Mob blames Mass Effect for school shootings.

[Dodece]

To be honest it is possible that Mass Effect lead to this shooting spree. A great many people went nuts over how the series ended. I admit that I wanted to shoot someone over that bullshit, but it wasn't children. Of coarse I am level headed enough to realize the only right response is to show my displeasure by not buying that companies games in the future.

As for mass shootings. I think Michael Moore did a excellent job of rooting out the real culprit in his documentary Bowling for Columbine. It wasn't the guns, movies, music, or games. The real problem is a culture of fear. From the cradle to the grave. Americans are barraged with a never ending stream of fear mongering. Fear damages us all, but some are sensitive enough that they break under the pressure. They become hopeless, paranoid, and even aggressive in response to the very real attack they are under.

The ones who are guilty are the ones who are going to profit off this the most. The media that intentionally tries to scare you so that they get your undivided attention. While they try to sell you things that also play on all of your worst fears. You want to see gun violence go down in this country in a significant way. Start boycotting the news networks, and the advertisers that support them. A few hundred thousand less scare stories. Just might have the effect of mellowing us all out.

Yes the real problem is that people think the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and in their despondency they are likely to lash out. At a unfair world that seems to persecute them in particular. We need to stop fabricating big bad boogeymen, and instead start offering up helping hands. The media perpetuates a story line that generates a mild hysteria, and then they act shocked when it pushes some off the edge. I say act, because I am pretty sure that their tears are purely crocodile in nature, and they are getting what they want. Some more sinister scarey ass shit to keep you locked in while they sell you some conditioner, because god knows you need it you unattractive fucking pig.