The combination of low-wage paying service jobs, coupled with the slow dissolving of the middle class, the increased lack of opportunities for kids in key demographics.. all of it combines to form a deadly cocktail of uncontrolled outburst of violence. The massacre at Virginia Tech comes to mind as another recent example.
Other sites are reporting he recently lost his job at McDonald's, broke up with his girlfriend, had no family support as his family had abandonded him (its unclear yet as to why, but my God the kid was only 19 how could any mother or father be so vicious as to abandon their own child). Thus, he was alone. Without any family, friends, job, or any other structures of support in his life, pillars the rest of us take for granted, he lost all hope and did the only thing left he could think of: he left this life.
I do find it ironic that Bush then comes out to say he's 'saddened by the shootings'. How quaint. The only tragedy here, is that all the while he's shipping out these kids jobs and opportunities overseas, leaving them with scant hope and a future, the only thing they have left is despair. If anyone is to blame here, it's Bush.
I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these type incidents in the news in the next few years.
This is the second deadly mall shooting in the past few months. I just keep thinking how unfortunate it was that no one at either mall or at Virginia Tech were carrying their own concealed weapons and could have possibly ended these shootings before so many innocent people had to die. It's very clear the bullies all carry weapons, when are the good people going to buy legal guns, learn to handle and fire them, and start carrying them too? Sorry, but it's the age we live in. It's time to defend yourself against these terrorists America.
Life in AmericaDec 6th, 2007 - 04:58:58
The combination of low-wage paying service jobs, coupled with the slow dissolving of the middle class, the increased lack of opportunities for kids in key demographics.. all of it combines to form a deadly cocktail of uncontrolled outburst of violence. The massacre at Virginia Tech comes to mind as another recent example.
Other sites are reporting he recently lost his job at McDonald's, broke up with his girlfriend, had no family support as his family had abandonded him (its unclear yet as to why, but my God the kid was only 19 how could any mother or father be so vicious as to abandon their own child). Thus, he was alone. Without any family, friends, job, or any other structures of support in his life, pillars the rest of us take for granted, he lost all hope and did the only thing left he could think of: he left this life.
I do find it ironic that Bush then comes out to say he's 'saddened by the shootings'. How quaint. The only tragedy here, is that all the while he's shipping out these kids jobs and opportunities overseas, leaving them with scant hope and a future, the only thing they have left is despair. If anyone is to blame here, it's Bush.
I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these type incidents in the news in the next few years.
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