TABLE 1
SHARED PHENOMENA IN FOUR GROUPS*

Yarn Painting from day of dead

 

TRAITS	SCHOOLING FISH	VIOLENT STUDENTS	VIRUS WRITERS	MEDIA REPORTERS
Needs	protection communications	recognition by others	reactions of public	approval by editor
Fosters	survival response	rejection	"nerds"image	improved ratings
Victims	fish	others	"lame" others	readers, copycats
Peers	join	intimidated	frustrated	envied
Growth Patterns	repeat cycle	startle others	get job	become editor
Model	survival fittest	"run amok"	frust/aggression	sound/byte

NOTES:
Media reporters=describing the media event in the same terms, lacking technical information, or alternative models

Nerds=technically capable, but socially inhibited

Lame=Individuals who suffer from social ineptness

Model=self explanatory notions used by individuals

RUNNING AMOK= New Zealand native Maorian actions that includes killing randomly until killed by others.

*Role of mental illness in human groups:
Unmet needs, filled by learned irrational actions; whether internal thought disorders as in paranoia, or action oriented expression of the frustrated affect. Typically, these perpetrators medicate themselves by street substances. They suffer unrecognized personality disorders first identified in their teens, but not managed adequately or appropriately by available resources.

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