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Originally Posted by pshrynk
I did not mean to imply that the motive is changed, just the sociologic translation of the disaffection. The motive is the same, "I want to kill someone." It's just that the situation of what is happening in your society bends those who are so inclined to make that transation to actual behavior take certain pathways. It is soooo much more complex than what the nightly news heads try to sell us.
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I'm not sure that sociologic translation really applies, certainly not when you are talking guns vs. bombs or bombs vs. knives. If I understand what you mean by "sociologic translation" is that we assume that someone must have had a political motivation because they used a bomb ... well, that's just silly.
I'd also disagree with the idea that "I want to kill someone" is a motive. Even most serial killers have more motivation than that. I keep coming back to Columbine, I know ... but, those boys brought bombs with them, and they had very specific ideas of the people they wanted to kill and why they wanted to kill them, and there were no politics involved.
I do believe that a lot of whackos join fringe "political" groups because they like the idea of making bombs and killing people ... but my point is the same .... someone who is determined to kill a number of people ... for whatever reason ... is going to find a weapon they can afford and that they can figure out how to use, and they are going to do it.
And, I can not stress this enough ... it is a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to build a bomb than it is to make your own gun and bullets. It's even easier than it is to buy a gun and bullets. It is screamingly easy. My brother and I were building serviceable bombs by the time I was eight and he was seven. It may be distantly related, but it is NOT rocket science.