Another school shooting

There was another shooting at a school last week. This time in Oregon. I read that at least 9 are dead and more wounded when a 26 year old male Chris Harper-Mercer shot a teacher in the head and began to open fire on studuip[/why does it keep happening. If we take a moment to analyze, observe, empathize and reflect, it's obvious. Desperation. When someone feels desperate, rationality is not always there. It might not be reality but if the perpetrator feels or thinks that way that's what their reality is. Attention is another reason. The more people that exist means the more amount some people find as opposition. Once again, doesn't have to be reality just their reality. Albert Einstein once said "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Of course there are many factors because everyone is unique. Their experiences are unique as well. Most of the time the assailants didn't realize how fortunate they were, in my opinion. Let's take the UC Santa Barbara shootings committed by Elliott Rodger. A combination of entitlement and insecurities convinced Rodger that he was a victim. While one 22 year old can feel lucky just to have a job, a place to live, and a decent car to drive. Another can feel sorry for them self while receiving money from their parents, driving a paid for BMW, and living for free with no job. That entitlement makes them believe that something was owed to them that they did not get. Like a child throws a tantrum a mass murderer snaps and acts out. Once the vengeance is complete some feel remorse while others feel satisfied. The part that's not surprising is that it'll keep happening and get worse. Most of us contribute to some of the causes. Instead of treating each other with respect and the way we would like to be treated. We try to capitalize on each other and even eliminate. Free enterprise was a good idea but I think the idea of Capitalism creates a winner and a loser instead of a win/win for everyone. If there was a way to set a price on food/products/careers instead of making it all negotiable it might make things a little more balanced. The current system is more like a game of Monopoly where eventually someone wins. The different in America is that they try to keep Monopolies from happening like preventing TMobile and Verizon from merging. Any system that requires manual intervention and bailing out of large companies that would have failed otherwise in my opinion is not a solid system. The fact is that the system is broken and they're manipulating things to make it stay afloat which causes bigger problems later on. While they do things to keep it going citizens are feeling the squeeze. Our middle class has almost disapeared so that there is rich and poor. People grow up being told that they can accomplish anything but then they get older and it's not as easy as they were told. Some of these are entitled kids that were given everything growing up and so this sudden struggle is new to them and they don't know how to handle it. They're not used to the lack of attention that they used to receive and they desperately seek it. The only alternative in their mind is to create a scene so that people notice them.


http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/11/justice/oregon-high-school-shooting/




The part I was saying is our responsibility comes from our Capitalistic economy becoming a way of life. Think of it in simple terms. You're getting on the freeway and there is a line. Do you wait in line or do you try to get in front of the person in front of you? Many people will cut people off all day long and not think twice about it. It's natural for us to think of ways to take advantage or get ahead of others. I just read about another plot where kids were going to shoot up a school and had a list of students they were going to shoot. I'm curious to see the list and know what type of people were on there. Are they those kids that pick on other kids? Are they kids that the would be assailents are jealous of? I just see an increase in these shootings and wonder if there is any way for us to stop them.