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Originally posted by MagiK: Obviously I err was ranting about the situation in the US, the terrible tragedy in Germany may or may not be related to the same issues.

Unfortunately, insanity and tragedy do not respect national boundaries. Regardless of location, I believe the causes are identical--someone failed to notice that these children were in trouble before these shootings happened.
You cannot blame the media--how many people watch "violent" TV shows and/or movies yet never act in a violent manner toward others? You cannot blame video games for the same reason. You cannot blame teachers--their job is to educate, not babysit.
Who does that leave? Parents. In some places legal blame is being placed on the parents, because the precedent has been set to charge the parents for the actions of their children (for those of you with children, take care). Right or not, that is what is being done.

I hope that more situations like these do not happen again.