Should the White House condemn shootings?
I've got my own feelings on this, but the question hit me, and I'm wondering how many SWeeps might disagree.
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
Shootings, yes. particular shootings, no. Politics should be above the minutiae of events. But of course that is difficult to do when your election chances depend on sound bites and short attention span media.
Edit: And it is especially important to not make new law in response to extreme and unusual events.
Edit: And it is especially important to not make new law in response to extreme and unusual events.
justanothername · 51-55, M
@ninalanyon Why not. As society changes laws need to change to move with the times.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@MistyCee If they are no longer unusual then they aren't extreme in my view.
My opinion is based on Jens Stoltenberg's reaction to the Utøya event. He very quickly made the point that Norwegian society was not going to be changed by a criminal intent on political change by mass crime. And this was carried through, the perpetrator was tried as a common criminal and denied a platform for their obnoxious views.
My opinion is based on Jens Stoltenberg's reaction to the Utøya event. He very quickly made the point that Norwegian society was not going to be changed by a criminal intent on political change by mass crime. And this was carried through, the perpetrator was tried as a common criminal and denied a platform for their obnoxious views.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@justanothername
As society changes laws need to change
Exactly, and an extreme event is not necessarily a society changing event.