28-05-2022, 11:10 AM
(28-05-2022, 06:54 AM)Magoo Wrote: from Ari Meelber regarding the latest in what he describes as a 'ritual' cycle of angst and grief and then doing fuck all 
about shootings in usa.
no need to watch its entirety, the opening monologue runs about 3 minutes.
he uses words like 'negligent', and 'complicit' in their approach to actually dealing with the issue.
he berates americas normalisation and ongoing acceptance of this phenomenon... hmmm phenomenon might be the wrong word but it seems unique to american society, although ive made reference in another thread to our own elephant in the room that is infanticide and our ritual of blame, hand wringing and then doing fuck all (ongoing acceptance,)) is just marking time between deaths.
at which point do we too become complicit by neglect to act as well?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp-CMwXQQ8s
Good food for thought.
The first mistake that people make is referring to "America" as a whole. Every state has its own culture, personality and laws. A number of years ago I did an in depth survey into the relationship between gun laws and crime. And there is none. It's easy for people to point at a liberal (in a legal sense) state and show their bad record, whilst ignoring other states that have much tighter laws (including far tighter than ours) and have just as much of a problem. The converse was also true. Some of the most liberal states were the safest. I don't have time to do the exercise now but after a quick look at some data I don't see any immediate evidence that it has changed.
The bottom line is that the whole crime problem is a social one, and making more laws simply doesn't fix anything. Countries that we align with culturally all have enough laws. Some of the problem is the lack of, or inconsistent, application of the law. Sometimes it's just simply too hard. But mostly the problem is a misplaced focus on more control.
The politicians shown as saying the same words over and over are just doing their job as the figurehead who has to say something caring at a time of tragedy. It's the same here. And won't be fixed by laws that hit the good people, only policy and guidance that deal with a change in a malfunctioning social structure.