tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post695990055594148206..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Ingredients of TragedyTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-13087933664524493632012-07-23T08:34:08.374-05:002012-07-23T08:34:08.374-05:00DC ~~~ Thank you for your gentle and calming asses...DC ~~~ Thank you for your gentle and calming assessment of the situation. <br /><br />I agree that hate has to be at root of these incidents,<br />whether additional, more precise, motive is present or not.<br /><br />I turned back to the post published on 12 July "Hatred <i>the madness of the heart</i>", and read it again, including description of the movie <i>Steel Toes"</i>, and found myself wondering whether this killer's defence lawyer will be anything like the lawyer portrayed in that story.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-19008556231692264062012-07-23T03:43:54.255-05:002012-07-23T03:43:54.255-05:00personally I think actions like the ones in Aurora...personally I think actions like the ones in Aurora are born of hate. And unfortunately feeding this type of hate with attention sets the stage for a growth of hate. It's evident in many posts I've seen about this all over the web, as well as some of the comments submitted to your wonderful blog.<br />I'd rather look at this (tragedy), and every instance like this as an opportunity to reflect within (which you seem to have done with your sensitive blog).....and not use the issue as a sounding board of any kind, because frankly....negativity begets negativity.<br />So I can understand FULLY why you hesitated to even comment on the astrological aspects of a common killer. Well.. maybe not so common....but a killer all the same. Like all of us....our actions come from a hidden personal "within" that even the best of psychiatrists, astrologers or anyone else for that matter, can only guess at. This is indeed what I refer to as Human nature.....elusive as a cloud but as wet as the rain.<br />Like you said....a result of being born here on this mysterious....yet STILL wonderful, planet earth.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404195170822950372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-74577676420360757992012-07-22T13:10:08.516-05:002012-07-22T13:10:08.516-05:00Anonymous ~~ Your advice is no doubt offered in go...Anonymous ~~ Your advice is no doubt offered in good faith, but I take exception to your comments.<br /><br />First, I'm sure that if Lynn Hayes, a well-respected astrologer, finds that her interpretation needs amendment she will update it, therefore I shall leave the link to it here.<br /><br />Erm....<i>"people like myself"</i><br />??? How do you know me sufficiently well to make that comment?<br /><br />I have written in posts here on several occasions that there is ingrained in every human the seeds of monstrosity. It comes due to having been born on planet Earth.<br />In some of us such inclinations are stronger, due to other influences or other factors.<br /><br />If you read what I have written carefully you'll note that I do not "blame guns video games and movies" in what you term as an easy way out. I propose that it was <b>the coming together</b> of these factors with a mind and circumstance ripe for some evil act, such as took place on Friday.<br />No single element alone would have brought the event about.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-72500889301509006832012-07-22T11:53:32.758-05:002012-07-22T11:53:32.758-05:00Lynn Hayes' interpretation of the facts or the...Lynn Hayes' interpretation of the facts or the chart were not accurate, so if I were you, I wouldn't link to it. <br /><br />With that said, blaming guns, video games, and movies is the easy way out when you don't want to deal with the fact that there were mass murders before technology happened and that the need to kill is ingrained in some people not because of technology, but because of their psychology. To admit that someone like Holmes is a human being and not a monster terrifies people like yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-91027108236382822072012-07-22T08:54:53.654-05:002012-07-22T08:54:53.654-05:00RJ Adams ~~ Thanks for the link, RJ. Yes, good ar...RJ Adams ~~ Thanks for the link, RJ. Yes, good article.<br /><br />These words from it especially:<i>the gun control issue is not about reason and dispassionate analysis of the facts. It's about emotional assertion and rhetorical bullying amid an atmosphere of mutual incomprehension. </i><br /><br />Evidence is easily available in just about any string of comments beneath relevant articles anywhere on the net.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-23554133379891529352012-07-21T22:59:36.216-05:002012-07-21T22:59:36.216-05:00We always agreed on this subject, Twilight. There&...We always agreed on this subject, Twilight. There's an interesting (and sane) viewpoint on the BBC website, by Rod Dreher, senior editor at 'The American Conservative'.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18877454R J Adamshttp://sparrowchat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-70940473540750642962012-07-21T17:49:12.407-05:002012-07-21T17:49:12.407-05:00Wisewebwoman ~~ Yes. Three letters that seem to ...Wisewebwoman ~~ Yes. Three letters that seem to strike fear into the hearts of all politicians (or into their wallets).Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-22363130499008306132012-07-21T17:27:35.353-05:002012-07-21T17:27:35.353-05:00One acronym:
NRA
XO
WWWOne acronym:<br /><br />NRA<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-8458368621612977972012-07-21T14:17:28.830-05:002012-07-21T14:17:28.830-05:00anyjazz ~~ Re the barn door - as I see it it rema...anyjazz ~~ Re the barn door - as I see it it remains open at all times - nobody dares to even push it a wee bit so as it's half-way closed for fear of upsetting the sainted NRA.<br /><br />What do our President and our Would-be President have to say on this? That they will pray on it.<br /><br />Excuse me while I go bash my head against the wall and will find it hard to stop!!!!!<br /><br />I guess you're right about the money aspect as another thread in the the venomous network - yes!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-34864651317870581482012-07-21T13:48:01.184-05:002012-07-21T13:48:01.184-05:00Americans do have a propensity for closing the bar...Americans do have a propensity for closing the barn door after the horse is gone. <br /><br />It was a very subtle move: When the private citizen’s right to own a gun for protection or hunting became the private citizen’s right to own weapons designed for warfare and mass killing. When did it happen? <br /><br />Why did it happen? Money.anyjazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.com