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INDUSTRY FOCUS With Ralph C. Jensen, Editor-in-Chief
WTeb Giants Driving Violence
ragic incidents at K-12 schools ous 17 days. Fatal stabbings in England and are solidly in the crosshairs Wales are at the highest levels since 2010. of law enforcement, politi- There have been 215 homicides involving a cians and to some extent, the knife or other sharp instrument from Janu- NRA. It is on everyone’s mind ary to March 2018.
and everyone has an opinion of what can be Perhaps it is time to take a look at a possi-
done, should be done and must be accom- plished to protect students.
I stand firmly behind the Second Amend- ment of the Constitution of the United States. Those persons wanting to rewrite this docu- ment would first have to prove to me that they have more wisdom and knowledge than the Founding Fathers before this is repealed.
In agreement with the idea that “stupid” people shouldn’t have guns, a plan must be established whereby a weapon would not fall into the hands of a violent person.
Here’s another take on violence from the Metropolitan Police commissioner in Lon- don, Cressida Dick. She says that “social media sites are driving children to commit violence and murders.” She said often trivial disputes between young people were esca- lating into murder and stabbings at unprec- edented rates in the London Metro area.
The commissioner, quoted in the March 31 issue of The Times in London said that children are committing instant crimes be- cause of social media. She said that a febrile online atmosphere was among the factors re- sponsible for rising knife crime; but she also blames drug dealing, broken families and socio-economics. The commissioner is talk- ing about violence with a knife. How bad can that be? Violence is on the increase across the United Kingdom, the commissioner said. In fact, she reported on March 30 that a 36- year old woman became the tenth person to be stabbed to death in London in the previ-
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ble root cause, social media, which Commis- sioner Dick said that companies have been criticized for their response to prolific ter- rorist propaganda and online pedophile ma- terial. The content needs to be taken down because, she says, it stokes violence.
Google, the owner of You-Tube, and Facebook have both been criticized for fail- ure to take down extremist material. On the day of this writing, April 3, an active shooter situation is happening at YouTube headquarters in California. The truth is, that gangs posture on social media, including rap videos in which they goaded rival gangs and glamorized violence.
“It [social media] makes violence faster, it makes it harder for people to cool down,” the commissioner said. “I’m sure it does rev people up.”
I don’t own a gun, and don’t plan to buy one any time soon, but I share the commis- sioner’s opinion that most of today’s violence stems from a root cause that can be found at home, or I should say, the lack of a proper home life and learning environment. Just as social media has its place for good, there are many dark and down sides to getting revved up so quickly over an ignorant social post. I’m not against social media, but I implore the Web Giants to be more selective over what is available to the public.
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