People can say what they want but there is no solid American foreign policy beyond “Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.” The government always justifies its mass murders – threat to manifest destiny, threat to the American people, spread of some form of taxation not democracy, saving foreigners from their own evil dictator or religion, the end justifies the means, etc.

Sure the government executes on a far grander scale but “Why, I'm thinking, shouldn't school shootings by individuals be similarly justified?” After all, as the government has shown us, every cloud has a silver lining.

Of course it would be impractical for a school killer to build his case ahead of time to make more palatable the deed as the government has the luxury of doing, but a standing reusable list comes to mind. It could be displayed prominently behind talking heads relating the current tragedy or as a sidebar to newspaper accounts, to help the informed understand it wasn't all for nothing. On the radio news it might be read off at the close of coverage like a rapid-fire disclaimer:

Suggested justifications for school shootings:

/ Some of the dead probably would have grown up to be senators, congressmen or county commissioners.

/ Some may have joined the NRA.

/ Somebody there may have cured cancer, thereby hurting the economy.

/ The planet is overpopulated and our habitat's getting unbalanced. Let's face it – deforestation must be countered by dehumanization.

/ On a planet degraded by greedy white people, they didn't have much to live for anyway.

/ They remind us, in yet another form, that the value of human life runs counter to the value of money.

/ They show  how dangerous education can be.