Some have suggested that the "failure" of the Clackamas, Oregon shopping mall incident (i.e., the fact that an armed citizen stopped it) hastened the "need" for Newtown, CT. For me, I honestly just don't know. Many years ago I would scoff at these so called "conspiracy theories" and suggest the need for "tinfoil hats," etc. Now I'm not so quick to criticize them out of hand. Are some of these things still wild imaginings of people that are irresponsible with their use of whatever soapbox that they have claimed in the public square? Sure. But I have learned enough to understand that not all of them can be so neatly dismissed without further investigation. Aside from the various factual realities that I and many others have discovered over time, the real eye-opener for me was learning about the Normalcy Bias, and how broad and powerful its effects and affects are. I've been itching to actually write an article about the Normalcy Bias for quite some time. From what I've seen, there really isn't a lot of discussion of it in many places. When I get some uncluttered blocks of time, maybe I will complete it and post it here.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I look forward to it.

However, PLEASE, use more journalistic paragraphing style. Our eyes need the microrests of white space between small/short paragraphs.

It's certainly much easier on aging eyes to read. It's also easier to mentally track what's being read when the paragraphs are limited to 5-7 sentences about one discrete main theme.

Blessings,

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Some have suggested that the "failure" of the Clackamas, Oregon shopping mall incident (i.e., the fact that an armed citizen stopped it) hastened the "need" for Newtown, CT. For me, I honestly just don't know. Many years ago I would scoff at these so called "conspiracy theories" and suggest the need for "tinfoil hats," etc. Now I'm not so quick to criticize them out of hand. Are some of these things still wild imaginings of people that are irresponsible with their use of whatever soapbox that they have claimed in the public square? Sure. But I have learned enough to understand that not all of them can be so neatly dismissed without further investigation. Aside from the various factual realities that I and many others have discovered over time, the real eye-opener for me was learning about the Normalcy Bias, and how broad and powerful its effects and affects are. I've been itching to actually write an article about the Normalcy Bias for quite some time. From what I've seen, there really isn't a lot of discussion of it in many places. When I get some uncluttered blocks of time, maybe I will complete it and post it here.

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Some have suggested that the "failure" of the Clackamas, Oregon shopping mall incident (i.e., the fact that an armed citizen stopped it) hastened the "need" for Newtown, CT. For me, I honestly just don't know. Many years ago I would scoff at these so called "conspiracy theories" and suggest the need for "tinfoil hats," etc. Now I'm not so quick to criticize them out of hand. Are some of these things still wild imaginings of people that are irresponsible with their use of whatever soapbox that they have claimed in the public square? Sure. But I have learned enough to understand that not all of them can be so neatly dismissed without further investigation. Aside from the various factual realities that I and many others have discovered over time, the real eye-opener for me was learning about the Normalcy Bias, and how broad and powerful its effects and affects are. I've been itching to actually write an article about the Normalcy Bias for quite some time. From what I've seen, there really isn't a lot of discussion of it in many places. When I get some uncluttered blocks of time, maybe I will complete it and post it here.

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I promise to give it a try, sometime after New Years. Q, I'll be sure to provide more whitespace, I tend to just type away and hit Enter on boards! Thanks for all of those links alger, some sound familiar but I saved them all for later!