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Wednesday, March 28, 2001

Self-satisfied white middle-class males kill, revealing ignored pathology

"Office massacres claimed 12 in Atlanta, three in Alabama, seven in Honolulu, four in Seattle, eight in Tampa, three in Santa Cruz. Enraged middle-agers gunned down four teens and three adults in a Fort Worth church, six more in a Mormon library, and three teens and a Bible teacher in Ohio. Failed romances prompted midlife men to massacre six in Michigan, four in Baltimore, four in Memphis, six in Sacramento, and five toddlers at a California preschool. At least 25 are believed slain by a Texas serial killer; a Seattle national guard pilot admitted murdering a dozen prostitutes, and senior-citizen rampages in Michigan and Arizona elderly housing left eight dead or wounded."

Alternet. Mike Males says mostly white 30-60-year-old men are responsible for most of the highly publicized berzerker shottings in the US today and that it's they who should be looked at as markers for community disruption and not teenagers, black or white.'

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