tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post6399128247547139277..comments2023-11-03T06:36:27.305-04:00Comments on Phronesisaical: What Can We Say About and Learn from the Virginia Tech Shootings?helmuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-16561008649200476462007-04-22T09:05:00.000-04:002007-04-22T09:05:00.000-04:00Elizabeth,Yes, we make policy decisions on relativ...Elizabeth,<BR/>Yes, we make policy decisions on relatively rare events, but do we ever make policy decisions based on events of such rarity as these shootings? Yeah, maybe sometimes. But that does seem foolish to me. Natural disaster planning isn't. Florida is hit by hurricanes pretty often, so it makes sense to have disaster policy for Florida at the least.<BR/><BR/>But to take this event and say either that we need stricter gun control or, conversely, we ought to allow bloody everybody to carry a gun is indeed foolish. I think we do need stricter gun control, but not based on this kind of event because the social consequences of allowing everyone to carry a gun would be overwhelmingly negative. This event simply doesn't say anything one way or the other about policy.helmuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-78677285527967530502007-04-22T03:13:00.000-04:002007-04-22T03:13:00.000-04:00I don't believe I know anybody at Virginia Tech, h...I don't believe I know anybody at Virginia Tech, have never been there, and I haven't been very interested in the story. Maybe I don't connect as deeply with NPR announcers as I ought to.MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-56733587786668552052007-04-21T20:37:00.000-04:002007-04-21T20:37:00.000-04:00Elizabeth makes a point.At what statistical point ...Elizabeth makes a point.At what statistical point does something become common enough to devise policy around? There is a qualitative as well as quantitative aspect.As for myself ,all i could do was cry.troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-26048749458538763022007-04-21T09:08:00.000-04:002007-04-21T09:08:00.000-04:00re "It is foolish to use such rare events to make ...re "It is foolish to use such rare events to make policy at any level--from federal laws to school rules."<BR/><BR/>We use rare events to make public policy ALL THE TIME. After all, most disasters are rare events. By your reasoning, we should never prepare or try to prevent disasters through policy, since they are rare events.Anne Rettenberg LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924529514196589677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-7254482345906239612007-04-20T16:55:00.000-04:002007-04-20T16:55:00.000-04:00Amen, I have been making this argument since this ...Amen, I have been making this argument since this thing started. When I saw the Krauthammer headline I though, wow, do he and I actually totally agree on something? The answer, as you well know, was yes, but not at all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722573888302064752noreply@blogger.com