We are born with certain patterns called instincts, inherited desires or behavior patterns, which are passed along to us by our parents. Our childhood environments, particularly our interactions with our parents, shape or mold these instinctual thoughts and behaviors into what we call pure minds. As we mature, our minds become more capable of acting on their own, and we become more and more capable of achieving our own personal, subjective goals within the limits …showed first 75 words of 1459 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1459 total…of violence. “ In 1966, when Charles Whitman took his hunting rifle up into the tower at the University of Texas and sniper killed 16 people at random, the nation was mesmerized. Today, we think violence is normal . We are numb, desensitized, insured to the steady bombardment of cases and imagery. Office shootings, carjackers, stalkers, drive by shootings, children who kill, courtroom murders, child abuse, Jeffrey Dahmer, Joel Rifken...ho-hum, that’s life in the 90’s.” (Bender & Leone, 1996)