I think we have to address the reality that there are evil people in this world. People that will act out their evil fantasies. People that care nothing for human life. Calling these people "mentally ill" is not going to solve or remedy the situation. There IS no remedy. It just 'is'. And yes, these killings will get worse as time goes on....
until it doesn't.
I thoroughly agree. A lot of the ISIS fighters are recruited over the internet, they are brainwashed. Okay, maybe some of them have a background for it with their religion but still.
Just the same way, there are some nasty racist websites out there. They may well brainwash, especially youth with propaganda and the like. People are not thinking for themselves.
This guy is a mixed bag in New Zealand, an "eco-fascist" and a few of the other things said about him which I won't go into.
Also interesting, is that it is said, 2 or 3 other persons have been arrested. One supposedly a woman. We have not heard anything about these other people. FWIW.
Yes, a lot of it is down to brainwashing, that might be the same with the Columbine killers, Kliebold and Harris.
And some of it probably is mental illness, the Sandy Hook killer but I don't think all of these cases are just mental illness.