American Culture of Violence

As predicted the airwaves were full of talk today about the VT shootings. There was a lot of ranting & raving about how folks wish that he were still alive so that they could really make him suffer. Not much less than a radio lynch mob.
I don't know why folks act like that. They don't know the shooter or any of the victems but they feel that they should somehow get involved in the form of retribution. Most wanted to dish out some vengeance of some sort.
Basically it comes down to our national mentality of wanting to address violence with additional, and perhaps ramped-up, violence. An eye for an eye, right.
In the south we call them rednecks. They have thick southern accents, maybe a confederate flag on their car and are the brother, with a mean streak, of a good ol' boy. They are agressively ignorant of American justice structures and due process. They don't know and they don't want to know.
The irony is that rednecks display the same anti-social behavior that they claim should have triggered the authorities to stop the shooter before the event.
Our justice system is established to treat even the most heinous of criminal humanely. Even though they may spend the rest of their lives in prison or even be put to death, they will follow an established process that involves fairness and even putting the burden of proof on the prosecuter. A criminal need not be worried about torture or extreme measures to coerce confessions out of them.
This humanity in our justice system is what sets us apart from countries with kangaroo courts. American's should emulate this system or at least respect that it's not perfect but it works better than any other system.
Most Americans need to take a page from the Amish and the Buddhists that peace, love, compassion and forgiveness are better traits to have than hate, vengeance, and violence.