“If there is no God then who will judge? We will.
And they expect with no eternal judgement that their rules will contain the rath of a young man who sees no future for himself.”
But in many ways Europe is more godless than the US, yet they don’t have anywhere the level of this type of violence. So there must be other or additional factors at play.
In Europe, that freedom was taken away a long time ago. Even though they don't have ruthless, brutal dictatorships over there, they are definitely totalitarian cultures where people see themselves as subservient to the state.
We have showed the disaffected what hurts us.
We have also showed the disaffected that we refuse to protect that weak spot.
And so they attack it.
Furthermore, it’s also very easy for those ostracized to become angry and vengeful towards an entire school. Kids are cruel, and they tend not to realize the consequences of anything that they do.