On April 15, 2014, in Calgary Alberta, Canada, college students were celebrating the 53rd annual Bermuda Shorts Day at a house party. The party was very small and kind of lame but people still stuck around. Matthew De Grood was among the few people that were invited. After leaving work, Matthew went directly to the house party, already armed with an object that he planned to use as a weapon. Once inside the house he found a knife and began attacking people. He singled out each person individually, eventually murdering five people in total. The problem with this event is that there is no known motive. Matthew just snapped. According to a health care professional, Matthew was being treated for mental health problems dating back to his high school years and had recently begun acting strange. Even still, it was nothing serious or alarming. He just became more …show more content…
Determinism or people with deterministic views believe one of two concepts. They either believe that environment and past experiences guide a person or they believe that genetics control a person. If Canter is correct then Matthew had no choice but to become a violent person. Surprisingly, this concept isn’t hard to believe. Matthew was a successful young man with one degree already under his belt and he was registered to be starting grad school. Even after murdering five people, nobody had anything bad to say about Matthew except the fact that they didn’t expect anybody, especially Matthew, to want to kill the five people that died that night. Matthew was already known to have some mental issues but he had been treated in high school for them. So why after so many years had Matthew decided to do something crazy and what made him do it? There were no provoking factors such as bullying or a dying parent. The only argument that makes sense is that Matthew had no control over his