School shooting in Jokela

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Originally Posted by Old Vantaa Man

Now I'm a parent myself of two kids not far away from their teens, I just hope that they'll always know I'll support them through whatever they want to do and I'll fucking do my best to ensure that they actually do what they want to do.

I blame this lad's parents for their singular lack of interest and allowing him to get a gun.

Hi OVM. Because you admit to being a parent, I'm surprised you consider that parents can be at fault. Good for you

But really, no 1 or 2 people are responsible. Peers, technology companies and marketeers now have more influence on teenagers than their parents. There's lifestyles that are cool to buy into, although as a 50 year old I would call it gullible and conformist (even though this is paraded as individuality). Teenagers are so easy to target in marketing because they demand to be identified and branded. The hippies were supposed to be about freedom and a better world, but their children are creating a self imposed authoritarian state. This authoritarian state is abhorrent to me and many young people quite rightly seek to rebel against it.

I was always an individual and got loads of crap over it, so I never felt connected to peers. Grew up with a self identity and I feel it made me a better person than I might have been. I think that the odd madman with a gun is me, but expressing rage against the system in the wrong way.

Thanks for listening,
B