floodcontrol

You use a lot of vague statements. If you really want to engage with people, you must be honest about yourself and your own actions. I personally, do not disagree that humans are violent animals, but your statements as reported by you do not seem commensurate with the reaction you engendered from your instructors. It seems to me that you have either left out context (specifically what "a history of writing politically incorrect things" means) or you have rephrased what you actually said to the class.

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In light of this I have three questions, since we can ask you anything:

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1. What does "a history of writing politically incorrect things" mean, precisely, that is to say, what did you write. And please use your own words, don't try to cherry it up for us.
2. 30,000 students attend Virginia Tech every year without shooting anyone, so why would we seek answers and solutions to school shooting incidents on an institutional level when clearly more than 99.999% of people do not feel sufficiently "dehumanized" to go on shooting sprees at these schools?
3. Can you give an example of the type of change to our educational system which you feel would have an impact on the (extremely remote) likelihood of a student becoming a shooter?

Did Diane Fossey's concerns over the effect your approach to primate research might have had on primate behavior alter your approach to primate research in any way?

What is the most accurate film depiction of life on a submarine?

What is the hardest part of living on a military submarine?

What is the most frightening thing that has ever happened to you while in a submarine?

One of the rules is that typically spies don't assassinate other spies, it sets a bad precedent.

The liability thing gets trotted out a lot. What's the difference between selling someone something and them claiming to have gotten sick and suing you versus just giving them something and them suing you?

A company is just as likely to get sued for making someone sick with the products that they are selling. Selling it doesn't protect the company from liability and giving it away doesn't invoke greater liability to claims of illness. In fact, Good Samaritan laws protect companies that donate to charity.

Your argument doesn't make sense.