I stated originally that the problem has to do with the lack of coping skills. Frankster mentioned this in his post in the JBL. People do things for numerous reasons; be it good reasons or bad. This guy was po'd at 'rich kids'. Maybe he got picked on for being Korean (Japanese love to pick on Koreans). Maybe he didn't roll in a Lexus or Infiniti. Maybe his grades weren't up to snuff w/ the rest of his class.

It's been stated in the news that the dude was pretty incoherent in the video he sent NBC. Sounds like he was high to me.

But here's the thing, that's life. For us old folks, we can see it pretty dang easily.

As GenScar and I were talking the other day, SHE has a lot of problems in life. She's got a flooded basement. She ain't go no job. There's other things. Weaker people would hit FEMA up for $$$ or simply go postal. That's a choice. GenScar COULD go do that but she knows better. She can deal with it better. I'm sure a lot of us have been in bad places at times, but have any of us gone and started shooting up the town?

It's my belief that (once again), there are too many people in the world. It's easier to fall thru the cracks. Peer pressure has to be even worse than it was in the, ahem, 50s. Or 60s. You all get the idea. Each generation things they have it the hardest. And maybe, just maybe, THIS generation of kids do. It's THIS generation of kids that have been called "The Entitlement Generation". They believe they don't have to work for anything and should be given whatever they want and that they DESERVE it! Work your way up thru a company? No way! They want full benefits, top of the line salary and lord knows what else.

A lot of THAT has to do with what's on tv these days. The concept of the 'reality' show has shown that the average joe can become a star. Shows like American Idol, Survivor and so-on only reinforce the dissolutionment amongst the kiddies. My mother had read that it's like, 70% of the kids today think they'll be famous. Don't get me started on sports stars and the fact that newspapers make STARS out of high schoolers.

In the end, I'm sure this guy is aware of other events that have occured and he must've said, "gee whiz, this is how you make a statement." From Columbine to the Capital Hill rave shooting (Seattle), it just gives these 'losers' more ideas. So instead of being the g'damn best he could be, he chose to go out the easy way. What a prick.

My thoughts go out to the families and the victims. My anger goes towards those who can't get their act together.