[Vision2020] Another Answer to School Shootings . . .

[Tom Hansen]

It should also be noted that those shooters, identified in the article linked by Bouma's comment, wore under garments (so it has been reported by a source best left un identified).  Could the donning of undergarments have been a contributing factor in the commission of these heinous murders?

If so, Moscow, you can feel safe with me.  I haven't worn underwear since 1968.

Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares"
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 

On Jan 2, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:

> The article that Bouma refers to and his use of it provide nice examples of fallacious reasoning. In the article, there is a list of school shooters and then the claim that all of them (not all school shooters but everyone on the list) happened to be prescribed some kind of medication, though in some instances the medication is listed merely as "Med for Depression." Then the claim that the medications are responsible and so we should reject Obama-care!
> 
> One fallacy is the confusion of correlation and causation. All the shooters drank water as well but that doesn't mean that drinking water was the cause of the shootings. One needs to establish at least "4 cells" of information in order to make a case for a causal relation: How many took the meds and became shooters? How many didn't take the meds and became shooters? How many took the meds and didn't become shooters? How many didn't take the meds and didn't become shooters? Correlation fallacies focus on just one bit of this information, In this case, we don't really even get the first cell of info since we don't know that the shooters took the meds, just that they were prescribed medication (not sure how we could know this latter point either, by the way) -- and a variety of meds to boot, some unknown or listed just as "Med for Depression."
> 
> Today's logic lesson was brought to you by Starbucks coffee!
> 
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Does this message from Bouma auger a merging of Freeze Church ans Christ Church?
>> 
>> w.
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
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>>> https://chumly.com/n/19166c9
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>>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>> 
>>> "Moscow Cares"
>>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>>   
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
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