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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 2060380" data-attributes="member: 1132">I think the problem here does lay with society. We&#039;ve come to accept hypocrisy as a standard. &quot;Entertainers&quot; blame guns for violence. Gun owners in turn blame entertainment. Both blame prescription drugs. In fact, none of this is true. Homicidal maniacs tend to be drawn towards violent entertainment and guns. They have emotional problems that family and society try to counteract with prescription drugs. None of these are causation, they are merely associations to the central core, which is the homicidal maniac themselves.Another logical fallacy is that anyone who uses prescription drugs, watches violent entertainment or likes to shoot guns is by association, also prone to being a homicidal maniac. It couldn&#039;t be further from the truth. We need to focus on the problem, not the associations. What America is doing now is akin to saying the flu vaccine causes the flu. <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 2060380, member: 1132"] I think the problem here does lay with society. We've come to accept hypocrisy as a standard. "Entertainers" blame guns for violence. Gun owners in turn blame entertainment. Both blame prescription drugs. In fact, none of this is true. Homicidal maniacs tend to be drawn towards violent entertainment and guns. They have emotional problems that family and society try to counteract with prescription drugs. None of these are causation, they are merely associations to the central core, which is the homicidal maniac themselves. Another logical fallacy is that anyone who uses prescription drugs, watches violent entertainment or likes to shoot guns is by association, also prone to being a homicidal maniac. It couldn't be further from the truth. We need to focus on the problem, not the associations. What America is doing now is akin to saying the flu vaccine causes the flu. :( [/QUOTE]

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