Elliot Rodger and World of Warcraft

SANTA BARBARA SLAYER MIMICKING WARCRAFT CHARACTER

Turn off the video games and live in the real world. I remember Fr. John Hardon, S.J. saying that millions of people live in a dream world and telling his listeners "If you listen to one thing I say today, live in the real world." 

Play with your kids and grandkids. Tell them stories. Take them on walks and link their make-believe to the real world. Fill their heads with heroes who exhibit courage and honor instead of letting game-makers fill their heads with violence and hatred. How many are living in a self-indulgent X-rated fantasy land feeling sorry for themselves and imagining how they will get even over all the real and imagined injuries?

Today on Memorial Day remember those who gave their lives to save others. 

May God pour out His grace on our poor, troubled world. And may He have mercy on Elliot Rodger and his victims. Intercede for them, Mary.

Elliot Rodger and Other Mass Murderers: Is There a Link to the Drugs?

We know Elliot Rodger was seeing several shrinks for his problems. My question: what kind of drugs did they have him on? How many of these killers are taking strong psychiatric drugs that can cause violent and suicidal behavior? This is the scandal. It's not about the guns, folks. Elliot killed three people (probably his roommates) with knives before he went out and killed three more with guns. So let's call for knife control!  But the real control that's needed is drug control. Big pharma is pretty effective at keeping the lid on this scandal but the fact is there's pretty strong evidence of a drug link to these killings.

Every mass shooting over last 20 years has one thing in common... and it's not guns

School related violence committed by those on psychiatric drugs

Psychiatric Drugs and Mass Shootings: Is There a Link?

ISEPP Statement on the Connection Between Psychotropic Drugs and Mass Murder

Liberal Bloggers Already Blaming Conservatives for Shooting in Arizona

A mass murderer in Arizona killed at least five and wounded a number of others this morning at a political event organized by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords was shot in the head, but is expected to recover. A federal judge, John Roll, was among the dead. (See here.)

The smoke hadn't cleared at the scene before liberals blamed Sarah Palin and the tea party for the shooting. The mass murder is a tragedy, but isn't it prudent to get the facts before gathering the lynch mob? If one disagrees with liberalism he is automatically accused of inciting murder and is lynched in the liberal press (or on the liberal blogs). And the Huffington Post isn't exactly a model of restraint when it comes to rhetoric!

The man arrested at the scene, Jared Loughner, has a strange video on the internet that makes him sound mentally ill. Most of these mass murderers are just that -- crazy (or Muslim fanatics)! And yet the liberal M.O. is to immediately accuse those who disagree with them of being partners and instigators of the crime. The hypocrisy of the left is astounding. No one on the left dissented when the Department of Homeland Security labled peaceful pro-lifers "domestic terrorists." They just nodded in agreement despite the fact that the pro-life movement is the most peaceful social movement in history. On the other hand, when Ronald Reagan was shot, the right didn't immediately accuse the left of fomenting the attack.

Liberals need to take a deep breath and let the police do their job. Unfortunately, that isn't likely to happen because designating your opponent as a "hatemonger" and  "enemy" is an acceptable staple of liberalism. The homosexual movement calls the strategy "jamming." The jamming against Sarah Palin and the tea party has begun. It illustrates the left's aphorism that "a crisis is a terrible thing to waste."

A better approach to a tragedy like this is to immediately pray for the dead, asking God's mercy on them and for the survivors and all the families affected. Blaming those who had nothing to do with the event is the equivalent of throwing gasoline on a fire. It's unjust and pointless.