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[streussal]

The media coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre is really starting to irritate me. They keep on trying to find a reason for why it happened. Trying to understand something is reasonable. But what they're doing is looking for someone to blame because "OMG HOW COULDN'T PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE CRAZY SIGNS OF A MASS MURDERER

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[__allatsea]

I agree, hands down. I'm really annoyed with the media for the exact same reasons. One women tried to pinpoint the dean saying that he didn't do enough to protect the students but, honestly, what can you do? It's not a high school where there are intercoms connected to each room plus, university's are open campuses. The likeliness that some random stranger to go into a university and start shooting is the same as a student's.

Also, look at the reasons for his behaviour that media are giving: all personality traits. How do we know if he didn't just happen to be having a particuarily crappy week? What I'm saying is, what about the situational factors involved? So rarely do we look at the situation that caused the problem by immediately pointing fingers at the individuals themselves and whatever history of "mental illness" they have.

Really. *huffs*

[silverfyshxin]

THANK YOU.

[anonshadow]

Yes.

I hate the way this is being turned into a three-ring circus.

[sanna17]

"Stop trying to point fingers in blame at people who didn't notice. Life is messy, and random. People aren't always predictable."

Good point.