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Old 05-14-2010, 02:11 AM   #9
SpiritWarrior
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Thumbs Up Re: What the HELL is going on in China with these child murders with knives?

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Originally Posted by Sparhawk View Post
I think part of the problem lies in the amount of people in China - I know I know - how can I possibly say that it means some nutjobs will go out and kill the kids - thing is I think that childrens lives ( especially girls ) are valued less in China as they battle the production of small ones to keep from breeding themselves to death.

What I am getting at is that there may be a slight tendency in the normal psyche of chinese to de-value kids - and in the nutjobs this is then much worse and they end up spreeing with axes and stuff...

just fyi: this is TOTALLY my theory and I have nothing other than my whacked brain to support this theory.
Good observations . Yes, and it doesn't have to be a mental disorder (even though, to us, it seems like one) to be true. Simply a form of conditioning inherent to the Chinese mindset, perhaps. Like the way a certain mentality is held by an entire region, such as, a small kinda rural town that seems to place a much lower value on animal life (i.e. stray dogs or their own pets) where, a few miles north you would find quite a different attitude and mindset. While it might be horrifying to witness this contrast, it is what they are used to and has been accepted as "the norm".
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