The New Normal

[Heathblue]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...c3d535b0&ei=24

[Coyote]

Re: The New Normal

I think we really need to start studying what exactly causes this, and I do think it's overexposure and over-dependence on the internet.

Don't get me wrong, the internet is an incredibly useful place at times, but it's also very isolating and hazardous to people, especially young people's mental health.

This isn't a left/right ideological thing, or a religious thing, I think it just speaks to young people feeling marginalised and held down in society and how it's structured.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: The New Normal

I think we really need to start studying what exactly causes this, and I do think it's overexposure and over-dependence on the internet.

Don't get me wrong, the internet is an incredibly useful place at times, but it's also very isolating and hazardous to people, especially young people's mental health.

This isn't a left/right ideological thing, or a religious thing, I think it just speaks to young people feeling marginalised and held down in society and how it's structured.

I would leave it to the police , psychiatrists and the authorities

I worry more about people trawling the internet and telling everyone that this is happening every day when it clearly isnt

[Coyote]

Re: The New Normal

I would leave it to the police , psychiatrists and the authorities

I worry more about people trawling the internet and telling everyone that this is happening every day when it clearly isnt

I mean, this is happening many days. I think the more convincing argument is saying this was happening every day and it's simply amplified due to the ubiquity of the media's presence in our lives.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: The New Normal

I mean, this is happening many days. I think the more convincing argument is saying this was happening every day and it's simply amplified due to the ubiquity of the media's presence in our lives.

I dont go with it , danger , muslims , violence etc etc

A classic example was the recent knife attack on the train which all the usual suspects were telling us was a Muslim....when it turned out it wasn't

And two or three news stories the last few days about child abuse .......that turned out to be middle class white offenders ......the reform I told you so types very quiet again

Paul Lipscombe , NHS Manager , 28 years custody , 6 victims

[Wales-Bales]

Re: The New Normal

I think we really need to start studying what exactly causes this, and I do think it's overexposure and over-dependence on the internet.

It's a critical thinking problem that is probably related to IQ.

* Critical thinking is the process of analysing available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to make sound conclusions or informed choices. It involves recognizing underlying assumptions, providing justifications for ideas and actions, evaluating these justifications through comparisons with varying perspectives, and assessing their rationality and potential consequences. The goal of critical thinking is to form a judgment through the application of rational, sceptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluation.

Source: Wikipedia.

[Coyote]

Re: The New Normal

It's a critical thinking problem that is probably related to IQ.

* Critical thinking is the process of analysing available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to make sound conclusions or informed choices. It involves recognizing underlying assumptions, providing justifications for ideas and actions, evaluating these justifications through comparisons with varying perspectives, and assessing their rationality and potential consequences. The goal of critical thinking is to form a judgment through the application of rational, sceptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluation.

Source: Wikipedia.

So you think the problem is a lack of critical thinking? Bear in mind, you've had people like Ted Kaczynski, Anders Breivik and many others who have written in-depth manifestos describing why they're doing what they're doing.

I agree critical thinking should be encouraged in society full-heartedly, but I don't know if that's the primary explanation.

[Heathblue]

Re: The New Normal

A bit more new normal
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...ee727d11&ei=13

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: The New Normal

A bit more new normal
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...ee727d11&ei=13

Sort yourself out Mary Whitehouse , violent crime has always gone on

Havnt you got any hobbies?

Take the wife out for a drink or something

[Wales-Bales]

Re: The New Normal

A bit more new normal
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...ee727d11&ei=13

A woman waiting for a bus in Birmingham was stabbed in the neck in an unprovoked attack and has now died.

[Heathblue]

Re: The New Normal

Sort yourself out Mary Whitehouse , violent crime has always gone on

Havnt you got any hobbies?

Take the wife out for a drink or something

[Eric Cartman]

Re: The New Normal

Sort yourself out Mary Whitehouse , violent crime has always gone on

Havnt you got any hobbies?

Take the wife out for a drink or something

Dodged a bullet today, went out for a walk just now and managed to avoid the new normal. I might stab myself a few times throughout the evening just so I don't trick myself into thinking that the UK is actually pretty safe.

[Heathblue]

Re: The New Normal

Dodged a bullet today, went out for a walk just now and managed to avoid the new normal. I might stab myself a few times throughout the evening just so I don't trick myself into thinking that the UK is actually pretty safe.

Congratulations :thumbup:

How many Grand daughters do you have between the ages of say 16 to 24 ?

[Wales-Bales]

Re: The New Normal

Dodged a bullet today, went out for a walk just now and managed to avoid the new normal. I might stab myself a few times throughout the evening just so I don't trick myself into thinking that the UK is actually pretty safe.

Bloke up the road got attacked with a blunt instrument on his way home from the shop. He wasn't young either.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: The New Normal

Congratulations :thumbup:

How many Grand daughters do you have between the ages of say 16 to 24 ?

Theres heavy rain tomorrow

Its the new normal