"Senseless" used in reporting crimes.
April 17, 2017 at 12:20 pm
(This post was last modified: April 17, 2017 at 12:23 pm by Brian37.)
This isn't about one event, but how stupid it gets over used. There is a national story out now about a sicko who murdered an old man and posted the video on Facebook, the video was taken down of course and the account deleted.
But the use of the word, when this happens, like with other murders or mass shootings or terrorist shootings, domestic or not, I really hate the use of the word "senseless". There is always a psychology behind a violent act by a perp. Even in this case this sicko taped himself saying his love interest drove him crazy, drove him to gamble, and he lost everything. There is your explanation. A guy who was so selfish and narcissistic and delusional he had to take his pain out on others.
But, even with the Boston bombers, while we call that religious terrorism, the underlying factor in that case was that the older brother was simply pissed that he lost his kick boxing license for domestic violence, that was most likely the real reason he did what he did, he wanted to take his failure out on everyone else. Even with someone mentally ill like the VA tech shooter, even that makes sense. Nobody vetted him well enough and he had no prior record when he bought the firearms. Out of all of them the VA shooter while horrible was mentally ill. The others were merely angry and delusional.
Crimes happen for a reason, certainly not good justifications by the perp, but there is a very natural explanation as to why humans do bad things. No different than we can explain the conditions that lead to a hurricane even though nobody wants a hurricane affecting them.
It won't happen but I do wish reporters would stop calling violence "senseless". It is when we understand human behavior even bad behavior we can seek to reduce those events.
But the use of the word, when this happens, like with other murders or mass shootings or terrorist shootings, domestic or not, I really hate the use of the word "senseless". There is always a psychology behind a violent act by a perp. Even in this case this sicko taped himself saying his love interest drove him crazy, drove him to gamble, and he lost everything. There is your explanation. A guy who was so selfish and narcissistic and delusional he had to take his pain out on others.
But, even with the Boston bombers, while we call that religious terrorism, the underlying factor in that case was that the older brother was simply pissed that he lost his kick boxing license for domestic violence, that was most likely the real reason he did what he did, he wanted to take his failure out on everyone else. Even with someone mentally ill like the VA tech shooter, even that makes sense. Nobody vetted him well enough and he had no prior record when he bought the firearms. Out of all of them the VA shooter while horrible was mentally ill. The others were merely angry and delusional.
Crimes happen for a reason, certainly not good justifications by the perp, but there is a very natural explanation as to why humans do bad things. No different than we can explain the conditions that lead to a hurricane even though nobody wants a hurricane affecting them.
It won't happen but I do wish reporters would stop calling violence "senseless". It is when we understand human behavior even bad behavior we can seek to reduce those events.
