"Normal People......" Drivers Music

I read an article this AM about the church shooting in Texas.  A psychiatrist was interviewed, saying among other things, "Normal people don't shoot people."  Hmmm......

Are we really to the point that we need someone with a license to tell us what is "normal?"

That raises all sorts of questions.  What is "normal?"  How is that identified?  What "normalcy" (a term, I believe that stems from Warren Harding's 1920 Presidential campaign) is, well, normal?  What abnormality is dangerous and how do we identify it?  Doesn't everyone have little quirks and quiddities, well, everyone except me?  (Ha Ha Ha.  Ask Karen about that one!)

So, if we accept that, except in some situations such as self-defense or the defense of others, "normal people don't shoot people," how do we explain, not killings such as that in Texas or even terrorist attacks, but the wanton murders that go on in our cities every day?  Are those thugs who shoot up others' houses trying to kill someone who "dissed" them "normal?"  What about the animals (Yeah, that might offend some folks, but too bad!) who robbed the auto parts store last week and, after having been given the money they sought, stopped to shoot the worker in the head before they left?  "Normal?"  The list goes on.  Have the "experts" even tried to explain these murderers as not "normal people?"

That's a serious question that needs to be addressed.  What is it in our major cities that leads to so many murders without any sense of remorse or guilt?  To far too many people, such shootings and murders are badges of honor.  Look at the faces of those accused and convicted of murders.  When sentenced most of them have smirks or "I'm really a tough guy" looks on their faces.

So, who will be the first "expert" to label these city murderers "not normal people?"

I was listening to the radio this AM on the way to and from a race.  One station claims, "We Play Anything."  I don't know if that's true, but I heard a variety of plays from different decades.  I'm sure I can ID some folks of the '80s (but maybe not later than that) who could really sing, with good voices.  But it seems to me that the songs of the '50s, '60s, and '70s (maybe with the exception of Bob Dylan--OK, pile on me for that one.) at least had people who could carry a tune.  This station appeared to confirm that.  The later "music" was just noise, someone shouting into a microphone I guess.  Some of the instrumental playing was pretty good, other than the banging and pounding, but the voices weren't good at all.  Oh, I enjoy some of the '80s and '90s music; some of it I like, but still hesitate to call it real "music."  To each his/her own and I concede I might be wrong, that the screeching and banging and pounding are really music.

A few weeks ago some speaker on the radio claimed that in large cities like Detroit, as many as 60% of the drivers don't have licenses or insurance or both.  Can that be right?  What leads people to believe they can get away with this?  If they are in accidents, it's all about them--why should they or their insurance companies pay someone else?  When we were rear-ended in Detroit a year ago, the woman--on her cell phone when smacking into us--didn't have a license and didn't have insurance.  The police who arrived told us that.  And, they didn't arrest her, didn't give her a citation, didn't do anything except let her drive away (in another's car).  I suppose with two or three or more murders a day, driving without a license or insurance isn't such a big deal?  Still......