What do these individuals have in common?
Beyond their criminal madness*. They want attention. And we certainly give it to them. So if we ask ourselves why these events keep happening we might want to consider what is motivating these events.
*They are almost certainly not criminally insane. That is a standard when a person is so delusional they cannot tell right from wrong. These three (certainly Manson and Breivik) knew right from wrong and purposely choose wrong. That is also known as evil.
Update:
Excellent post by Rio Norte Line.
The Anchoress notes: Was this attack the latent effect of past bullying? Hence the anger at the school (elementary schools rarely have reunions).
I am not a psychiatrist but this seems to fit the bill:
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| Charles Manson |
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| Adam Lanza |
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| Anders Breivik |
Beyond their criminal madness*. They want attention. And we certainly give it to them. So if we ask ourselves why these events keep happening we might want to consider what is motivating these events.
*They are almost certainly not criminally insane. That is a standard when a person is so delusional they cannot tell right from wrong. These three (certainly Manson and Breivik) knew right from wrong and purposely choose wrong. That is also known as evil.
Update:
Excellent post by Rio Norte Line.
The Anchoress notes: Was this attack the latent effect of past bullying? Hence the anger at the school (elementary schools rarely have reunions).
I am not a psychiatrist but this seems to fit the bill:
narcissistic personality disorderThe Other McCain on he was quiet and kept to himself...
a personality disorder marked by a grandiose sense of self-importance. Patients are preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love. In spite of these fantasies, they are troubled by a sense of inadequacy and respond to criticism, defeat, or rejection either by indifference or by feelings of rage, shame, humiliation, or emptiness. Their relationships with others are disturbed by expectations of special favors, exploitativeness, overidealization and devaluation of others, and a lack of empathy.
The Clackamas Mall Shooter was confronted by a conceal carry permit holder and that is why the death toll was limited.
Morgan Freeman did not make this statement, but frankly it makes so much sense he should have claimed it. It is the sensational media that spurs these attacks, not the access to guns.
Violent crime is much higher in countries with strict gun control (imagine that?)
Obama promises to use all his powers to change the Second Amendment
If you do something heinous you might even get a song about you...
