Once more we see in the news another mass murder. Why can't we, as human beings, find out how some can be driven to commit atrocities like this? The overwhelming reason seems to be a deep seated hatred, either hatred of themselves or in blaming others for their own misery.
I can rationalize a person hating another so intensely that they allow themselves to stoop low enough to kill but that's the point. They are "allowing" themselves to act on a feeling. We all have choices and we can give in to deep feelings or we can control ourselves.
Killing indiscriminately or opening fire on people they don't even know is another thing entirely. Is it self hatred or egomania? They must be incredibly stupid because there are only two outcomes in their future...death or imprisonment...and neither will exalt them. They will be pariahs for all time.
I remember back in the years when I suffered from depression and couldn't read the newspaper without crying. Reading about so much senseless carnage was just too much to bear. I guess I'll go to my grave wondering why we humans are so flawed that some of us can commit such devastating crimes against each other.
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