Shooting near UC Santa Barbara, 7 Dead

[SydneyK]

How terrible.

It bugs me that they posted the YouTube video the guy had made (his retribution video). Reminds me of the manifesto the VT shooter mailed to NBC. I get that it's the press' job to disseminate information, but sharing these guys' last few crazy thoughts is, imo, bad taste. They don't deserve any kind of time in the spotlight.

[honorgal]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

How terrible.

It bugs me that they posted the YouTube video the guy had made (his retribution video). Reminds me of the manifesto the VT shooter mailed to NBC. I get that it's the press' job to disseminate information, but sharing these guys' last few crazy thoughts is, imo, bad taste. They don't deserve any kind of time in the spotlight.

Not just bad taste. Dangerous. Psychiatric and law enforcement experts say it promotes copycats.

[CutiePie2000]

This shooting has many misogynist similarities to the École Polytechnique massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89c...nique_massacre) which happened in Montreal, Quebec in 1989.

The shooter hated women and blamed "feminists" for all of his problems and he also had a manifesto.

He entered an Engineering class, ordered all of the men to leave and then he shot all of them women (though some miraculously survived) and then he went on a rampage throughout the rest of the campus.

[pinapple]

I find it so interesting that in most every mass shooting in the US people look to the parents and say "how could you not have known" and yet in this case, the parents actively sought help from police to have their own son committed so that he did not harm anyone. The police took this information, interviewed him and because he was polite and kind (psychopath 101) they considered him to not be a danger to himself or others. It all boils down to personal responsibility and the lack of mental heath awareness of our police forces and the general public. This young man was horribly disturbed IMO the SB Police have blood on their hands.