It is common these days for people to want to remove mention of people such as the names of mass shooters. It is likewise a reason they want to take down some statues.
Don't memorialize a person. We don't want people to be copy cats.
In a day where they are increasingly trying to make people think the same things, act the same way, and expect the same things they are making it more and more difficult to "Stand out!"
A person may be lonely. They may feel ostracized. They want to be remembered for something.
Mass murder may seem like an easy way to insure they are remembered...
So our answer is to not share information because we don't want to encourage that.
In thinking about this I think we are making a mistake.
I think we are trying to take a "simple" but likely incorrect approach to a bigger problem.
The rot, poor education, reliance on chemicals to keep our minds working, etc. All of these things contribute to what lead that person there. Yet we allow those things to fester and grow. We simply think "If we remove these certain triggers that will help."
As the rot spreads and grows any number of things can lead to triggers.
We reward and encourage a lot of bad things these days... Those things are like a cancer that spreads through the minds of society and infect everything they touch.
Mostly our education system is becoming less and less worthy of being considered "education".
These days it is more of an "indoctrination" center...
We must force you into this box... no not THOSE boxes. We don't like box B, and C. You must be inside box A.
The real problem is one that has been a problem for as long as I can find:
Some people try to elevate themselves in cultural hierarchy at the expense of others.
If the person wants to be in the IN crowd they time it correctly and they verbally, physically, or perhaps both do something to a perceived "undesireable". "Get out of here nerd!!!"...
The in crowd might notice and accept them into their ranks. Meanwhile the "nerd" is suffering.
This also happens with animals so it is not a completely human thing.
Yet with our technology and increasing separation from people behind screens it is harder and harder for those ostracized to find people that they can create their own support system with. A digital only friendship is not the same. Not remotely. It can be turned off when it is inconvenient. No need to learn to navigate those inconvenient times.
Throw this in with people being forced to learn how to handle their own mind. How can they learn if they are told "there is a pill for that"? Sure there are some cases where medication may help people but they should be RARE cases in society rather than common.
I taught my children that telling me "I'm bored" was a thing you didn't want to do. I told them to me that translates to "I am lazy, entertain me." There is SO much to do in life that you do not have the time to do all of it. This especially true if you embrace your mind and exercise it just like you do your body. I always have things to think about. If I am sitting in a lobby somewhere that is generally what I am doing.
When I was a teenager one day I decided I was "at war with boredom" and I have as far as I can tell completely obliterated the concept from my own life. There is far too much for me to do to ever be bored. I will die before I've done all the things I'd like to do. In fact, that list keeps growing.
This was a hodge podge of thoughts that I felt like writing. I apologize for it being more disjointed. It was just where my mind went. Have a great weekend!
