Posted by
whiteknight
on 2007-12-06 13:45:12 |
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| The problem is that too many people want to be famous, they do not however want to be great. I have recently seen in myself a deep seeded need to be larger than life, to be in at least someone's eyes, a hero. BUT like most people I see that to do that you need to do something that is worth being called those things. In this world of reality TV and instant celeb status for nothing...OK tell me what Paris Hilton is famous for other than being famous... we promote fame at all cost. I can only hope that one fact will slowly prevent at least one of these guys from doing this horror, that fact is that they are forgotten. Yes, we remember the victims and their acts, but nit their names. If you you want proof of this name for me the person who did the Virginia Tech shooting...you can name his act and maybe how many he killed in that act of cruel selfishness, but name him. I can't. Maybe one of these guys, and it is mostly boys, will see that they are not going to be famous for doing this, and that might stop them. |
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Posted by
hairytoad2005
on 2007-12-07 10:52:38 |
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| I think that people usually start off wanting to be part of society, accepted as part of the "group". However, if for whatever reason, we feel we are rejected (whether this rejection is real or imagined) then people grow resentful and want to take revenge against those they feel as having wronged them. Is this what happened with the shooter in this case? I don't know because I haven't followed the story that closely but I wouldn't be surprised. As for gun control.. I support gun control but the sad fact is that, if a person wants a gun badly enough, they will still get a hold of it. I live in Canada where gun control is quite strict compared to the USA and we still have shootings. That being said, less guns will probably lead to less shootings but it won't lead to no shootings. |
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