I agree that most of you here DGAF about victor's opinion, and that is your prerogative.
but he makes a valid point...we as a nation have largely become complacent to mass murders, and have accepted them, however heinous and horrific, as part of our culture...just as it has become part of our culture to mouth the phrase "thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families"
At one point in my life, each of these incidents really bothered me...maybe because I feared that I would be confronted with such a tragedy in my working life. We spent countless hours doing workplace violence, hostage situations and active shooter training when I was working, so I was continuously thinking about those scenarios. My interactions with colleagues and students at work told me that they were frightened of the possibility that such incidents could happen, and thankful that they were taught some possible survival techniques.
Since my retirement and with fewer personal interactions with large numbers of people, the safety for whom I was responsible, I have become less affected by these incidents...just as I think most Americans have become numbed by them, for their own personal reasons. We've only talked about keeping homicides down, and want our police to catch the murderers, but we've never seriously considered homicide prevention, mostly because we've accepted that some Americans are going to commit murders and there's nothing we can do about it.
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