The point you seem to miss is shit happens. I don't freak out about it, our culture unfortunately encourages it. Nonetheless, I think people are overall good, and people do try to make things better. At this junction we are at a philosophical disagreement, I don't think its worthwhile for either of us to hash out such a conversation.
I know all about the school systems - I subbed regularly in another state as recently as 8 yrs ago - my wife[ at the time ]had a full time gig there. The public schools are hapless, and getting worse. In many cases, it's more about survival than learning.
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The point I think
you miss is that, yeah, things happen - but the drastic rise in occurances and sheer gruesomeness and brutality of the crimes are unparalled - as is the weakness of the gov't in every area that matters to civil society, especially in it's ability to provide for the common defense.
Along with all the other crime and chaos that's been a rising tide in N America [that you've helped document], you can now add jihadists hiding in plain sight. NJ, OK, WA, ARK, AL, NC....you really don't know until they let you know. The 'element of surprise' is not on the good guy's side.
At some point, the sheer combination of events - worldwide and internal - and massive gov't weakness is going to overload the country's ability to cope. It doesn't take a lot of stress factors to morph 'good folks' into desperate survivalists.
You couldn't pay me enough cash or Goji OG to live in or near a city. For those amigos that do - don't let your guard down....assuming you have it up. Do whatever you have to do to provide for you and your families safety. [ guns and canned goods ? ]
If you wish to not continue the conversation, n/p. It was never a contest, and there is no winner or loser, imo.
[this post was not influenced in any way by FOX News]