"Humanity is Overrated"

Pekka-Eric Auvinen has died in hospital after turning the gun on himself. He has become the latest suicidal, isolated, solipsistic little shit that has found a means of taking people down with him. Following the Columbine Massacre of 1999, made famous by Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine, and The Virginia Tech Massacre last year, perpetrated by wannabe cult star, Question Mark, Pekka-Eric took inspiration and brought a handgun into school with one thing on his mind. We all know the details. One thing strikes me from the aforementioned; they all broadcast tapes of themselves prior to their respective killing-sprees. Now, with this in mind, isn't it somehow plausible that they wanted to be stopped; they wanted to be discovered and revealed in some way. Surely, if Cho Seung Hui (aka. Question Mark) wished to remain untraceable, he wouldn't have gone to the local television station with his homemade VCRs. Surely, if Pekka-Eric Auvinen wished to remain untraceable, he wouldn't have posted a video of himself brandishing a gun on YouTube one hour before letting loose. Stop me if I'm wrong. Granted, some will label these simply as the glorified suicide notes of disturbed adolescents, or maybe just trivialities - kids looking for their fifteen minutes; but, like the man who puts his head in an oven with a window open, or the man who jumps from a three story building, did they really want to go through with it? Due to the inaction of cathartic YouTube generation, they were all left with no choice, once again, they were forced to carry out their twisted ideas because no-one put up a their hand to stop them. It isn't uncommon for gentlemen at that age to pick up a copy of The Catcher in the Rye or Beyond Good and Evil and think they're the only ones who 'get it'. Doubtless, intelligent discussion will stir for a few days and then the whole incident will be forgotten and have little impact on any other potential psychopaths. Having said that, I did just sign up to 'UAlert' here at the University: a convenient little text message alert system for all students in case of emergencies. Safe and sound? Not yet.