The United States seems to have a fascination with murders and those that commit them. Everywhere we look there is a news report about some tragic event or a documentary coming out about a grotesque murder/attack and we gobble it up. We are enthralled with how these people managed to get away with all this harm, sometimes with no one ever noticing. What is even more terrifying, is that most of these people have families that live in blissful ignorance about their loved one’s torturous acts. There are some people that takes these killings as gospel, they idealize the perpetrators and want to one up them, so much so that they emulate their crimes. For that reason, the media should remain impartial and not perpetuate images, background
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Everyone knows at the very least the basic information on this person, because he was on every news outlet possible. His name will be forever cemented in our history. His action will be known to have happened because of mental Illness, however there is something that many don’t know and that is that, “Lanza's online activity, discovered after the 2012 attack, suggested he was "obsessed" with mass shootings and those who perpetrated them, and viewed the field as competitors, Lankford said., [..] Lanza went on the declare that when a mass shooter's motives are a "mystery," the case gets more attention (Los Angeles Times).” This is the reason that Lanza destroyed his computer before going and committing his atrocious acts; he wanted his crime be remembered in infamy. He and many like him have stated that Harris and Klebold as inspiration for their crimes. Mass shooters often openly admire the handiwork of those who have killed before them. This is nothing new, Mass shooters like to compare their methods to forerunners' methods, the tolls of their shooting sprees and the coverage they got. They want to be like them or better. Now, I ask you do these actions seem like the actions of someone with a mental illness. The level of premeditation that went into this shooting was extensive; it was done for
Everyone knows at the very least the basic information on this person, because he was on every news outlet possible. His name will be forever cemented in our history. His action will be known to have happened because of mental Illness, however there is something that many don’t know and that is that, “Lanza's online activity, discovered after the 2012 attack, suggested he was "obsessed" with mass shootings and those who perpetrated them, and viewed the field as competitors, Lankford said., [..] Lanza went on the declare that when a mass shooter's motives are a "mystery," the case gets more attention (Los Angeles Times).” This is the reason that Lanza destroyed his computer before going and committing his atrocious acts; he wanted his crime be remembered in infamy. He and many like him have stated that Harris and Klebold as inspiration for their crimes. Mass shooters often openly admire the handiwork of those who have killed before them. This is nothing new, Mass shooters like to compare their methods to forerunners' methods, the tolls of their shooting sprees and the coverage they got. They want to be like them or better. Now, I ask you do these actions seem like the actions of someone with a mental illness. The level of premeditation that went into this shooting was extensive; it was done for