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A Differing Point of View: Blame for Everybody

There is blame to go around for Newton, Conn shootings.

In the wake of Newtown, keep in mind we have a generation of 20-Something misfits who have had a steady diet of X-Box and a billion dollar industry promoting products best described as Game Boy Fantasy Slaughter.

Keep in mind we have parents influenced by Dr. Benjamin Spock, a pediatrician who claimed to have the answers to raising children.

Keep in mind, a quick examination of the previous week’s headlines included a prominent union labor leader who called for blood in the streets.  Headlines included the possible use of chemical warfare in the Middle East contributing to the concept of mass slaughter.

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Other headlines included the  “fiscal cliff’ predicting dire consequences for our lives and safety. 

And we wonder why our 20-somethings feel a tad bit disconnected from knowing right from wrong.

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