Why can't we all get along?

I like to read the news on the internet. Depressing, I know, but hey, it's better than watching the local or national anchors tell me what's going on. So I'm reading away and come across this story about a kid in Indiana that wanted "instant recognition" by setting a massacre record. I'm not sure which is scarier, the fact that this is an option to so many teenagers or that they feel that's the only way to make themselves feel better. I remember high school as being eh. I had my set of friends and seemed to be in one of those non-cliques that seemed to get along okay with almost everyone. I knew of some people that got picked on by the "popular" kids and always felt bad for them. I think the "popular" kids had serious issues, but that's a whole other story. I don't think that coming to school with weapons and killing kids was ever an option. I don't know, maybe I'm overly naive. But ever since Columbine and the media frenzy that followed, more and more stories are reported about children wanting to copy this. Maybe the media shouldn't glorify it; maybe if the media hadn't spent so much time reporting it wouldn't give the troubled kids ideas about making their mark on the world, or having that "I'll show them" mentality. I often wonder how screwed up these kids are to want to do this. Are they not getting what they need at home? Are they just mentally ill? Are the kids just part of this generation that is all about "me" and have finally decided that since they don't get what they want, they'll share their pain? I'm confused about the state of our youth. Whether it's a mental thing (we seem to have more mental problems than ever before, just watch all the depression, bipolar and other prescription medicine commercials) or not taking responsibility for our actions, something needs to be done. Yikes.