No need for agonised puzzlement. It's simple. Lanza was a psychopath. Many are. Difference is, he lived in a culture that glorifies guns.
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Replying to @RichardDawkins
@RichardDawkins also lived in a culture of hamburgers. Surely I don't need to tell you that correlation is not causation. Data please.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@RichardDawkins think the point is that glorification of guns => mass ownership of guns which, in turn, => more massacres1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @oxbow_lakes
@oxbow_lakes@RichardDawkins I have seen no data for this, just awful reasoning, akin to the apologists whose incoherence we all despise.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @oxbow_lakes
@oxbow_lakes I contend, you have seen no data for the claim either. Nor has Richard Dawkins.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @oxbow_lakes
@oxbow_lakes Sure, so call me on it. I have reason to believe that no such data exists.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@oxbow_lakes Correlation might be the best we have at this time. That and a reasoning. Doesn’t mean no action must be taken.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@ebruchez @oxbow_lakes there is no reasoning so far put forward that stands up to any scrutiny. I agree otherwise.
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