Re:Show HN: Don't Name the Shooter
by caffeinewriter on Thursday December 03, 2015 @09:28PM
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While I understand and partly agree, some (many?) spree shooters are looking to live on in infamy, and this is some small form of taking that from them.
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Re:Show HN: Don't Name the Shooter
by jamesrcole on Thursday December 03, 2015 @09:34PM
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...and removing an incentive for prospective shooters.
This is obviously something you care about; probably more so than my dissent. I think that prescribing generalized explanations to human behavior (see Economics) is a dangerous gamble.
I also believe that the media has the onus to report things correctly, in full. As a national or international spectator, it may not be important whom commits these crimes. I was recently living in Seattle when a shooting happened at Seattle Pacific University. My girlfriend at the time was on campus when the shooting started and the media frenzy was actually beneficial for the community.