Mass murders are a wish to die, not kill

Mass murder, a horrible thing that happens in the world and is broadcasted all over the place. We are way too familiar with the images that flash across our screen. "Shooting At Connecticut Elementary School." "School Shooting In Littleton, Colorado." But what drives a human to commit the most inhuman on crimes? Are mass murders driven by an urge to kill or a wish to die? In this debate I will explain how mass murders are more of a wish to die rather than an urge to kill and why I believe this. Hopefully in this debate we will be able to come to a conclusion that can lower the number of mass murders in the world. Let's start this debate off with one of the most famous mass shootings all throughout the world. Columbine. The Columbine high school massacre was a school shooting that occurred in Littleton, Colorado on April 20th, 1999 which killed 13 and injured 24 before the gunmen turned the guns on themselves. The perpetrators were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. What do these two have to do with my argument? Dylan Klebold was severely depressed and you can tell he is just by what he wrote in his journal entries. "OOOh god I HATE my life, I want to die really bad right now...I don't know what I do wrong with people (mainly women) - it's like they all set out to hate and ignore me." Throughout Dylan's journal you can see how much he hates his life and how much he feels as if he would be happier if he was dead. "If anyone had any idea how sad I am." "oooh god I want to die sooo bad....such a sad, desolate, lonely, unsalvageable I feel I am...not fair, NOT FAIR!!! I wanted happiness!! I never got it." All Dylan wanted in his life was happiness and to have love. When he found out the girl he loved was a "fake love" he got extremely angry and sad which made it easier for Eric (a clinical psychopath) to take advantage of Dylan and manipulate him into shooting up the school with him. I imagine that Eric promised Dylan that they would die after committing such a crime and this is how Dylan was so easily influenced. According to Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, Eric was reported experiencing homicidal and suicidal ideation. Which is when you are constantly thinking about hurting yourself or other people. Eric was prescribed an antidepressant called Zoloft (Sertraline). Which is commonly used to treat for depression and OCD. He was still having thoughts of hurting himself and others so they prescribed him Luvox (Fluvoxamine). Needless to say, neither of these drugs helped his condition. Eric was not just homicidal he was also suicidal. He wanted to die as well as kill. He was receiving help but he was receiving the wrong kind of help. Which is why such a horrible event happened. Mass murders are defined for the study as having four or more victims and don't include gang killings or slayings that involve the death of multiple family members. These shootings include the one in Orlando, now the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, and others in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, both in 2012. So you might be asking, "If more mass murders are caused by a wish to die and not kill then why do the people that commit mass murder commit mass murder and not just kill themselves?" I believe this could because of multiple factors. 1. A desire for fame. If you feel that your life is worth nothing and you want to do something that will guarantee that your name will be on the lips of everybody in America. What can you do? Kill a lot of innocent people. 2. A sense of revenge. Most of the mass murders that are around us are because the people commit them feel as if the people around them and the world have wronged them before. What's the best way to get revenge on someone you don't like? Kill them or something they care about. I believe that the people who commit mass murder are driven by a wish to die and that they only commit mass murder to gain fame for their story and get some revenge for themselves before they pass away. http://www.acolumbinesite.com... http://www.acolumbinesite.com... http://www.cnn.com...