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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog
I hate to say it but I think a lot has to do with the internet and especially Social Media - The kid who did this will be a celebrity and have a million likes and twitter followers within a few hours - The ultimate accolade...
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I'd agree that social media and the net plays a role in it. Like you said, it's instant fame to do something insane like that. I can see how kids planning on checking out anyway could see that as a way to go out as a somebody instead of a nobody.
Super violent games probably don't help either. There was a murder case here in Thailand a year or so ago where a kid slaughtered a few people. His reason was, he always killed people in the games he played and he wanted to see what it was like in real life. Obviously, those playing with a full deck wouldn't do something like that, but there are a lot of unstable people out there.