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Originally posted by Ishes
I'm sorry but its American culture that drives a person to do this, everyone is going insane. Why doesn’t this happen in other countries? Sure... shootings happen in other countries, but American shootings are different, they're usually pointless and the person has been driven insane by a system where the rich control the poor to the point where they’re living on as little as they need to survive while working as much as humanly possible; and a culture where you’ll get looked down upon if you don’t have a nice car, or get bullied at school for not having the newest trainers.
It disgusts me.
No one individual is to blame. Everyone is equally responsible.
The sad thing is, in my country, England, the same type of culture is starting to take roots.
I'm sure the history of mental illness in his family had nothing to do with it.
44.3 million American adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder.
10 million American adults have a major depressive disorder.
2.3 million American adults have a bipolar disorder.
schizophrenia.healthyplace2.com...
I guess his interest in such child friendly things as the Nazi party had nothing to do with it.
If you want to blame someone, blame the grandfather and the teachers who didn't spot his internal struggles. It wasn't our kids' obsession with Paris Hilton and bling that drove him to kill these people.