Shootings revisited

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1. The Cynical-C keeps track of what the media is blaming for the Virginia Tech murders. So far, the list runs to more than 30 items, including South Korea, Bill Gates, Atheists, Bureaucracies, violent video games, and cowardly students.

   Reasons for Virginia Tech

   (via kottke

2. John Brown and Tom Engelhardt add a global perspective in “The Blacksburg Massacre in Global Context”.

   (via matthew good)

3. Scott Adams notes that

   “every time the media makes a big deal about a high profile suicide there’s a 100% chance it inspires additional suicide.”

   in reference to the study «Media influence on suicide» which is described here at the website of BMJ.

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