We've had guns quite a few centuries now.  How long have we had students in universities mass murdering other students in univeristy?  Since 1966?

Saying that the mass murderer is "crazy" is a failure to explain.  Hitler was "crazy"; Stalin was "crazy"; yet, Hitler and Stalin operated within a social framework that made their actions likely.

The social framework of the United States in 2007 makes mass murders ever more likely.

[T]he problem is we are programming these people as a society. You cannot tell me -- common sense tells you that if these kids are playing video games, where they're on a mass killing spree in a video game, it's glamorized on the big screen, it's become part of the fiber of our society. You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath or someone suffering from mental illness and add in a dose of rage, the suggestibility is too high. And we're going to have to start dealing with that. We're going to have to start addressing those issues and recognizing that the mass murders of tomorrow are the children of today that are being programmed with this massive violence overdose.

I remember a Michael Ventura column from way back, (1990 or so), and he was making a point about the cold war. There was a discussion at the time over whether or not there should be a requirement for military service and US being unprepared since the USSR required a two year commitment from all of its male citizens. Ventura argued after the fact that our citizens were better prepared for modern warfare because of our society making a sport out of killing in videogames, movies, television, etc. I don't think we need to ask government to regulate it, but I also think that communities should not be restricted by government if they attempt some means to protect their children from the sinister influence of these games. Not everyone who watches or plays these games becomes a psycho- or sociopath. Not even a smal minority does. But, playing these games does condition the mind in certain ways. Most psychologist understand this. Just as societies that allow its children to simulate war (palestinian children throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers, Irish protestant and catholic children simulating war games in belfast, etc) will be better prepared for the real thing when the children reach adulthood, our societie's emphasis on the commercialization of violence prepares our citizens for real-life violence.

I say "does this regularly" because he has now done it three times in a row. Had he read, he would have known, since I was responding to mmemo, that I was referring to mmemo's statement/claim:

How long have we had students in universities mass murdering other students in univeristy?  Since 1966?

Could it be because he, like sailor, has adopted me and faithfully follows me around making mostly inaccurate and, in many cases, off topic attacks.

I am beginning to feel like a Casear, who had a slave standing behind his throne charged with whispering in his ear, "Remember, you are not a God."