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Originally Posted by DWB
Very valid point. Some kids are just crazy. However, I still believe in some incidents there are things that can push an unstable person in a direction to make him / her more dangerous. Some people simply can't separate fantasy and reality very well. And like it was mentioned above, social media and mainstream media makes them all instant mini-celebrities.
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This is always true though. I grew up with plenty of kids that were just plain freaky and scary and that you knew were going to end up in jail or worse. It's not an easy issue to tackle for sure. I don't think there is suddenly more of them (apart from the total number rising with population growth)
A first big problem is as i said as well as you did is something that isn't likely to go away. People used to shoot themselves for attention and they were remembered for an afternoon by those that knew them. Now they can go to school and shoot others for global attention and lasting infamy. That in my mind, is the first big problem. The second is parents that do nothing even when they know their child is dangerous and a system that does nothing when they know the child is dangerous.