Wherefore Sandy Hook

THE ULTIMATE QUESTION IS: why did it happen? What caused it ? A very plausible answer to this question comes from dallas attorney and social analyst norton rosenthal, who coherently lays out a four part combination of forces which he demonstrably argues conspired to produce the tragedy in sandy hook.

1. Divorce Court
2.Parental Alienation Syndrome
3.Asperger Syndrome
4.Bullying

The young man who allegedly committed this awful crime was the victim, product, result,(whichever term suits) of that great american spectacle, a nasty divorce, and that great american nemesis, divorce court. The mother was awarded custody, and substantial financial considerations. There was a conses among close observers that in this particular case the father would have been a far better custodial parent, but the court chose to stick with tradition, and favor the mother.

She proceeded to carry out a persistant brainwashing campaign on her son against the father, for no other apparent reason than typical divorce anger. Anyone who has spent a childhood hiding from the hostilities between beloved parents can attest to the emotional trauma thus sustained.

Asperger Syndrome is one of the mysterious, inexplicable mental disorders, like autism. Its cause or causes are not known with any degree of certainty,, treatments are sketchy, and its effects are subtle in appearance but profound in their effects.

People with aspergers see the world in very clear cut, black and white terms, and rely heavily on rules of conduct, rather than creative, spontaneous decision making. Teasing a friend who has aspergers can lead to misunderstanding because some of the subtle nuances, body language, vocal inflections, and so forth, frequently used in humor and other communication, are not as apparent to asergers folks.

This can often lead to difficulties in social integration and relationship building. In grade school in particular, (and in america in particular) bullying can set in, and add fuel to the anger and confusion of an asperger's person with lingering familial based anger.

Victims of bullying later exhibit bullying behavior with sufficient frequency and predictibility that the term "they tend to" is quite appropiate. And this is the breaking point, the formation of catastrophe.

Bullying can assume many many forms, and it does not have to last long to be effective, e.g., to yield satisfactorily comforting internal, emotional results. If only for a moment. If only for that brief, unbelieveably high moment febore the uniforms and pointed weapons intervene to spoil the horrible desperate angry fun.