Posted by Declan on April 19, 2007, at 20:12:15
In reply to *Trigger* : People who concern you, posted by saturn on April 18, 2007, at 21:08:16
I'm unsure about this pathology business, and I hope my thinking aloud will not annoy anyone.
Whether Stalin was popular or not, he managed to get people to die with his name on their lips (but not these days!).
We had a case here recently where some quite young boys raped a girl, filmed it on the mobile phones (of course!) and sent the pictures off, and in that way they were apprehended.
This seems to be a fashion. It feels like a quest for immortality, and reminds us of this power of the media.Once no matter how unhappy/bitter/whatever you were, you did not shoot your classmates or teachers.
Is success so important that any success (breaking the record) will do?
Is this the negative side of empowerment, assertiveness, and freedom of expression (anger in particular)?
poster:Declan
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