Re: columbine
Speirlow@aol.com
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:29:23 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 4/27/99 1:55:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Kidneyboy@aol.com writes:
<< The picture made me wonder how much I should hate the two kids
who committed this senseless act of violence compared to how much I should
hate the society that drove them to it?
>>
I tend to think along the same lines. Since as I stated before, I had daily
contact with one of the killers in my middle school years (he was a normal
boy) I find it hard not to be at least a little upset with society that
pushed him into believing this was a good thing to do and to ultimatley
commit suicide. I'm not defending what these boys did. It was awful,
horrible...evil. But, I just can't help but be bothered by how he turned
from a normal happy person to what he ended up being. That's the most
disturbing part of the whole situation to me. I think people should stop
looking at just the political side of this event. Looking to gun laws, metal
detectors, and uniforms to prevent tragedies like this and totally forgetting
about the most important part...why these boys felt this way and the reason
they planned out killing people for a year.
Morgan