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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:07:32 -0500, nemesis wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> The shooter is not blameless in this. But our societal norm these days
>> is that the individual bears NO responsibility at all for anything they
>> do. That's just wrong.
>
> 100% agreed. It's always the drugs, the immaturity, the exposure to
> violent games, the clichéd abusive parents in the criminal childhood.
> One is never to blame for his actions on his own.
And that's more or less my point.
At some point, that person *decided* to pick up a gun and start shooting
people.
Similarly, at some point, Andrea Yates *decided* to drown her kids.
Those people need to be held accountable for their actions.
Jim
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