12-15-2012, 11:54 PM
(12-15-2012, 11:18 PM)Jester Wrote:(12-15-2012, 10:38 PM)Nomad25055 Wrote: If the connecticut shooter didn't have guns we would likely be calling him the connecticut stabber.
Do we have any evidence for this kind of substitution effect? I don't think I believe it on first principles. To stab 27 people to death is, if nothing else, an extraordinarily difficult physical feat.
-Jester
Greetings
My evidence is the fact that this individual was twisted enough to go to a school and kill children. My opinion is that a distinct lack of guns would not have stopped this person, only slowed him down. The man in China did stab 22 children, not kill, but stab nonetheless.
Nomad
R.I.P. Pete! I can't believe you're gone.