Originally posted by: Conky
Originally posted by: Mill
Originally posted by: Conky
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: Conky
True, but I don't know how much of this needs to be on National TV. All we need is more copycat killers.
Wouldn't learning more details about the killer lead to better profiling of future potential killers, giving us a higher probability of stopping them?
Get back to P&N and stop stalking me, freak.
I don't see anything wrong with what jpeyton said. In fact, I agree with it.
He dogs me on any post I make.
And to address his point. I don't think airing these videos on national TV is going to result in "learning". The FBI and law enforcement can get use of it without them making a star out of this murderer. This guy mentions the Columbine killers so it seems unwise to throw fuel on this fire.
I don't know what the FBI and the police have to do with it. It was obvious that had there been a better recognition of his danger that more people would have taken him seriously. Obviously several professors and students did, but apparently the mental health folks did not. Besides, the Police and FBI don't live in a vacuum. They watch the news like anyone else, and it isn't like they get daily memos about what to look for in nutjobs. Overall, it would be prudent for all individuals to recognize the signs of mental illness and possible violence, and not just the Police and FBI. They Police and FBI are more of a reactive than proactive response. They are not the first line of defense. Peers, family, teachers, and acquaintances are. They are the ones that would benefit from having more information on this troubled shooter and a way to recognize the signs.
I think people need to get over the "copycat" aspect of it all. It is extremely rare for a copycat killer to be very sucessful after such an event. As the months and years pass by there will be more individuals like Cho, and people need to have an understanding of what kind of behavior is unacceptable and should be pursued. It isn't like school shooters are all copycats of each others. That would be like saying all armed robbers are copycats of past armed robbers. Of course humans get an idea or learn from past things, but not to the extent that a total news blackout would prevent them from gaining the macro idea of it all.
It is more important to understand what made this guy into what he was, and then how to sucessfully deal with individuals like him. Of course there's going to be an overreaction that leads to a lot of innocent but slightly troubled people getting profiled, but that comes with human nature.