Or drugs. I blame illegal drugs, and anything promoted by capitalist system that may be legal but is morally bankrupt and fuels addiction eg See dopesick
Drugs are certainly often a factor, yes.
That's a bit unfair. Pointlessly pissy, in fact
Are you going to reply?
Sensational? Not my take. The thread title is surely in imaginary inverted commas, and was ironically referencing the likely reaction of some, by way of initiating debate. As an expert in nuance yourself I was surprised you hadn't realized. I wasn't remotely mislead into thinking this was a 'why O why' thread.
Probably on a par in terms of pointlessness as me pointing it out 
Patience dear boy. I have replied!
Youth services have been decimated under Tories, sadly a lot of young men don't have a father figure
Ah, you have met my wife then.
Yet every young man has a father, so not all the Tories fault.
The title is a simple blunt statement of fact without a single grammatical cue to suggest otherwise, a fact I challenged as did most other comments after mine and yet I get singled out in quite a snide fashion.Sensational? Not my take. The thread title is surely in imaginary inverted commas, and was ironically referencing the likely reaction of some, by way of initiating debate. As an expert in nuance yourself I was surprised you hadn't realized. I wasn't remotely mislead into thinking this was a 'why O why' thread.
And I am not reading post after post saying the thread title doesn't have any validity. Rather some very thoughtful comments about perception and reality, revealing surprisingly few instances of confirmation bias. Which is I'm sure what the OP wanted. Even I haven't gone in in studs up on 13 years of tory misrule. It is a lot more nuanced than that.
So having a go about he thread title . . . . seems a bit.....and makes me raise one eyebrow
You can debate the rights and wrongs of one parent families, but the fact is youth services were a lifeline for some.
I don't take offense, I should perhaps have put a question mark in there or a "perception". i was contemplating while in the park with the dog after a sleepless night. no need to be a bellend mate (you strike me as an old codger who has never met anyone with serious mh issues but I'm undoubtedly wrong by assumption eh? mustn't assume must we). btw I have never read the Daily Mail but I have been a victim of mindless unprovoked violence in the past and I have worked with many people who have been violent (usually when having undiagnosed or unmedicated paranoid schizophrenia at the time before i met them). Thoughts also clouded by empathy for recent victims (I mean imagine just walking to school as a 14 year and suddenly being slain by sword ffs) plus current dealings with the police re a homeless man causing criminal damage while entering a perceived empty property behind us. It's been frustrating trying to engage the police and I've spoken calmly twice to the chap who was agitated (but not aggressive) and rambling about being a legal representative of the named owner (garbage of course, he's just read the post after entering). I certainyl don';t demonise the homeless nor the mentally ill. anyway, on reflection it has made me think more about sudden acts of violence in recent times (will this chap knife me if i go to calmly talk to him etc etc). Thanks for all the comments so far. Crack on.
I'm not letting you have the last word.
No offence was meant, but for obvious reasons that kind of sensationalising title to a serious, yet incredibly rare event, is another troubling trend that has become 'normal'.
thanks for your comments HTW, nowadays I am immune to NSC criticisms and often i might post without going over in great detail exactly what I'm writing, forgetting of course that some member on here will critique it immediately. i prefer to still think as NSC as "comments down the pub" perhaps off the cuff and perhaps not thought fully through indepth, rather than a bloody thesis for peer critique before publishing!Sensational? Not my take. The thread title is surely in imaginary inverted commas, and was ironically referencing the likely reaction of some, by way of initiating debate. As an expert in nuance yourself I was surprised you hadn't realized. I wasn't remotely mislead into thinking this was a 'why O why' thread.
And I am not reading post after post saying the thread title doesn't have any validity. Rather some very thoughtful comments about perception and reality, revealing surprisingly few instances of confirmation bias. Which is I'm sure what the OP wanted. Even I haven't gone in in studs up on 13 years of tory misrule. It is a lot more nuanced than that.
So having a go about he thread title . . . . seems a bit.....and makes me raise one eyebrow
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Wasn't meant to be sensationilist but I can see how it may come across. I am just over worrying and I feel utter horror for that poor young schoolboy, as I did for those two lovely young people wandering home, and those three men in the park all stabbed, seems a lot of it but yes must remember that statistically more unlikely than ever nowadays. But kin hell, imagine being in wrong place and wrong time still. Probably should have a nap now.
You are quite right. To add, when it comes to risk perception humans are notorious for gaming it to suit their desires. On top of that they can also do it to suit their prejudices. It would be easy for me, someone who loathes the last several tory governments, to say things are getting worse because of them. They certainly are in some obvious areas. However psychotic killers....I doubt it.
www.theguardian.com
www.statista.com
Of course none of it bears thinking about.