Saturday, May 27, 2006

Violence: Why can't men just kill themselves?

How many times have we heard this story: A man is upset with his wife, so he kills the entire family and then himself. A guy is angry that the woman he was dating has ended their relationship, so he kills her and then himself -- or even more tragic he opens fire at her place of employment, killing her and a number of people before killing himself. A few years ago we witnessed the younger version of this when a number of little boys took guns to school and killed other students, and teachers, because a girl in their class rejected them.

Why are some men so violent? And why must their death wish include others? These are questions in desperate need of answers.

Once again we learn that a husband, on vacation with his family in Miami,
has thrown his two children off a 15th floor balcony before jumping to his death. The children were 4 and 8 years old. How terrified they must have been as they were falling. And why did it happen to them, what could they have possibly done to provoke this, other than by accent of birth?

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