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Originally Posted by Janet
I think it's a question for statistics. If a very tiny percentage of people watching or reading something act out because of it, then the value probably outweighs the risk.
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I think that's a big issue when trying to figure out what causes things like this. No matter what the reasoning, those who mass murder are such a small percentage that any one cause will have thousands or millions of people who came out just fine. If anything I wonder if the cases of mass murders are a 'perfect storm' of conditions.
Take mental illness, millions of people with supposed dangerous illnesses live fine lives and don't kill anyone, and yet a few do. I keep thinking there's a mental illness component to this attack mostly because he is a male in his early 20 (a common sex and age for onset) who dropped out of society and away from any long term goals.