South Carolina Teenager Kills His Family of 4

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they didn't have the data base that we have now, so that in by itself is difficult search, not to mention that our population has increased significantly and MORE thing happen by just that nature.

I read papers, watch the news on TV and have not heard about this incident, have you??

there is an example of how it's much easier to disseminate information in this age. Oh, did I mention that I listen to the good old radio too?? I didn't hear about it on the radio either.

Total malarkey and faulty excuses.
It simply didn't happen back then.
Show me the money.
 
Thank God that you all have figured out the young man is guilty.

Saved us a bunch of money so we don't have to run around and produce silly evidence or anything.
 
Total malarkey and faulty excuses.
It simply didn't happen back then.
Show me the money.

I suggest you do a bit of research.

1949, Howard Unruh
1955, Jack Gilbert Graham
1958, Charles Starkweather
1966, Charles Whitman
1966, Richard Speck

All of those guys were in their 20's when they committed these crimes.

It happened, the difference is the instant media these days. It happens and within minutes the whole world has it on their internet browser. Back in the 40's, 50's and 60's you either had to catch it on the radio or on the news at night.
 
I suggest you do a bit of research

"Just try to show us documentation that these family slayings and school shootings by teenagers happened in the 50's and 60's.
With a few exceptions(Charles Starkweather is one)they were rare to non-existent."

I suggest you read my original statement above..Were Unruh,Graham,Whitman and Speck teenagers?Only Starkweather as I said.
Now ,go back to school.
 
Yeah, wow. Good point there. You only really die if a teenager is doing the killing.

You think there is a difference between a 18 year old and a 20 year old?

I could have done without the "Go back to school" comment. If you are going to resort to personal attacks I suggest you take it to another forum where blatant disrespect and hateful posts are the norm.
 
I think that we have gotten away from the crux of the matter here. The motive and causes are no longer important. The apparent fact is that this young man has, for whatever reason, killed his family.

If found guilty, he should hang publicly.

How many more people are going to have to die before we realize that the current culture of coddling and bowing to the "rights" of criminals is not only ineffective, it is detrimental to society.

The only thing that prevents these atrocities is a grounding in what is right and wrong and the knowledge that if you do wrong there are definate and severe penalties.
 
I could have done without the "Go back to school" comment. If you are going to resort to personal attacks I suggest you take it to another forum where blatant disrespect and hateful posts are the norm

You misread my original post, you mis-spoke on your comment and now you are attacking me!And you consider my comment a hateful post?That will not work.
I'll keep this small.The U.S population doubled between 1952,150 million to 2007,300 million.
You have Google,Yahoo,Ask,Wikipedia,etc. at your disposal.
I'll bet you $100.00 Yankee dollars you can not come up with 10 incidents between Jan.1,1946 and Jan.1,1976 where a TEENAGER committed multiple homicides by killing family members,friends,schoolmates,the public at large as happened in SC yesterday.
Now, put up or forever hold your peace on this issue.That goes for the 2 other posters that believe these events were occuring but we just didn't know about it because of the lack of all these new fangled communications.
So that's 300 smackers.Are you all game?
You have 30 long years to play with.If I'm wrong it won't be the first time.
Get ready,get set,do you go?
 
Coyote Blue, take your personal attacks and immaturity to a different forum please, thank you.

And from Vegas no less!
And these are personal attacks where I am asking for a simple rebuttal?
Who is being immature here?
No thank you,Ivcat2004.
Come up with answers,not platitudes.
 
What societal changes have happened to make these horrendous incidents so commonplace today?
Family killing family.It's intolerable and maddening.

When I was a child, things were slower, politics were more simple, conviction was borderline commonplace and people had fewer friends and associates in more confined areas. The legal system and cultural fear was also much less leaving people much less intense. This was not too long ago. Back before that it was far better in this respect.
I think all of the above factors are driving people in our society to have less regard for others and at the same time, live much closer to the brink on a daily basis, making it much easier to snap.
The more paranoid, hateful, arrogant and selfish we are, the more these problems will persist.
As for video games and movies, bloody media has been around for generations, and most of you guys saw it plenty in your youth. That never made you a maniac now did it? So far, I have not seen where there is any evidence of a connection between his love for video games and the murders. Even the cops don't seam to be concerned with it.
Funny how we continually make such allegations despite the fact that those who actually study these murders up close and personal never seam to mention them as a motive, even in the cases where murderers borrowed tactics from games and movies, showed no further connection.
 
The culture is indeed more full of depictions of meaningless violence than it used to be. The problem with the discussion on this thread is that some are using a simple form of causation - A causes B. Life is not that simple.

I think in this case the violent popular culture makes some people who are susceptible to it already more likely to act out.

Healthy people are not going to be led to violence by a video game, but someone who is near the edge might be pushed a little closer. That's what most scientists who have studied the issue have concluded, anyway.

I also think the subtext of this discussion is that some are afraid the argument will be used as an argument for censorship, even though those saying the videos can cause problems don't say that. So if the real point of the discussion is censorship, let's talk about that.
 
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