Azelma wrote:
1.) For truly "bad eggs" who either suffer from severe psychosis, or have mental issues far outside the realm of poor socialisation and upbringing...hospitalisation / medication seem to be the only course of action
These people are very rare and irrelevant. They will inevitably destroy themselves.
Azelma wrote:
2.) For the second type, I'd argue that a look at family structures....therapy for both the parents and the child could be helpful. Could a parent who has previously never been self critical be "shown the light"? Could, with enough discussion and coaching, a parent learn the ways they are doing wrong by their child?
No. Generally speaking, people don't change. You can't "make" someone care. And therapy is malarkey. "You can't have too much of a bad thing."
Azelma wrote:
You're right in that shrinkology is too often focused on the child...the
child's issues. Yet, I know in my girlfriends' program they work on viewing the family as a whole. They work on attachment theory...developing stronger bonds etc. It's not perfect, but I think we have to start small. We cannot just outlaw all guns and throw all unfit parents in a ditch (as much as I'm sure you'd like to
). We can however, work on starting with 1 family at a time.
"Attachment theory" is bullshit, for the reason I stated: the totalitarian principle. "Attachment theory" is nothing more than an evil excuse to exploit children for money.
"Family as a whole" is also bullshit. Nihilistic copout; avoiding blaming any one person, because the parents have the pocketbook and are never wrong. So rather than lay blame where it belongs, split the difference and charge for the service. That is it, and that is all.
Azelma wrote:
The key for all of this too, is identifying the Adam Lanza's of the world before they snap.
Adam Lanza was fine. He didn't need to be identified.
What needed to happen was for the "family law" and shrinkology system to be dismantled so he could get on with his life. Again, this is "can't have too much of a bad thing." The system breaks something that is working fine, so rather than throw it out the window and go with what works, you try to argue that we just need more bad stuff.
Azelma wrote:
Even now, my way of survival has been "keep your head down and stay close to those with power" At the risk of being too honest, I was reading about prison culture the other day..... If I were to ever be arrested I know what I would do on my first day in prison. I'm certain I would align myself with a stronger male and become his bitch for protection. Perhaps I'd carve out a niche as a man who can make deals and sneak in things. Bottom line, it would work, and I would survive. Do you read/watch game of thrones? I'm Littlefinger with a moral compass. I know how to play the game, and it's helped me be successful.
"Success is always a liar."
Place the quote.
Azelma wrote:
Perhaps that's the issue all these shooters have faced to much more significant degrees. When you feel you have no purpose, are not being heard, or cannot express yourself...you lash out. Obviously, there's something missing -- and all the convictions in the world can't fix it. Just like all the questioning in the world can't fix what leaves me unfulfilled.
Because your questions never leave you with answers.
Asking whether God exists or whether there are aliens or what would happen if Hitler won WWII are useless questions because they can't produce actionable answers. The same is true of endless pseudo-philosophical meandering. To seek first and final principles is to know God.
Back and forth we go about therapy. But no matter how full of holes the pseudoscience is proven to be, you argue that "you can't have too much of a bad thing", on the basis of nothing more than sheer banality. That is why your questioning is not useful. You don't distill your answers into truths.
