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I happen to think you are both (Rod & Neverending) right on this one.
Violence has always been around in the form of military and religious warfare, but I do think there has been a recent increase in civilians going off the deep end and killing dozens of random people in a public place. The media then sensationalizes the story to increase public fear and that in turn drives more people off the deep end. We are painting ourselves into a corner.
Growing up in the 80's, there was never the notion that you could just be randomly killed at school or at the mall or work. The world certainly seemed safer then, but that feeling could be attributed to media coverage.
But freeway bridges weren't collapsing in to rivers in crowded cities during hour for no apparent reason and assholes hadn't taken to flying planes in to office buildings back then either, so things were safer.
The world's always been violent, but it's getting more violent.
That's my 2 cents.
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