Whether popular or not makes no difference. The guy murdered.
Nonetheless I also feel a sense of helplessness given the current political climate.
I posted once that if you invite violence to dinner you'll find you have a guest unwilling to leave. It was not a popular comment. Most of the responses said something to the effect of, "So you don't think violence ever accomplished anything?" I thought that was orthogonal and was an appalled frankly by the apparent justification for violence.
Having said the above though, I am surprised that with so many denied health care and — facing essentially a death sentence — why do we not see more of them going postal?
>Having said the above though, I am surprised that with so many denied health care and — facing essentially a death sentence — why do we not see more of them going postal?
Did Mangione's even have personal beef with UNH, or even with the insurance industry? I thought he wasn't covered by UNH, and although he had a botched back surgery, he wasn't denied coverage?
Yeah, I don't know. My sense is that he is a very entitled young man though and so, no, he is not someone that would be reacting to his own situation. I didn't mean to imply that he was — but that there are plenty of others though.
>Yeah, I don't know. My sense is that he is a very entitled young man though and so, no, he is not someone that would be reacting to his own situation.
Mangione is an Ivy League engineer from a wealthy East coast family, while Thompson was a Iowa state school accountant whose father worked on grain elevators.
Nonetheless I also feel a sense of helplessness given the current political climate.
I posted once that if you invite violence to dinner you'll find you have a guest unwilling to leave. It was not a popular comment. Most of the responses said something to the effect of, "So you don't think violence ever accomplished anything?" I thought that was orthogonal and was an appalled frankly by the apparent justification for violence.
Having said the above though, I am surprised that with so many denied health care and — facing essentially a death sentence — why do we not see more of them going postal?