Bowling For Columbine - So What Is The Cause?

[Lizard_King]

@Kyle_Wilson

But it really is the culture that matters. Do you really think that, say, the Japanese are seething hotbeds of murderous hatred, kept from killing one another as often as Colombians only by the absence of weaponry close at hand?

Now, now, let’s be fair to the Japanese. They just got it out all at once against their neighbours.

And, yeah, as a victim/product of latin American culture myself, all I can say is it’s a damned good thing we don’t have nuclear weapons (yet).

[Guido_Jones]

@Midnight_Son

[quote=Guido Jones]Sad sad day when people don’t know who Chet is :/

I guess I’m just not 1337 like you. :roll:[/quote]

Nah, just means you’ve probably never read OMM.

[Brian_Koontz]

@King_Lupid

Well, I saw this last night, and it has me thinking. I don’t care what you think of Michael Moore or about Gun Control. What I really want to know is: Why do you think that America has by far the most gun murders annually? Why are we killing each other in record numbers? There are nation’s comparable to us on every level, yet we are the ones with so much killing. What’s up with that?

The core reason is that America is not a nation, really… its a collection of disparate people.

What would happen if you took half of Japan’s population and half of Norway’s population and threw them together? My guess is a rise in the murder rate (among other things).

America’s only point of unification is America itself. The laws, culture, etc. Compared to most other countries, that doesn’t count for much.

Other factors are crime-related murders (which most are, probably) and the gun history of the US (western frontier, organized crime, etc).

Another factor is that America is a democracy. This means there is no strong governing force, no strong force to say “Don’t kill” for example. You have just as much right to kill someone as anyone else.

Welcome to the Jungle, baby… are you The Quick or The Dead?