i apologize for the fact that this has nothing to do with salinger... i don't think we are letting the shooting at columbine consume our lives... speaking as a high school student, it is not a small or pleasant thing to realize your own mortality. obviously an incident like the one at columbine is not preventable, but it is a bit unsettling to suddenly feel unsafe in a place that you never felt was the least bit dangerous. of course it's going to be a topic of conversation. ease up. b