Let's don't use the name of these mass murderers, if we can avoid it.

[raccoon]

2. I'm not suggesting a ban or law or something, but that we as individuals avoid using their names

where possible.

Many people would rather receive negative attention than be ignored.

Here's an example:

Excerpt from John Lennon’s murderer’s parole interview: (in the quote, I've replaced his name with an appropriate noun.)

“Why did you target this victim,” the parole board member asked.

“Because he was very famous,” the killer replied.

“And what did you want to get out of it?” the board member asked.

“Attention, bottom line,” the killer said.

Later, the board member asked how the murderer feels about that attention now.

“Absolutely it was not worth it. Absolutely ridiculously selfish act to take another human’s life so that I could be pumped into, you know, something that I wasn’t to begin with,” the killer said. “I deeply regret it.”

http://www.heyreverb.com/blog/2012/08/29/mark-david-chapman-parole-interview/54812/

So he deeply regrets it! Well, that doesn't change a fricking thing, now does it?