Thread:OylerD/@comment-25989346-20160612175819/@comment-32738051-20160614180947

OylerD wrote: I really didn't know where I was going with this when I first started; I was relieved that my son was safe, I became saddened as I read about the slaughter of the horrified victims in a packed nightclub and then I became angry when I realized that the majority of Americans think that this is only a problem in other countries,in spite of the evidence right before our eyes. We're being conditioned into becoming a nation of sheeple, willing to surrender all of the hard fought rights the architects of our constitution intended. I wish there was some way to enlighten the youth of our country without "offending" them. There comes a time when "political correctness" must make room for just plain correctness. Grrr, I feel like a lone koala left out in the rain... 😭🐨💜🗽

I debated about posting this response...it is shocking, depressing, scary and extremely sad. The sheer number of incidents of mass shootings and terrorist attacks in the U.S. alone in the just the past 25 years is staggering, this one just be the latest and at least the seventh one this year. 😭

No, Dean, this isn't just in other countries and hasn't been for some time. In some ways, I believe it is worse in other countries, like Afghanistan and Bosnia, where the whole socio-political system is unstable. I forget where I saw this, probably Wikipedia, but statistics have shown that the U.S. currently has the highest frequency of mass shootings of any country in the world. 😭

For those brave enough and with a sturdy enough emotional state to be able to take it in and not breakdown completely, check out these two Wikipedia links:
 * links to U.S. mass shootings by year
 * listing of U.S. terrorist attacks by year (some duplicates with the above link but also includes bombings)

Have tissues on hand...I can't imagine anyone on this Wiki who could get through it without bawling their eyes out...I know I can't. And this only covers mass shootings and terrorist attacks...it doesn't cover other serial killers. Awhile before the Orlando shooting, I had watched an episode of a TV show, set at the turn of the century, and the lead characters were hunting a serial killer. One of them mentioned other serial killers known at the time. Jack the Ripper was mentioned but so was H H Holmes, who was one sick bastard and WAY more sickening than probably any other U.S. serial killer and definitely worse than the Orlando shooter. Leonardo DiCaprio will be portraying him in an upcoming film...I'm not sure I have the stomach to see it. Don't even get me started in mass deaths caused by government, corporate and individual negligence. I'm thinking particularly of the Galveston Hurricane, which had the largest loss of life of any event in the U.S., and the Johnstown Flood, which was possibly the third largest loss of life behind 9/11 and Galveston and arguably the worst structural failure due to negligence...improvements that prevented or lessened future incidents and increased public protection only came long after each of these events, too late for all those who perished. I can't even think about Johnstown without bawling...there are still too many wealthy individuals, and corporations, who care more about saving a buck than protecting human life. 😭

Absolutely, Dean, the time for political correctness is long gone and the time for action is now. Hopefully, it won't take another revolution or civil war before people change things for the better. I'm not even sure I believe it can happen in my lifetime anymore. But we need to start to act so at least some future generation will get to not only exist but also benefit. So sorry for going on like this...again...but I too get so mad and sad every time something like this happens, not the least because it's not even close to the first time something so horrible has happened. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏