Things We Shouldn't Know

I am as curious as anyone about the state of mind the shooter had at Va Tech. I want to know what caused him to do such a horrible thing. I watched the video on TV because of my curiosity. Still I am not so sure it was good for me to see it. Perhaps this is the very kind of thing that should be voluntarily edited.

The networks have the right to do whatever they want with it. It was given to them. That said these networks will not even show a fan running out onto a football field. They won't do that because they do not want to encourage others to do it. Shouldn't the same logic be applied here? Showing this kind of behavior benefits no one. There is no upside it is disturbing.

Someone running out onto a football field or baseball field is pretty insignificant (and really stupid), but 32 people dead is not. This shooter referenced his idols (those who perpetrated Columbine) on this video. In essence this was a copy cat shooting. Instead of simply saying this guy was mentally ill (a case that could easily be made without the video of him with guns) we provide food for the sharks. This guy became famous in his death! That is what he wanted and we gave it to him. Now we have told any wanna be mass murderers that they too will become famous in their death if they do something like this.

We would have been better off not seeing these disturbing videos and not hearing the disturbing audio.

Nice job networks, way to show some self discipline!!