Could any of this have been prevented?

weeji1 I can see indeed where you're coming from. But having said that, I really, on more levels than one, do NOT see how having MORE shootings can cause such a similar problem to stop or go away. Besides, how do shootings like this at school suppose to stop this problem from happening, and why or why do we have to assume that we really need more shootings to take place?

I mean, are we all, for the most part, SO completely without hope to change for better, and redeem ourselves, that simple strict punishments are not enough. No, we actually have to have MURDER that will sort it all out once and for all, right?

By the way, considering the fact that we are all indeed of the same species (human beings), why is it that SOME people,even at SCHOOL age as such, lean more towards being calm, nice, innocent and peaceful (and when attacked, become victims) whereas OTHERS are threatening, evil, cruel, misbehaving, violent (and they attack, thus becoming aggressors)? Could it be a simple case of those other people not being raised well or taught from an early child age about right or wrong and how (well, let's face it) serious it all is, or rather, how foolish it is to make such wrong choices.

Basically, in the paragraph above, I kind of wanted to know, both in the film and in real life, what is it that makes some people at that age aggressors and others normal people and victims of those aggressors? Like, what do the bullies have and/or don't have that non-bullies have and/or don't have that prevents them from being "bullies" IN the first place?

Going back to the film, does anyone else think it might've been better if we saw the class leader Anders, for instance, at home more often and learn about what motivates his behaviour as such? Like, maybe he has abusive parents. Maybe he was simply spoiled all his life and was never taught any discipline since his parents were so busy working abroad that he never learned the meaning of the word "morality" from a young age. Maybe he grew up in a rough neighbourhood and his father was a drug dealer. Maybe he was mentally insane. Maybe he watched too many violent films as a child!

Also weeji1, you've spoken quite a bit about your opinion that ultimately, this thing OVERALL cannot be stopped, even going to say that the actual SHOOTING was the right course of action. And I take it in your opinion, no, NONE of THIS actually COULD have been prevented, right? OK, fair enough!

But can I just ask also, what did you think of Joosep's FATHER's reaction and his unhelpful demands for his son to "fight back" etc, rather than having his father, say, go to the school principle or EVEN, since nothing else was working, move him to another school etc? And do you think HE could've done more to help the poor kid in the given situation.

I was bullied at school. I transferred, and it didn't make a difference. After that, there were no more schools in my district for me to transfer to. There may have been no other schools for Joosep to transfer to.