Violence As A Form Of Communication - An American Speciality

Gaga Sure Has A Set Of Guns!

Easy As Taking A Picture Just Point And Shoot

Moments Before The Trigger Is Pulled

Some Crazy Wingnut All Spaced Out

Good Thing It Is Only A Camera

Bringing The Whacko Into The Studio Maybe Not Such A Good Idea

A Mind Altered By Street Drugs And Subsequent Mental Illness Is Hard To Have Meaningful Communication With

A Mind Warped By Street Drugs Is Certain To Have Warped Emotions Also

Everyone Has Something To Say, It Is How You Say It

Given A Public Forum - Unmasked!

The Host Does Not Know What To Make Of His Guest

A Warped Mind Brought Into The Light Of Day

I RECENTLY RE-WATCHED TALK RADIO AGAIN BASED ON KOA 850 DENVER TALK SHOW HOST ALAN BERG. HIS DEATH WAS STUNNING FOR THE FACT ALONE THAT A RIGHT WING MILITIA TARGETED HIM FOR ASSASSINATION BECAUSE HE WAS A JEW. NO ONE WAS EVER CONVICTED FOR HIS MURDER, BUT THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION LED AUTHORITIES TO A SPIDER WEB OF NEFARIOUS CHARACTERS AND COMPLEX CRIMES.

IN AMERICA, VIOLENCE IS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION THAT IS IMPLEMENTED FAR TOO OFTEN WHEN A SCORE NEEDS TO BE SETTLED OR SOMEONE WANTS THE FINAL WORD. EVEN AS THE, "MOST ADVANCED SOCIETY" IN THE HISTORY OF THE PLANET ENJOYS THE TECHNOLOGICAL MARVELS OF THE AGE OF COMPUTERS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, PRIMITIVE URGES NEED TO BE EXPRESSED. ALL TOO OFTEN THESE PRIMAL EMOTIONS ARE COMMUNICATED THROUGH VIOLENCE WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS. WHETHER THIS EXPRESSION OF EMOTION VIA A VIOLENT ACT IS A "PRIME MOVER", THAT IS, A HORMONE BASED, DNA EMBEDDED BEHAVIOR OR A MEANS TO DEAL WITH OVERWHELMINGLY PRIMITIVE EMOTION IN A "HEALTHY WAY" IS UNKNOWN.

EVER SINCE JFK WAS ASSASSINATED DURING THE "AGE OF ASSASSINATIONS" IN THE 1960'S, NO ONE CAN BE TOO SURPRISED WHEN VIOLENCE ERUPTS. HOW TO PUT IT DOWN AND DEAL WITH ITS' AFTERMATH REMAINS A PUZZLE. PREVENTING THESE VIOLENT INCIDENTS CAN ONLY OCCUR IF THERE IS INTERVENTION WHEN THE PERPETRATOR EXHIBITS "WARNING SIGNS". THIS IS A TOUGH CALL FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND LAWMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

I CONDEMN VIOLENCE AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. I ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THIS PERVERSE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION EXISTS AND ACKNOWLEDGE ITS' ABILITY TO THWART "ACCEPTABLE" FORMS OF COMMUNICATIONS. THIS SAID, WHEN IS IT OKAY TO DEPLOY VIOLENCE AS A MEANS TO COMMUNICATE?