Why another massacre? Part 2

Today's youth actually believe what they have been taught, and they also practice it. Is it a surprise that there is a massive increase in the severity of bullying? Is it surprising that the bullied find a way to make themselves strong, such as picking up a gun? The strong survive, and the weak perish. All is as it should be.

Yet why are there far fewer incidents of mass murder in other countries? (It isn't stricter gun laws, since the general (non school massacre) murder rate in Russia is much greater (about 9 times!) as in the U.S., despite the fact that firearms ownership has been entirely illegal there for about 9 decades.) There is no question that they are teaching the same curriculum in the schools just about everywhere.

So what is it about America that fosters shooting sprees? Simple: we are a society taught to be victims (e.g. the police tell us to "just give him your wallet; it's not worth your life"), and further, the only thing that matters is surviving, no matter what else happens. Other societies, especially in Europe, are just as keen on telling people not to resist criminals, but few are as craven about self-preservation as we Americans are. The idea that one would flee, leaving others to be slaughtered , or even using others as a screen to cover one's escape would be viewed as the basest form of cowardice.