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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
Reuters asked me for a quick take, thought you might want to read it.
Comments
The fundamental ill you don't mention, is that too many Americans do not care about, or want to do a damn thing (except buy more guns) to prevent the next one of these mass murders, an event that will happen again as surely as the sun rising tomorrow.
To say acts of actual random mass murder have some connection with Homer seems a stretch, the Odyssey was meant to instill that population with the ethics of the time, the murders had a very definite message of just retribution, and the tale was as fictional as Batman.
by NCD on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 2:26pm
As causation, I'd call it a stretch. But, in pretty much all cases, the killer believes they are justified. Whether or not the society of the time agrees is another matter entirely. I'd say that the end of the Odyssey is an expression of this darker angel in the human psyche, in a way that he society at the time condoned.
by Michael Maiello on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 5:59pm
Good read. Thanks for the phrase reminder. I googled 'spree killers' and found an interesting 2000 NY Times series:
They Threaten, Seethe and Unhinge, Then Kill in Quantity - New York Times
From there I noticed Douthat's take on Aurora and Dark Knight
Douthat: How We Fear
Also, Wikipedia has lists of spree killers and rampage killers from around the world. Interesting stuff. Vehicles are almost as popular weapons as guns.
by EmmaZahn on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 1:39pm
www.blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/07/20/terror-born-from-rage/ The missing link...
by jollyroger on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 11:24pm