Todays reflection on war games

Terrible fearful things can happen in a peaceful part of the world.
My first though when I heard about the killing yesterday was "computer games". Later when I read about it I realized it was not the case, but the killer had had normal training and has been practicing shooting in a shooting club. The problem was his extreme opinions and hatred.

I won't write about the disgusting event as such. There are no words for it.

But in the back of my head I still wonder, what will the effect be on all these millions of young people who get trained to kill using computer games and who get rid of their normal feelings of empathy for the figures who get shot? If millions of them can handle it all right but a few can't tell reality from a game, then we can expect troubles, can't we?

If I compare it with when I was a kid, my mum didn't want my brother to have little plastic pistol. When he finally got one, he was told not to point it at any living person. You shouldn't pretend that you wish to kill people, was the message. Times have changed.

Isn't it time for a movement against violence, even against killing on the screen?