>> the idea that we don't have the elimination of assault type weapons, magazines that can hol multiple bullets in them as absolutely mindless. yes, mindless. that is the perfect word for what you just said. serious people don't talk like that. mass shootings out to be in alarm that awaken the rest of u to the emergency the real emergency unfolding at the center of our culture. why is this happening? how did nihilism and vitalism i rage and loneliness become a regular features of american life? something is fundamentally wrong . what is it, and is materialism enough to fix it? those are the metaphysical questions we ought to be thinking about deeply, seriously , and debating every time some lunatic shoots up a public pace. instead we get mediocrities lat