A better question would be - "What is it with all the senseless killings in the headlines lately?"sss wrote:What is it with all the senseless killings lately? :(
Unfortunately, senseless killings happen. Always have, probably always will. Sometimes it's individuals doing it (as in the US). When individuals had over their freedom to governments in exchange for promises of security, then its the government doing it (see Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, etc...).
If the press put every traffic accident on the headlines, people would be scared to death of cars. Same goes for drownings in swimming pools, shark attacks, lightning strikes, fires, etc...Newspapers are sold when the headlines scare people. Senseless killings scare people becase they are so....senseless.