't fit the deed and people do not appreciate themselves or anyone else.

Maybe if they work or finding the reason instead of the excuse they can fix the problem. If the cause for crime is because people need to "do something" maybe they should volunteer somewhere. Community food banks and social service programs need volunteers. I wonder if the government will realize people need to like themselves and somehow make that part of a government program. All these negative people walking around scare me.

It is not the money; money is an excuse people give and that is a load of crap.

I wouldn't say there is no recourse. Mental illness is a different case. I am talking about people who take out their frustrations on others. It is one thing for someone to "snap" from an extreme situation that causes an emotional breakdown but so many people just act as though they are entitled to do whatever they want and when their anger gets out of control everyone has to pay.

I see we understand each other quite well, friend. Some people truly amaze me. When I was first learning to drive my father kept saying to drive defensively. Of course I had no idea what he meant and since he didn't explain it took years before I got it. It doesn't matter if the other driver is young or old when you are on the street; they disregard the driving rules equally. It is unbelievable.

Honey, why do you think many people get into the psycho/social fields to begin with? No one gives them a psych profile before they are accepted into programs or graduated out of them. Everyone has issues and everyone has baggage, family dysfunction, etc., on some level or another, but that guy you mentioned is a different case. He wasn't crazy; he couldn't get the government to listen to him so he took a stand in an extreme way and as a result there is supposedly an investigation underway. When it comes to situations like this you can thank TV, which sensationalizes this kind of behavior, and you can thank the military which engages in the ultimate chess game where you sacrifice people and call it collateral damage. It's kind of like those situations where the military guys engage in domestic violence because they get wound up but no one ever winds them down when it's time to get back into "regular" society. The shrink at fort hood decided the ends were greater than the means of his actions.

Well it is serious! Crazy people going into public buildings and shooting people is very serious.

it happened on thanksgiving they just caught the guy so the news has been replaying it again

I didn't hear about that one. Or maybe I didn't realize it was the same guy or something. There was a report about some guy who killed his kids and their mother... I am one of those people who believes you should have to pass a test to be able to reproduce.

Yes it is truly unfortunate.

You know, once upon a time it was road rage that you had to worry about. Now people just drive however they want. Stop sign? What, that red thing? I didn't see it. Besides, there was nothing coming. It's truly sad.

There are a lot of ways we can define crazy. I'm not talking about the mentally ill. I am talking about people who exhibit ridiculous behavior on a regular basis and do crazy things without any regard for other people. These people are more dangerous than the mentally ill because they have no diagnosis and go unchecked.

Oh, there's a reason! The reason is that misery loves company.