Originally posted by Taupin Desciple
reply to post by Glass
Okay. So it's understood that we're on opposite sides of this fence then. That's okay. You have your opinion, I have mine. I understand the jist of your thinking here. You want to study and understand why they do what they do.
I'm glad we understand eachother
Why? So we can treat them and make them better? Haven't we been trying to do that for hundreds of years now? Yes. Do we still have psycho's running loose? Yes. Oh, I'm sorry. Our psychological methods are so much better now. We've advanced our technologies and our understanding of DNA sequences and brain functions, so we can tackle this problem now. If that's the case, again, why do we still have psycho's running the streets?
Our current psychology, based on the scientific method, has only been around roughly 150 years. It is far better than the medieval ideas that people do bad things because demons are influencing them, an idea that uneducated people today still cling to. However it is far from perfect. We shouldn't abandon the pursuit of knowlege just because it hasn't been 100% effective.
My best guess would be money my friend. You're right if you assume that we have the technologies and resources to tackle this. I'm sure we do. But the cold, hard fact of the matter is that there's no money in "fixing" these people in order to make a better society. Why would any pharma company, or any other company for that matter, shell out money to fix people when they won't get a return from their investment? If that sounds cold, it's because it is. There's no immediate short term monetary gain in making a better society, but there IS howver tons of money by shoving drugs like prozzzzac down our throats making us want more. And that's the way THEY see it. I certainly didn't make things this way, but that's the way things are and that's what we have to deal with. Big money is making their money at our expense and making our qualities of life worse in the process.
You're absolutely right. Money has allowed society to progress by leaps and bounds in the past millenia by providing incentive for people to work and create. But in modern society, the pursuit of money is surely causing stagnation. Most people/companies are more concerned with their own wealth than making any improvements on a societal level.
Look, I'm not some chest thumping neanderthal screaming for more blood. I want LESS blood. Read my posts and you'll understand that I'm a civilized, caring individual who just wants peace.
I understand, and I am sorry I made that comparisson, but sometimes you have to twist an arm to get a reaction.
But unfortunately we're not going to be able to do achieve that in a civilized manner anymore because that's just the way this world has turned. Money is king and human emotions are just pawns that big money plays to get more. It's chess game gone bad. And you know what? It's working for them. because here we are, at each others throats about this when there is only one realistic solution to this problem. Exterminate the problem.
I was nodding in agreement up until the last sentence. You're correct that in the short term, the most effective solution would be to exterminate all murderers, rapists, and other assorted psychopaths. However, the prison system is supporting workers while costing taxpayers money...it's a messy win-lose situation no matter the solution. At least my solution works toward a better tomorrow...it's a shame our leaders don't share this attitude.
And Nazi Germany isn't even a close comparison in my book because they were no better than the 15 year old girl in this story. They were killing for the sake of it. Or because they wanted to "rule the world". I don't want to rule the world. I want to make it a better place to live on.
Nazi Germany was killing for the sake of it, but with a twisted moral justification backing it. They wanted to make the world a better place by purifying humanity so that only Aryans remained. Obviously, this is considered evil by our standards, but to some of them it was a perfectly acceptable ideal. Your idea that anyone who is detrimental to society should be killed is similar, but more focused on a specific group.
I'll only touch on one more point as I'm running out of characters...
And please don't say that things like this take time. We've had all the time in the world to fix this problem ever since we could start recoognizing evil people for what they are.
But it's true, everything takes time. The problem is that we HAVENT been taking the time to fix our problems, just shoving them aside like what I'm doing at work right now!
