I am shocked (truly) that not one family has sued over having their minor child oh TV after such an event.
This I would do.
I am shocked (truly) that not one family has sued over having their minor child oh TV after such an event.
It’s more than just being fed up with life. People whonare just fed up with life just take themselves out. You have also to be fed up with people. Or at least certain people.
We all get rejected by the opposite sex. We all don’t kill people to get even. Most of us don’t even see it as a thing to get even for. Yer up to bat. You strike out. You move on. But rare individuals make it into a much more existential personal and problem than it is.
Try reading the Columbine shooters’ writings. Yeah. They wanted out. And they blamed humanity for all their problems real and perceived. Kliebold wrote something to the effect that humans deserve to die. That the world would be better off without us, just give it back to the animals. You don’t get to that place without 1) blaming everyone else; 2) having utter contempt for those you blame, bad enough that you want them dead, and you’re willing to make that happen.
It’s more than just being fed up with life. People whonare just fed up with life just take themselves out. You have also to be fed up with people. Or at least certain people.
We all get rejected by the opposite sex.
Two books I would recommend that help explain the type of mind-set it takes to get to the point of committing mass murder like this:
"The Gift of Fear" - Gavin Debecker
"12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" - Jordan Peterson
Both delve into the topic fairly extensively from a psychological perspective. And no, it's not as simple as just "mental illness."
Jim Geraghty said:When the tales of school shooters are told, the portraits of their life reveal mundane problems — loneliness, bullying, social isolation and alienation; an attraction to a girl that isn’t reciprocated. These aren’t wildly deprived, abused lives. Raise your hand if you were never bullied. Raise your hand if you never felt like an outsider or a loser. Raise your hand if you’ve never been rejected or turned down by someone you liked. Yeah, I didn’t think so.
What changed, and defines the post-Columbine world, is that a mass shooting is now the quickest way to get not merely your high school, but your town & perhaps the country wondering about what was going through the mind of an otherwise anonymous teenager.
We don’t have the option of not covering these events — imagine that there was a school shooting in the next town over, and your local media chose to simply not cover it, lest they inadvertently glamorize it or inspire copycats.
It may be that we’ve created the expectation among certain teenage boys that when they feel sufficiently alienated and isolated and rejected and angry about the world, this is what an angry teenage boy is supposed to do.
Maybe we do need to spotlight — again and again — that a lot of these commonplace teenage feelings of loneliness and disappointment are commonplace. There’s nothing wrong with you if you’re having these feelings.
Probably the vast majority of the people who you envy, who seem to have it all figured out, are dealing with their own doubts, their own fears, their own feelings of inadequacy. Better days are ahead, even if you can’t see them.
What changed, and defines the post-Columbine world, is that a mass shooting is now the quickest way to get not merely your high school, but your town & perhaps the country wondering about what was going through the mind of an otherwise anonymous teenager...
We don’t have the option of not covering these events...
I haven't read either of these books. But, IMHO all it really takes is enough hatred or anger to plant the seed of thought and planning. And then to either become obsessed with the notion that its a good idea or to be motivated to see how far they can go without being caught. At some point I'd speculate they feel they have reached the proverbial point of no return. Once a person has reached that point, I would speculate all it takes is a willingness to trade your life for theirs.
That is all purely my speculation as I am not a psychologist and have never studied such issues.
But the media has the option of HOW to cover them. The name and images of the perpetrator need never be seen by the general public. What was going through the mind of that anonymous teenager is irrelevant. Applying rational thought to irrational acts is an exercise in futility.
They should have protected themselves.
Didn't the school give them miniature bats or at least a bucket of river rocks?
(I forget what else some schools are actually arming the classrooms with..... other than a gun, of course)
Just not possible. Someone involved, someone that goes to the school, will say who did it. And in the information age, it's just a matter of time before all the details are posted somewhere.
Professor James Fox talks about the media coverage and does CNN reporter get massively defensive when he suggests their coverage is inappropriate!
Professor James Fox talks about the media coverage and does CNN reporter get massively defensive when he suggests their coverage is inappropriate!
<span style="font-family:arial;"><font size="3"><span style="color:#000000;">[video=youtube_share;aQB7ji1wc1I]https://youtu.be/aQB7ji1wc1I[/video]
Professor James Fox talks about the media coverage and does CNN reporter get massively defensive when he suggests their coverage is inappropriate!
<span style="font-family:arial;"><font size="3"><span style="color:#000000;">[video=youtube_share;aQB7ji1wc1I]https://youtu.be/aQB7ji1wc1I[/video]
Canned vegetebles.They should have protected themselves.
Didn't the school give them miniature bats or at least a bucket of river rocks?
(I forget what else some schools are actually arming the classrooms with..... other than a gun, of course)