David, I respect your comments and I imagine it was easy to come up with guns back then. I had two shotguns and a 6 mm rifle. But, I was not able to come up with a semi-automatic rifle. And, the amount of dynamite you and your friends could get simply could not equate with what he had in his apartment.
Ches, unlike the kids at Columbine where there were clear signs of personality disorders or the like, my bet is this guy went about his way for months and no one would suspect him. Probably a loner. I HAVEN'T READ ANYTHING SINCE LAST FRIDAY.
I just don't see how the acts of violence we see now are any more or any less worse than the holocaust, Tiananmen Square, Hiroshima, Iraq, Somalia, etc. The big difference is the amount of coverage. There was a body count for every soldier in Iraq (not bad or good -- just made it more real).
But, I was going to post this, but Jon beat me to it. Somehow, what makes this different is the randomness of it. Even with the 2nd world war, as horrific that was and as sick and twisted as Hitler was, one could see why he was carrying out what, to this day, was the worst genocide in the history of the world (at least in that short of time span). But, it wasn't random. Even the Kent State shootings weren't random. The OJ murders were brutal, but there was a clear motive.
Don't misunderstand me. These are all horrific acts when they involve the taking of one's life. But, it seems that when it is for no obvious reason, it leads people to think, "Where is this world going?"
Disclaimer: The examples I have used, again, are all horrific. I do not mean any of them to be a political statement or otherwise. If you take it that way, I am sorry, and I apologize.
