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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by p-e-w on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @11:43PM (#37669764)
> what to do about Richard Ramirez, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Phillip Garrido, or Brian Mitchell

Nothing. Those people are one-in-a-million anomalies. If it weren't for the media hype surrounding them, their impact on society would be comparable to the impact of deaths from lightning strikes. What do we do about people being struck by lightning? Nothing.

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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by singleshot_ on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:36AM (#37670209)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_wick
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by Filligree on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:18AM (#37670048)
That’s nuts. Even if you were correct about that, and I’m not admitting any such thing, it isn’t how people work. If the state doesn’t provide justice, then the mob will.
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by p-e-w on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:24AM (#37670105)
"Justice" is an incredibly malleable idea that is largely shaped by what people are told. Until very, very recently, nobody gave a fuck about serial killers, or even knew they existed. If the hype stopped, there wouldn't be any mobs to worry about.
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by gjsman-1000 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:27AM (#37675154)
Define recently. There is plenty of historical hysteria around them. Ever heard of Jack the Ripper?
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by tumult on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:16AM (#37670031)
That's not true. We have things in place to protect people and objects from lightning strikes. For example, lightning protection systems on tall buildings.
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by p-e-w on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:26AM (#37670127)
Those protect the building, not individual people. Nobody carries around mobile lightning rods, even though they were invented centuries ago.
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by tumult on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:33AM (#37670177)
It protects the people in the building. Likewise, arresting a serial killer protects anyone they would have killed next.
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