[EnjoyingLife]

1. NASA's Mission Control and ISS Crew Observe National Moment of Silence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n9GjJszdyQ&t=0m49s

2. "Exclusive: Loughner Friend Explains Alleged Gunman's Grudge Against Giffords"
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/jared-lee-loughner-friend-voicemail-phone-message

[Red Badger]

LIBERALISM.

[freedomwarrior998]

There are some kernels of truth in this piece. With the advent of the internet, a break-down of traditional morals, the "it's all about me" culture, rampant narcissism and arrogance, pride, jealousy, envy and greed, it should come as no surprise that things like this happen when they would have been unheard of in a Christian nation.

If you dare to hold a different view from someone on the internet, you will be viciously attacked, called names, cursed at, maligned, and assaulted.

If you dare to disagree with these same self important cretins IRL, most will cower and hide, but this is starting to change as the internet personas blend with the real life personas.

Much of what we see in culture can be traced to a similar source. Ie: The promotion of premarital-sex, drugs, homosexuality, abortion, immorality, ect...

[mlizzy]

It's not all that difficult to figure out why Americans are so violent.

[sinanju]

The Five Stages of Liberal Hand-Wringing:

Blame Sarah Palin and the Tea Party.

Blame Right-Wing talk radio and the internet.

Blame the political culture of incivility.

Blame guns.

Blame America’s Culture of Violence.

Blame anybody you hold in contempt but don’t you dare blame the perpetrator.

[no-to-illegals]

I have to agree with Red Badger. Evil gravitates to liberalism. Liberalism has been attempting to deflect this truth for ages, by changing their names and blaming the violence on others than themselves. What we are witnessing is the same, as has been throughout history. A rise of liberalism which leads to an unspeakable horror perpetrated upon the innocent. May God set things right, for man is destine to failure when confronting most all evils.

[Joyell]

Some root causes:

Inundation of TV and Movie Violence
Video Game Violence
Dysfunctional Family Life

[TaraP]

Un-repentful SIN............

Matthew 24:12

Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,

Matthew 24:11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.

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Matthew 24:13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.

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James 1:21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

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Revelation 2:4 Yet I hold this against you: You have

[mamelukesabre]

Drugs and the war on drugs

Illegal immigration and open borders

A non-homogeneous people and culture

These are the primary origins of violence in america.

[FrankR]

[ctdonath2]

What are the root causes of obesity in this country?

That’s not a real question, that’s a hook to hang biases on.

[pallis]

Pop culture, tolerance and liberalism in general.

[Captain7seas]

When is somebody going to Begin to connect the dots in virtually all of these types of shootings= that of the use of SSRI antidepressant drugs with side effects of suicide and homicidal ideation?

[originalbuckeye]

One of the biggest problems of the Left is they try to guarantee that everyone is satisfied with their outcome. If you don't have a happy life, well it must be someone else’s fault. No matter what your desires, if you are a Leftist, you DESERVE to be happy. If you aren't happy or fulfilled, then someone needs to pay for your unhappiness. I argued with my Leftist cousin about our ‘rights’ as Americans. He was spouting about all these made up ‘rights’ and I told him we have the ‘Right to life’, the ‘Right to Liberty’ and the ‘Right to PURSUE Happiness’. Everything else that Americans have is gravy. He is a LEFTIST. He didn't get my point.

[FlingWingFlyer]

What are the root causes of violence in America?

IMHO, violence really picked up after the liberals used the First Amendment to ban God from America. Not a very wise move if you ask me.

[dagogo redux]

I thought poverty was always the root cause of violence and every other evil, hence the need for redistribution of wealth.

But wait: the Right Wing stands in the way of redistribution, and the Right Wing has championed the evil Capitalist sytem that led to the poverty. Soooo . . . the Right Wing is the true root cause of violence and of every evil known to man. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

[Victoria_R]

Wherever you are reading this story, somewhere in your area of the world there has been enough violence to make you cringe and ask the age-old question of "why?"

For the usual age-old reason: defending oneself against something that represents a threat to one's survival.

Particularly in America where most people want to be unhindered in earning a livable wage and doing that "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" thing.

The social network thing has gone too far to the extreme with Facebook and stuff that let's people live in their own little like-minded associations and develop a horrible cases of "group-think".