StooltimeCounseling's Blog

Predatory human behavior has always existed . If you believe in god , than you would also have to believe that the highest murder rate in history [ per capita , or population and percentage ] , was when Cain killed Abel . If you don't , then picture a couple of tribes of cave men killing each other over the days hunt with rocks and sticks , fueled by starvation . Being community type creatures , there is also the alpha male and alpha female dominance thing to deal with , these are things that can never be removed , only dealt with . One of the main differences today is that when a murder , or some other vicious crime takes place , you find out about it in real time . Of course the media exploits the type of news that stimulates emotion in one way or another , and helps to hype your feelings . As far as the actions of children , I believe in corperal punishment . Why ? Because it is effective . It instills fear of retaliation for improper bevior . This is how a lie detector works . It works off the reaction stimuluos of instilled perception . I wonder if lie detectors will even work a hundred years from now if our social engineers have their way . Yeah , there is a big problem , social engineers . People that get degrees and think they know all the answers . Some that write books on how to raise children , that have neever had children themselves . Or that get indoctrinated with sociolistic idiology while in schools , then get a degree , and know everything about how a society should be run . Mankind has much more to learn , but they will not learn it , when it is taught bas

Criminal causation was something I studied in college. There are many reasons for crime. As long as humans walk this planet their will be crime.
To answer your post I will with my beliefs and not those I was taught in school

Taking God out of the schools. I do not think it is so much a problem as not talking about God in schools as it is about right and wrong. No matter your own beliefs the Ten Commandments set a pretty good example for people to live by. I think our society has a whole complains about the lack of God; because it seems every other religion is allowed in schools other than christen religion. This I can back up with facts. Schools have introduced perverted agendas for the last 25 years. I do not think it is the schools place to tell our kids that having 2 moms or 2 days is normal. No matter how you want to slice it, it is far from normal. It is also not right that the schools should be telling parents how to be a parent and what drugs their kids should be taking, because the move around in their seat too much. But you see this is the liberal agenda set in our schools today.

I know for a fact that in the 60’s and up to the early 80’s you did not have to worry about a kid coming to school and shooting anything that moved past him or her. Why is it was have to now?

I think I know the answer to this question and it goes to heart of what is wrong with most of this country today.
Kids and most people feel they are owed something, they do not have to work hard it should be given to them. Just like Johnny, who cannot read gets promoted because we do not

I agree, Colt. It boils down to personal responsibility. Too many people are taught you can get something for nothing rather than to work for it. Too many authority figures are trying to protect our kids from painful feelings as if we can rescue our kids from some of the harsh realities of life. It takes effort and work to be responsible and to be law abiding citizens. Sometimes that is painful.

Shock,
You're right. Predatory human behavior has always existed. It's when it infringes on the rights of others that it becomes a social problem. And anger (usually at the root of violent behavior) is very much a human emotion, but it is the act of violence that gives anger a bad name. I believe if people learned how to deal with their anger in constructive and creative ways, acts of violence would decrease. Is everybody teachable on this one?

Too many laws against parents regardinjg the care & upbringing of their children for one. The children these days know if they are touched or even talked to in a negative manner, they have too many ears that will listen and stop the parents from raising them correctly should they steer wrong. The music has become more violent in both words & actions, the urban areas often create a bad example & attract curious/rebellious young minds, and the media leans more towards sensationalism and "blood & gore" rather than educating our children at a young age liked TV used to; Instead of imitating current news events, they could be exposed to more positive morning programming than seeing multiple murders, major dope busts with "new" ways of getting high, domestic violence and so much other trash that they really don't need to see at such a young age.

With all the theories on crime I learned many years ago in school that only one theory has been consistant thru time. Of people in prison the vast majority never ate dinner as a family!
Of all things?

access to guns

this is the end result of a society that will let anything go.

Guns have been a part of this nation since day one. I had one as young kid and my best friend had a .22 rifle on a rack in his room, never did anyone think of taking it to school to kill someone.

Guns were very easy to get prior to 1968 all you needed was an address and the cash and you could mail order from anywhere.

Did we see the killings in the schools and on the streets then?

the school shooting like i have posted on have a common demominator. drugs given to them for any mental issue.

Like colt I think there is to much here for one post so I'll set on two items you spoke of. One is the media, because of the ease of information and the trend to sensationalize the wrongs and play down the good society has literally flooded us with grisly articles daily. TV news is worse. The only thing that troubles me with this is that the media goes with the ratings. Like gawkers at a car accident humans are drawn to blood. The second is drugs.Today's drugs are more refined like meth and crack. They are cheap and both crank the user up and tend he or she towards violence. Yet on TV they are constantly pushing these energy fixes like it's better to do two days work in one. There are so many mixed messages that are sent to our kids constantly. This was a great post that could be debated for days.

thats see only don't ya hate when ya see the typo after you hit the post button

Here is something that shocked me a little bit today. While walking through my university library I caught glimplse into a young womans purse, which was large and sitting next to her wide open. I did a double take when I saw it was littered with prescription bottles. I can only imagine what the hell that was all about? How desensitized are people when they can be so casual about a purse full of drugs?

Ironic that drugs can lead to crime , so they try to make other drugs that may prevent it ?