Yes, confusing symptoms and the underlying causes is not likely to lead
to resolution...nor will the imposition of "laws"...we have an interesting
and complex dynamic unfolding now...but not only here in the USA...In
Switzerland, where I have happily lived and worked for many years, citizens
are
individually and as a culture very heavily armed...and yet , this is not
a social problem..more evidence that guns are not the problem...only the
symptom of a pervasive underlying miasm here in USA... Students of history
know that outlawing alcohol during the prohibition era led to more violence
because a significant percentage of the populace did not agree and a black
market economy arose...same with the spurious, deeply corrupt "war on
drugs"... outlawing is not the solution, for alcohol, drugs or firearms...best
to
think systemically and think more deeply into this massive social
trauma...involving what is also our military/industrial/ state sponsored ,
media
complicit, national and international violence....and who benefits ?
All for now...
Anngwyn
In a message dated 1/4/2016 5:40:41 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Hello All,
Gun laws in the US appear to reinforce the violent psyche of fear that
drives it. In the large scheme of things changing the laws may be more than
just treating the symptoms.
Best wishes,
Robert
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:49 AM, _anngwyn@aol.com_ (mailto:anngwyn@xxxxxxx)
[ConstellationTalk] <_ConstellationTalk@yahoogroups.com_
(mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote:
Hello Everyone,
While I am all for peace and not so fond of guns, from a systemic
perspective, guns are not the problem...only the symptom of the problem...We
have
always had guns in this country....and as a social traumatologist, more
problematic is the trans-national epidemic of state-sponsored, media
generated "fear porn " designed to promote and accelerate " fear of the other
"....and this inevitably leads to all manner of violence as history as proven
over and again. Confusing the symptom with the problem is likely to lead only
to more confusion. We might ask: Who or what benefits from this current
fear mongering epidemic that seeks to exploit the darker aspects of tribal
consciousness ?
I addressed this "fear porn " in my blog " Trauma and the Human Condition
" _http://anngwyn.wisrville.org_ ;(http://anngwyn.wisrville.org/) as "Our
Year of Fear ". which may be of interest....
Warm regards
Anngwyn St. Just Ph.D.
_http://anngwyn.wisrville.org_ ;(http://anngwyn.wisrville.org/)
_www.acst-international.com_ (http://www.acst-international.com/)
