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Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle  We can all learn something from this tragedy. This man had rage inside of him and was bitter towards what he perceived as the cause of his loneliness. I don't know the man, but I'm sure very few did. He could have gotten help, but help doesn't work for everyone. Some people can be in counseling and therapy for years and still never get where it is they want to be.
It would be one thing if he had just ended his own life. It would not have made the papers or the national news and he would have faded away without harming others, except for those who cared about him. I just feel bad that he had to take more lives and cause so much more suffering just because he was suffering. But it's over now and we can learn from this. We can recognize parts of him in ourselves and in those we care for and prevent something like this from happening again. |
Good post. This was a real wake up call to me as I can certainly see a lot of myself in this guy and it's scary, though I'm not a violent person. I do have violent fantasies, but I keep them that way - fantasies, and I don't see that changing. All the same, this incident depressed me worse than any news story I can remember. But it may also help move me to action to improve my situation. I'm afraid if I do nothing I will get as desperate as this guy, sans the murderous rampage, of course.