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Originally Posted by L-Pink
Another mentally disturbed young male wanting to commit suicide and at the same time be an attention whore.
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All the media attention has made it the "in" thing to do for the maladjusted crowd
Just look at all the "news" outlets, it's the Story Of The Day, for some outlets it will be the only news story they cover today. The shooter's name will live on for years.
Can you see how that might seem attractive to some angst-ridden teen who feels he's been bullied and ignored by turns for his entire life?
These things have always happened from time to time but it was very rare and we never heard much about it, but after Columbine it became The Big Story for the media and I think that it's the increased coverage that's driving the increase in incidents.
I had guns when I was in high school but the idea of taking a gun to school and shooting somebody then myself would never have even occurred to me, I'd never heard of anybody doing something like that before, now everybody's heard of it and it seems there are some think it's a good idea.
Just my
