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actually, i'm pretty sure you're wrong on this moondog Send a noteboard - 17/12/2012 05:38:07 PM
there are very few examples of these shooters who have stayed alive after their rampage, for the express purpose of telling their stories to the media. anders breivik is the only one in recent memory, because he had a clear agenda he thought he was fulfilling and he relished the media attention to his manifesto. everyone else have just been people who snapped and had a gun (or two or more) at hand to allow themselves to have such a deadly legacy.

By your logic the so-called 27 Club would not exist. Doing what they do as they do it ensures lasting infamy but (they believe/hope) spares them lasting consequences.


the "so-called 27 Club" is a media invention drawing a correlation between unrelated people. it's not like musicians are *trying* to get into this club after all. but i'd wager in every single one of these mass shootings with the exception of breivik and seung-hui cho, they did not go into it hoping for media celebrity.
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