The above story outlines the life of a murderer. It tells the story of the gunman at Northern Illinois University who shot and killed five innocent students and injured scores more. Why? Why in the hell does the media continue to report the lives of these murders, which become instantly infamous due to their sick and demented notion to be slingshot into the limelight?
The article outlines how he didn't fit the description of a mass murder and tells the story about his life and what others thought of him... well, media, here's a thought: how about we celebrate the lives of those that were killed? Why don't we showcase the real contrite stories of the innocent victims?
The problem is, partly, due to the media's ability to post this individual's name and "life story" pervasively, instantly giving him/her notoriety. For instance, you might know the name of the misogynist cretin that killed 14 innocent women at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989, or the two crazed kids at Columbine, or the notorious introvert at Virginia Tech... but what about the innocent students that lost their lives in all of these heinous crimes? Why are they not in the media's spotlight being praised?
Are we really that sick to continue such a gross perpetual cycle? Throwing mass murderers names throughout the infobahn giving them instant infamy, while simultaneously showing other ill-tempered philistines a way to launch their anonymous names into the headlines -- at least for a day.
It worries me greatly, because in the last week alone, there has been five shootings in American schools -- but some are too small, without any or enough deaths, to be widely reported.
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