Fact is these two are not any different then the nut who blew up Oklahoma City, the guys who shot up Columbine, the kid who shot up Sandy Hook. Only difference is they have strange names and some connection to radical factions. G is correct that the social media both feeds the frenzy and makes these things instant. Then to keep up, the main stream media devotes more time and resources to the event.
Violence has been around since the beginning of man. If I remember my Bible right Cain had a problem with Able. IMO the biggest change has been the decline in the moral fabric. Violence is now everywhere kids look and go. They get it on TV, they get it in video’s,they get it in movies at the theater, they get it in games, they get it in the sporting arena’s (think MMA) they get it in their neighborhoods with the gang bangers. Sit and think about it a minute. Where can a 14 year old kid go, what can they do without being exposed to the violence of the world?
Another thing, remember when you were a kid? You would watch a war movie or cowboy and Indian show? Someone would die or get shot, they would just tip over. Not realistic some would say, but not all the splattering blood and body limbs flying around that today’s kids are exposed to either.
I think cleaning up the life these kids are surrounded with would go a long ways towards cleaning up violence. We, the 30 to 70 year olds are the ones who allowed our leaders to change the morals of this country. Now we are reaping the results.