Remember “You can’t legislate morality”? ‘Tis true. ‘Tis also true of mental wellness.
No congressional, judicial, or executive action will end or prevent depression, mental illness, addiction, hatred, etc. But these are the elements at the root of irrational violence. They can only be dealt with the hard way: by our families, by our faith communities, by effective therapy and/or medicine, by our culture.
Calling on government to solve the root causes of school shootings and other horrific acts of violence is misguided. Government efforts to do so have proven to be utterly futile.
(For once,) Don’t Blame the Government
Remember “You can’t legislate morality”? ‘Tis true. ‘Tis also true of mental wellness.
No congressional, judicial, or executive action will end or prevent depression, mental illness, addiction, hatred, etc. But these are the elements at the root of irrational violence. They can only be dealt with the hard way: by our families, by our faith communities, by effective therapy and/or medicine, by our culture.
Calling on government to solve the root causes of school shootings and other horrific acts of violence is misguided. Government efforts to do so have proven to be utterly futile.