MW3 Blamed for Norway Massacre?

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Well on the OP I must say as a currently servicing, the only way you can train to fire a weapon effectively in combat, is by firing a real weapon. It's all about what you do at the firing range, anything prior to your first rounds down range is pure speculation. Most of the value of training is the consistency, and automation. You raise the weapon to firing position, you aim the sights, off the safety and start putting rounds at target. After doing this repeatedly over a long time, it becomes natural, just like riding a bike.

When you then "panic" in a stressed situation, this natural procedure has dug so deep you go on "autopilot". Your training is what saves you from your self, always. Stop thinking? No problem, it's in you from training. Do as you've learnt.

Violent game studies are contradicting these days;

One study will say it encourages violence and removes empathy and disconnects people from reality and consequences.

Another study will say it lets people vent their rage at a game, rather than society. It's healthy to rage once in a while, so it doesn't build up inside.


When it comes to Breivik though, I can't help but have mixed feelings.

At one hand, he is a genious in some ways. He pulled off a seemingly impossible task, acheiving his personal goals in some ways. He communicates dynamically with the judges and acts like it's all a game. He is by no means stupid in my eyes. So yes, I do find the whole trial process fascinating.

BUT:

The other hand says this guy's actions were unspeakably horrible and by no means is there any way on earth to justify his actions, no matter what the cause. I strongly feel disgusted and sick when thinking about what he has done, how many lives are destroyed. He admits that his actions are unspeakable and he metaphorically talked about a "voice" telling him "don't do it", but I think it's only a hopeless tactic that would maybe cause people to think differently of him. It's not going to work, ever. I wish with every atom in my body that his actions last summer never took place. Nobody deserves that, no matter the cause.

By saying the trial thats going on now is fascinating, I don't support him, or his meanings or actions by any means. It's just; you gotta wonder how, why and what kind of person does this stuff.

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I think the Norwegian comic artist Lise kindof explains this perfcectly in her comic strip: