Archived I wish History remembered the victims instead of the killers (Showerthoughts)
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Archived I wish History remembered the victims instead of the killers (Showerthoughts)
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[–] [deleted] 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
[–] Chiefpacman 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Sounds like the wall did some good then. Good.
[–] Scratch_043 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I remember Franz Ferdinand, but not the name of the assassin.
[–] Kleyno 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
The victims are many, the killers, few. The few are easier to remember: names, faces, pasts which led to the present act of murder. We feel for the victims, but we fear the killer(s), and so we have to attach meaning to what they did in order to dispel that fear.
We try to bring some explanation as to why the tragedy unfolded, perhaps believing that by doing so, we could prevent it from happening again. In the process, we become obsessed with the killer(s) and remember their victims only as an afterthought.
They become a number; a measuring stick for how "evil" we decide the killer(s) should be.
Or at least, that is how I see it.
[–] multidan 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I feel like getting rid of our shooting high score lists would help a lot with reducing shootings. Give the killer no chance to give a message, no publicity, and no recognition and it takes away most of the reason to commit these crimes.
[–] EatMoreCheese [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Exactly my feeling. Killing people for attention might stop if we removed the attention.
[–] TahTahBur 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Genneration F would be a thing I guess
[–] DrRedbeard ago
Lets look at this realistically. The victims didn't do anything themselves to make national news. The killer did. There's actually no reason why the victims should be remembered any more than the 1000's of others who die every day in car accidents.
That said, we should probably ignore the killer as well, don't wanna give anyone the idea that this can make you famous.
[–] xicorea ago
So do I, but most people seem to have a morbid interest in crime and killers [sigh...]