24 September 2008

Tragedy on the other side of the world

I just have to comment on Finland. Even here on the other side of the world (literally as far as it's possible to go), we're hearing about it. I must say I was slightly shocked. I believe it wouldn't have happened if we hadn't had that other school shooting less than a year ago. What Auvinen, the first killer, did certainly fuelled Saari, the second killer. What has got into these Finnish young men's head? That killing cold-heartedly is cool? That it will bring fame? Well, what's the fame for? Killing young students and thus hurting thousands of people, then not living to see the rest of it? They're cowards. Like suicide bombers. They are scared of facing the world that they feel has treated them badly. But they won't achieve any improvement on the way the world is treating them by killing. Or will they? That's the scariest part: will killing be necessary to open our eyes to society's shortcomings?

1 comment:

Prompted by Pokes said...

You're right, it is scary.
The decision that those young men made is not to be taken lightly. What did they think would change by killing?