Why do people hate school shooters?

[abaris]

The similarities between war and school shootings are superficial. Might as well say that war is like going to the waffle house - and school shootings are like shaving your legs.

Yet I find both instances reprehensible. At least when it comes to wars being fought in this day and age. And both have the same outcome. Children and innocents are killed. There's probably a difference in intent and there's certainly a difference when it comes to news coverage, but that's about as far as it goes.

Let me be clear about this: There's nothing remotely admirable about someone going over the edge and taking out their personal frustration on others. There's not even something mitigating about their motifs unless they're mentally ill to the point of no longer knowing what they're doing.

But, and that's a big but. There's far too little discussion about what makes them. Nobody wakes up some morning and says, hey, it's a nice day to do some school shooting. These people are made or they make themselves over a period of time. The Columbine shooters were at it for years, making home videos, before they finally went over the ultimate edge. When it comes to school shootings, most of the times it's students killing their peers. The only exemptions I know of are the Dunblane massacre in 1996 and the Newton shooting.

So from the standpoint of society, the more important question is, how do we determine the signs to catch things before the bloodbath?