Low Mental Health Is One Of The Main Reason For Shootings, Not Any Media

I'm just going to extend my arguments , since pro seems very confused. I will do a brief summary though The resolution states this "Low Mental Health Is One Of The Main Reason For Shootings, Not Any Media" The debate is formed around the resolution and the resolution clearly states what we are debating. The first part is irrelevant because I was effectively dismantled it and will sum it here shortly. What I want to focus on is the second addition to the resolution which is "not any media". The entire context of the first part is saying low mental is health is a main reason , then when he say's not any media. By basic definitions, he is saying that no media play any roll at all in shootings. I'm actually confused as to what he's stating so he left it up for me to interpret it, and the way it phrased is stating that media plays no roll in shootings at all. I showed through studies that media can effect suicide rates. All I need do is show that media can effect how people act (and by killing themselves),we can draw a direct correlation to the fact that media can indeed affect people and have them shoot other people due to their upbringing. While mental health may be an issue, media is a tool that triggers the issue. So by definition it is a major problem in shootings so however he chooses to interpret the resolution it's negated Also in the classroom avenger, it covers this pretty well. Most people who act on shootings are not suffering from a mental illness. They may have slight problems with antisocial personality disorder, but there is no inclination that these people are suffering from "low mental health". Most people who commit the shootings are just closed off in general, and again when they see things like media, it acts as a trigger and sets them off. The study was a pretty large sample size and covered a variety of shootings that have occurred, and they found pretty positive correlations to anti social issues vs actual mental problems ________________________________________________________________________________________ In short I am still lost to some extent as to what my adversary is trying to argue. To begin with by talking to him and from the opening round, I thought he wanted to argue that media played no roll in shootings at all. At least from speaking / reading, and how the resolution was phrased. Which has been effectively negated because it obviously can play some role as shown via the suicide rate study. If it can trigger suicides as a reaction , it can trigger shootings Then the goal posts kind of shifted to "media is not a major reason for shootings". Which is still effectively negated. Let's just assume that mental health is a major issue, which one of my studies shows is wrong. Even if it is there can be *two major reasons* or *two main* reasons for shootings. People that suffer from mental health issues and even anti society issues, have to have a reason to kill. This is often called "snapping" or reaching a "Breaking Point" [2]. So you have to ask yourself as well, what makes someone turn their rage, hate , and anger into a action. There has to be a definitive point where they decide to kill. If you walk in a see your wife cheating on you, you may be inclined to either punch or kill the person she is cheating with. This would be the "Breaking Point" so to say. Cognitive control is often lost when you have a moment of anger. The anger spikes dopamine levels in the brain, and those high chemicals often cause reactionary moments such as killings. This is why most people kill. No one kills or does shootings just for the hell of it. There is a moment in time where that desire to kill is implanted, and the cognitive function is lost which is often in a reactionary way. Even if what my adversary claims is true (which it's not, at least in the way he's categorizing it) media often has and will act as a catlayts and serve as this "breaking point". People watch it and see negative stories in the media which often turns into rage. Just take the shooter who shot up the abortion clinch for example. He was raised in a southern house, and saw less liberal news making negative stories about abortion. Over time as he witnesses this more and more, it builds up. That build up at some point will bust, and he will make a definitive choice to act. That is referred to as the break point. So yes media can be a major problem with killings and shootings. It goes hand in hand with mental health issues again I take issue with how my adversary defined mental health, but there are some mental problems that people suffer from that can be a cause in shootings as well. Just not in the way he defined it. [1] http://www.cnn.com... [2] http://www.scientificamerican.com...