@PattyHanson @cdarwin But he didn't have that right. It was his delusion that's at fault here, not his rights.
@LouisIngenthron @PattyHanson @cdarwin but he /did/ have a people killing device.
Just because society might be doing the right thing here doesn't mean the point is wrong.
@ketmorco Maybe I missed the point, then. What do you think it was?
@LouisIngenthron @ketmorco probably the point was that it would have been better for the public and government to work toward the prevention of killing children than to be satisfied with punishing those who do so.
@kevinbhayes @ketmorco And that's a great goal. But we also need to be realistic and realize that prevention will never be an absolute solution. And it also doesn't hurt to recognize just how much prevention society already has built-in that we take for granted.
@LouisIngenthron @kevinbhayes but it doesn't mean we should be anything short of vehemently opposed to the status quo.
@ketmorco @kevinbhayes I disagree. The current status quo is that the vast majority of citizens will never directly experience armed violence in their entire lives. Looking at most of human history (and even contemporary hotspots like Ukraine and Gaza), that's an incredible accomplishment. A lot of work went into getting us here.
As I said before, of course there's still lots of room for improvement, but "vehemently opposed"? Nah.
