Darkfall, I'm sorry, but I don't believe in your brain theory = it's too easy.
From what I read in this article, my assumptions:
unfriendly environment (school?)
emotional and physical abandonment in the family (father concentrating on younger son, sister died, mother died) = where were positive adults????
no shining example for learning how to deal with conflicts in a constructive way (being mute) = if no one is there to listen or teach this = violence can (must not always be) be the only "solution". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />
isolation - as Faile mentioned
opportunity to get weapons
conclusion:
unfriendly, cold and lonely reality lead to an escape into fiction. In their fantasies they became heroes (Warriors of freedom) - and then fiction took over = outburst into violation, an explosion.
There are many bricks necessary to build a house, not only one. So, age rating - sue violent games/movies - maybe even a stricter weapon law =
useless in this case, IMO. The other "bricks" leading to this deadly cocktail of boiling up violence are too strong.
It's a tragedy - many seem to have failed there and oversaw what was cooking up. And as I wrote in the other thread before: It's always easier to blame something than looking at one's own part.
Kiya
We had a similar large tragedy in Germany last year: 18 people were killed with a pump gun/pistol/500 shot ammo. 13 teachers, 1 secretary, 2 pupils, one officer and the murderer himself (suicide) - he was 19 yrs old. It was like Counterstrike in reality. He was thrown out of school (faked exams? - problems with parents etc.) The school laws in this state are very hard: He had no degree at all - no future. Well, and some politicians here reacted like the Miami lawyer in the US case = games (Counterstrike) was blamed - easy, hm? The commitee in charge of youth protection voted
no, was not banned, in spite of public pressure and coming from the German Chancellor, too.
