re: What We're Learning About the Austin Bomber

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Not just a prog, but one who probably lives in a trailer park based on the fact he's too chicken shite to say where he lives 

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He probably lives in the 9th ward.

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if Alaska is such a great place to live why do more people commit suicide there than any other state?

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Well first of all, this explains your ridiculous comments about using per capita. You must not understand rates. Highest rate =/= highest total.

Regardless I would imagine that there are a couple of factors:

1. Mental health problems (including alcoholism) in the native population with limited access to treatment.

2. Largely a cold and sparsely populated state. So limited social contact and isolation could negatively impact mental health and with limited access to treatment and social support could make this more likely

3. With limited to no daylight for a significant part of the year, seasonal affective disorder is probably more prevalent, more severe, and has a longer duration. Again limited access to treatment and social support, could make suicide more likely

Of course, Juneau is a lot different than the rest of Alaska so the suicide rate of the entire state is a poor retort, especially considering the factors (and I'm sure more) that were listed above.

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No. Good teachers make good schools.

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And good funding and parents who care. It's not one dimensional.

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One could posit, with at least some degree of accuracy, that outside of a legally constituted war, police action, or execution, et., that anyone committing murder is insane.

Obviously, I do not mean legally insane, I mean just unhinged enough from societal norms and empathy toward fellow human beings as to be willing to cause harm.

This guy is not going to be found legally insane. For one thing, he tried to avoid detection and capture.

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And good funding

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Not much of a problem in the USA

Why is this truly a shame?

Seems more like mass killer?

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I think effective use of the funds is probably more important to increasing this relationship, and countering the diminishing returns.

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Absolutely.

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Did you ask the same of the Steve Scalise shooter?

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Mostly, but not all.

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It's Austin

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Hard to believe bomber is supposedly a 24 year old republican in Austin

Hard to believe indeed

Bet there’s more to the story