Am I a sociopath?

[vraiblonde]

thank you lord for granting me a soul. you know i've seen it on here many times how heartless people can be on here, but jeez, have a heart!

People die every day. Are we just supposed to care more because the media shoves it in our faces?

 

[hvp05]

if a gunman walked into your room right now, would you not be vulnerable?

I'm sure I could think of something.

they don't teach a course at college for what do you when a psycho comes on campus and shoots up the place.

Have you had to attend a class to inform you how to do everything? Basic life experience the average 19 year old has over the average 5 year old should give the elder some advantage in their given scenario.

but i would say that having an armed man shooting at unarmed individuals is just as vulnerable situation as the latter.

Instead of arguing this any further... I'd rather eat lunch.

 

[ylexot]

I don't feel sad because of the dead that I don't know, but I do feel sympathy for those who must continue to live with the loss.

 

[Redskinsmama]

People die every day. Are we just supposed to care more because the media shoves it in our faces?

you're right people die everyday, and every story that i read i care about and feel for those around the deceased that have to cope. i don't just care b/c the media is shoving it down our throats, i care b/c i know how i would feel if this happened to me when i was going to college, i know how it would be for a parent to have to worry about their children being in school, i feel for them just as i do when i hear stories about deaths in iraq. media or not, it was a tragedy and i feel for all those involved. i guess i'm the exact opposite of thor.

 

[Redskinsmama]

I'm sure I could think of something.

yea, the fact that you're about to die

Have you had to attend a class to inform you how to do everything? Basic life experience the average 19 year old has over the average 5 year old should give the elder some advantage in their given scenario.

no experience can prepare you for that, unless you've been in that situation before and i imagine the statistics on that are rather low.

Instead of arguing this any further... I'd rather eat lunch.

enjoy your lunch!

 

[hvp05]

yea, the fact that you're about to die

Alright, you coaxed me back.

Your statement is too funny. The possibility that I might die would be the first half-second. The next half-second I would do something about it.

Maybe you automatically assume you would be a victim if ever attacked... I choose to not give in so easily.

 

[2ndAmendment]

Don't think that you can slip that fairy tale in unnoticed.

Didn't expect it to be unnoticed, and unlike you, I won't smack you because you don't believe. If you want to think you evolved from some pond scum, have at it.

 

[2ndAmendment]

You know that I don't believe in creation, but I was wondering if you've ever read "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.

No. I have little time for recreational reading to my detriment.

 

[2ndAmendment]

if a gunman walked into your room right now, would you not be vulnerable? ....

Every person is vulnerable. Any person that is not able to defend themselves is more vulnerable. Ask Maryland legislators why it is OK to have a CCW if you carry large amounts of money or are a politician but not if you are a 7-11 employee. Doesn't the 7-11 worker have as much right to defend his life as a business owner/manager or politician? Seem the Maryland politicians place greater value on money and their own lives than on the lives of just an ordinary citizen.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Seriously, I mean I really couldn't give two sh%ts about what happened at Virginia Tech. I didn't know any of them and frankly I don't much care about them. Seems they are getting a little too much attention if you ask me. Sh%t happens right? The shooter is dead, stop your sniveling and get over it.

I can't make those people un dead.
neither I, nor anybody, can stop a similar act in the future.

So it boils down to how it's going to affect me personally.

But the level of collective tear jerking going on is weakness. It's hollywood. It's voyurism. What it isn't is sympathy. It's daytime drama albeit real.

It's inappropriate. I didn't know anyone involved. But the media tells me, the politicians tell me, I should be grief stricken. I am not, even though quite capable of it having been shattered by personal losses several time.

I would NEVER have lowered the flag to half staff for a homicide.

No, I don't feel obligated to cry, show sorrow or light a candle. When I grieve, NOBODY can assist me. NOBODY can make it better for me. So I do it privately and request no assistance.

Well, this does affect me and millions of other Americans directly, and I do care.

So, the media should ignore this because you don't care and go cover dead stripper some more.

This is the most important story since Hurricane Katrina, and television news ratings show that. FOX News and CNN have tripled their normal audiences and MSNBC has more than 1 million viewers for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Apparently, alot of people do care, so go take your sorry ass and rent out a private island and cut off all communication to the outside.

 

[BlackSheep]

kids are the one area that does get me. especially if they are the same age as mine.

So if your kids were the same age as these 31 kids that were murdered you might feel something in some capacity? :shrug:

 

[Larry Gude]

Let's find out!

Seriously, I mean I really couldn't give two sh%ts about what happened at Virginia Tech. I didn't know any of them and frankly I don't much care about them. Seems they are getting a little too much attention if you ask me. Sh%t happens right? The shooter is dead, stop your sniveling and get over it.

I can't make those people un dead.
neither I, nor anybody, can stop a similar act in the future.

So it boils down to how it's going to affect me personally.

But the level of collective tear jerking going on is weakness. It's hollywood. It's voyurism. What it isn't is sympathy. It's daytime drama albeit real.

It's inappropriate. I didn't know anyone involved. But the media tells me, the politicians tell me, I should be grief stricken. I am not, even though quite capable of it having been shattered by personal losses several time.

I would NEVER have lowered the flag to half staff for a homicide.

No, I don't feel obligated to cry, show sorrow or light a candle. When I grieve, NOBODY can assist me. NOBODY can make it better for me. So I do it privately and request no assistance.

...let us know the results.

http://www.blogthings.com/areyouasociopathquiz/

 

[ylexot]

this does affect me and millions of other Americans directly

How so?

 

[BuddyLee]

Self absorbed? I prefer practical.

In the end there is nothing you can do for those people.

Let's just say "less human". Computer's are practical as are machines, that's what you sound like.

From Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments:

"How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it."

"As we have no immediate experience of what other men feel, we can form no idea of the manner in which they are affected, but by conceiving what we ourselves should feel in the like situation."

"The mob, when they are gazing at a dancer on the slack rope, naturally writhe and twist and balance their own bodies, as they see him do, and as they feel that they themselves must do if in his situation."

The media may tell you to do one thing and not another; however, some things are merely inherent in human beings.

 

[slaphappynmd]

I guarantee you I am not the only one on the board who feels this way.

i agree with you!

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Not quite. A 19 year old college student (so presumably not an idiot) should generally be more aware, cautious and knowledgeable about the world than, say, a 5 year old.

They at least had a chance to protect themselves and possibly even do something to stop the gunman. Whereas a 5 year old who is approached by a grown man looking to molest that child will likely have little hope of escape.

Problem is the dude had two guns. He was shooting relentlessly. Any attempts to bring him down would be met with instant death.

I'd be the first person dead because I would try to bring him down. Now, if someone else had a gun in there...

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

i agree with you!

You would.

 

[BlackSheep]

...let us know the results.

http://www.blogthings.com/areyouasociopathquiz/

OMG I'm calling in sick tomorrow!

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

How so?

This has an impact on any kid, high school or college, that is old enough to comprehend the situation. This could happen anywhere. This brings to light the question of how safe college campuses are.

There were what, 26 thousand people at that school? So they all were affected, as were there families.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

I will say Thor's opinion is brash and controversial but he said what he meant, and I appreciate that the first amendment still lives on.