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To: fight_truth_decay
I have no problem with this stuff going on the air.

And, to tell you the truth, I am shocked that so many Freepers believe that people's actions can be blamed on what they read or see.

So many here think that a future killer is going to act based upon seeing what Cho has said and written. They think there is actually a causal connection.

But then, when people who murder claim that they did it based upon what they have read or seen in the past, we tell them they are full of it...that they should take responsibility for their own actions...that there is free will and nothing they have seen or read in the past can cause them to kill in the future.

Either there is free will or there isn't. Either we should take responsibility for our own actions or we shouldn't. But to suggest that we are creating another murderer by airing this material is falling into the trap of the ridiculous psychologists who think no one is really responsible for anything because we are a "product" of our upbringing.
123 posted on 04/19/2007 2:58:30 PM PDT by HaveHadEnough
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To: HaveHadEnough
Either there is free will or there isn't. Either we should take responsibility for our own actions or we shouldn't. But to suggest that we are creating another murderer by airing this material is falling into the trap of the ridiculous psychologists who think no one is really responsible for anything because we are a "product" of our upbringing.

FINALLY "A FREEPER IS SPOT ON". Way to go HaveHadEnough.

144 posted on 04/19/2007 3:42:15 PM PDT by Pit1
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