If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you might remember that back when the shooting at Virginia Tech took place, I predicted that it was only a matter of time before the media would jump on the ’shooter as loner’ bandwagon.  Unfortunately, I was right.

So, when I saw this story about the latest shooting in Finland, I expected about the same.  ‘How long before we hear that the shooter was a troubled loner?’ was my first thought.

Turns out this time, I was wrong.

According to this story, the gunman was “happy, a social guy…he got along with people well and he was not lonely.  He had friends.”  Huh.  Otherwise “happy” and “social” people in Finland are committing mass murder/suicide?  I’d hate to see what the unhappy people there are up to.

So, what is the explanation this time, mass media?  If the guy wasn’t a pathetic loner, then what was his problem?

Well, the same story also reminds us that the shooter was “an atheist.”  Ah yes, that must be it.

Thanks, media.  Heckuva job.