Lavochkin wrote:Camicon wrote:Everyone "[tries] to convert kids into their cause", religion is a prime example. I don't think it's inherently wrong to do so, and I'll wager that you don't either when it comes to certain other ideologies.
And there has been senseless violence for as long as we've been able to think. Overall, violence in the USA is trending downward, and has been for decades. Sandy Hook is not indicative of "low morality".
I'm not arguing if trying to convert kids is ethical or not. But did you get shot in the face by the priest with an AR-15 last time you went to church?
If you don't think school shootings, racial tensions, political divisions and mass protests are going up in the U.S. Well, I'd like to join you in living in the same rock you've been living under.
Whether or not the cause is a good one does not change whether or not "converting kids" is inherently wrong, as your previous post implied.
And I wasn't talking about school shootings specifically, I was talking about violence. Violence is trending downwards, this is a fact. Racial tensions, political polarization, and mass protests, are separate matters.