[afterthefact]

Geez, there is so much here, I'm not looking at every post to see if this was said before. But if they want people to stop doing this, they need to stop giving the ones who did it before so much attention. These kids do this because they feel like outcasts and nobody notices them, and they know their face will be on every news channel and internet home page. Even though they will be dead, they get the satisfaction that now people recognize them. There is probably some kid sitting at home right now watching the news after a bad day of school thinking "Yeah, that's what I'll do. Then they will HAVE to notice me." What needs to be done is stop giving attention when this stuff happens. When a shotting like this occurs, give proper grievances towards the victim, but do and say nothing for the assailant. Then hopefully kids who might have a tendancy towards actions like this may not be as inclined to do so, because they will see they aren't going to get the results they would want from it. Unfortunately this will never happen, because while the media pretends to care about the lives lost, what they really care about is making good news. I mean, how many people at NBC do you think were jumping excitedly when they realize the shooter in Virginia sent them the package? It's sick how little they truly care, and it only perpetuates the cycle.