The Columbine Effect

The effects the columbine and the media following this tragedy has had on the 21st century.

Crimes Inspired By Columbine.

They say that all bad things come in threes, and all horrible crimes are a chain

effect of one another. There have been 18 notable shootings since the Columbine, not including the tragedy of 9/11, which is another demon in itself.

School shootings are on the rise, and in the preceding months/year after a tragedy, attempts and shootings are much more regular.

Since the columbine massacre there has been the Virginia tech shooting in 2007, James Holmes twisted movie theater attack, and of course Sandy Hook, just to name a few.

These killers gain notoriety, and that’s what most psychopaths crave.

When the media has a story they twist every aspect of it until they get the reaction from the viewers that they want.

“When they own the information, they can bend it all they want” the media can play up these horrible crimes and in the mind of someone who is already unstable, it gives him or her all the sick ideas they need.

People who are sick enough to carry out crimes such as the ones mentioned usually crave attention. When someone is sad inside, or on the brink of suicide, they are begging for someone to notice. The attention that these criminals get after carrying out a shooting is exactly what these killers crave, and although most of these plans are never carried out, numerous plots are found after events such as columbine, and sandy hook, to recreate the same thing.

 

 

 

 

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