Media reaction to Kimveer Gill and the Goth Community

Media coverage of Kimveer Gill's shooting at Dawson College has put the spotlight on the goth community.  Gill posted a personal journal and blog at Vampirefreaks.com where he wrote about his likes and dislikes, posted quizes and quotes from favorite movies, etc.  The community of members at Vampirefreaks has been quick to criticize Gill and disassociate themselves from his brutal act.
 
VampireFreaks has posted a message stating that they do not encourage or condone illegal activities and that the goth scene is a "very friendly, nurturing, non-violent" community.
 
OK, so I don't know if "very friendly" and "nurturing" are exactly the way goths would describe themselves... but I do think that the goth community is getting misrepresented in the mainstream media.  Gill is the one to blame for this tragedy,; he is the one who made the terrible decision to shoot innocent students. 
 
Being goth is not about guns and shootings. The goth culture was born out of the punk-rock era of the early 1980s. 
 
To learn more about goth culture, I recommend checking out these articles:

• Inside Bay Area
• Findarticles.com
• Wikipedia

 
And by the way, Gill's self-given nickname "The Trench" is not an original.  I prefer the Trench who is a blogger at The Trenchcoat Chronicles, a blog dedicated to discussing the atrocities of school shootings.  You should check it out.