Are…are you seriously suggesting that people of color are more violent than white people?

I’m pretty sure that’s what he/she was suggesting. The liberal comment gave that away.

I like that he/she hoped that nobody would be offended, before asking the question on a blog where the blog owner is black and likely to shoot her/him for being so ignorant.

The Alternative (sic) is to carry on being liberal and ignore explanatory factors.

answers your question.

I hope it does not upset people, but I would be very keen to know the ethnicity of the 2 brothers charged with attempted murder

Are…are you seriously suggesting that people of color are more violent than white people?

To be honest, I’m hoping it is actually less than 1%.

Sam

I just assumed that the kids involved in this atrocity are white. Just the impression I got (of course I could be completely wrong).

I agree entirely that children need to experience and be taught how to deal with failure/rejection/whatever, because if they get everything they want, the time that they don’t they haven’t a clue how everyone else copes with this “rejection” and they take what they want, however they want to.

Apparently, the thugs who attacked the other two boys did so because they refused to hand over their money, mobile phones and trainers when it was demanded of them.

I also agree with those of you who said that these happenings are not more frequent, they are just being reported more often now.

Going along with the effects on culture, I feel alot of the kids start out by acting out to gain their parents’ attention. They probably don’t feel loved and then when they’re rejected by others that causes more mental damage.

Bullying is out of hand as well, and a lot of the cases of school shootings are usually students who have been bullied. The schools expect the parents to handle disciplining the kids,but when they’re so blind that they don’t even see bombs being made in their home (or weapons hidden there, etc.) there’s really not much hope.

The care of a nanny or a day care falls way short in my mind. So many parents don’t want to be bothered. And I heard an interesting comment on the Apprentice the other night. The teams were to make a viral video for laundry detergent and one of the ladies said, “So our demos are moms.” Makes sense to me. The executives are like, “No. Women with children,not moms.” I’m sorry, to me your children should be top priority. I also think kids need a steady,complete family. I know that’s not a popular conception in today’s society.

What both fascinates and horrifies me is that of all the fucked up kids out there, very few actually do stuff like this. But it’s virtually impossible to predict which ones will flip.

I’m not convinced that ethnicity plays a decisive role in making a child into a killer. It’s far more likely to be due to socio-economic factors and a serious psychological disfunction.

“If parents don’t discipline their kids, and schools aren’t allowed to, then who does?”

I can’t agree with this more. I’m not a heavy proponent of physical discipline/corporal punishment as a first option, but frankly some of the kids I see around need a good kick up the arse.