From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 12/16/25 2:10 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > > Such a shame that this happened. I'm feeling a similar   
   > > sadness to what I felt when Charlie Kirk was assassinated.   
   >   
   > I'm not.   
   >   
   > Yes because Charlie Kirk was murdered over thought crimes,   
   > yes because of the tens of millions celebrating his death,   
   > calling for more but also because Reiner lived a great life,   
   > lived to see 78 years of age, had a charmed existence.   
      
   Maybe. We don't know the heartache he and his wife   
   suffered while dealing with their son's addiction   
   to drugs. And then for their lives to end in such   
   a horrific way, knowing that their own son was in   
   the process of ending their lives in a particularly   
   gruesome manner.   
   >   
   > Reiner is a life you celebrate, Kirk's life was stolen from   
   > him. He was really only starting out, had another 35 years   
   > to go!   
   >   
   > > It's truly tragic that there are people in this world who   
   > > are capable of perpetrating this kind of evil.   
   >   
   > I think everyone feels "Rage" at some point. I wonder what   
   > normalized violence to the point that it was an acceptable   
   > solution for him?   
      
   The drugs must have contributed to that. People can   
   do some outrageous things when their mind is taken   
   over by drugs.   
   >   
   > I could blame society or I could wonder out loud.   
      
   We can blame society for the fact that drugs have   
   become such a part of our society. It all goes back   
   to the hippies of Haight-Ashbury, who took us off   
   in the wrong direction and sent our society into   
   this death spiral we seem to be on. I blame Satan   
   for all of it.   
      
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