Re: columbine

Julia Haldemann (haldemann@frankeser.ch)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:34:49 +0200

u know if I get the right man I will get kids...I mean I will give my best for
not getting out of them some other ttv watching tyranns..maybe i'll grow them up
far away from everything...just to make sure that they learn about important
things...but I'll only get kids with the right man...so I gurss i 'll have to
see...
take all care
julia

Jeremy Green wrote:

> not wanting children because this world is too violent is a problem at the
> center of numerous Kurt Vonnegut novels, including quit possible breakfast
> of champions and timequake
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <PAULA090@aol.com>
> To: <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 11:48 PM
> Subject: Re: columbine
>
> > Just like everywhere else, at my high school the students have been
> talking
> > about Columbine since the news broke.  I was in Virginia visiting college
> > friends when it came on tv.  One girl started to panic and ran to the tv.
> > She was a freshman in college in Virginia, she had graduated from
> Columbine
> > High School.  Her terror made the tragedy even more real to us.
> > But what I really wanted to share, was what has happened in my school the
> day
> > after the news broke.  One boy,  a senior in one of my classes,  was
> expelled
> > for saying to his class that "he would have done the same thing (as the
> > murderers) if he had the guns" and "those kids (the victims) deserved to
> die"
> >  he then went on to break into tears and confess that he hated himself and
> > everyone, how horrible his family treated him, and that he was an outcast.
> > He also said that "you can only treat a person like s**t for so long
> before
> > they snap".  The ignorant teacher did not stop the scene and the boy went
> on
> > for much of the class until he was in hysterics.  Two girls ran from the
> room
> > in horror.  And many people in the classroom were telling him to shut up,
> > that nobody cared.  Now everyone has a fear that he will come to the
> school
> > with a gun.
> > Another boy, a freshman, was expelled for saying to a girl "I am going to
> > kill everyone here, just like "they" did, but I am going to kill you
> first".
> > Later on in the day, the power went out for a while, something that doesnt
> > happen without a storm usually, many teachers in fear locked themselves
> and
> > the kids inside their classrooms.
> > I am terrified of the violence I see around me.  What with a war, people
> > being tortured, a school masacre, three horrible murders of innocent
> female
> > campers in Yosemite, a fatal train reck in Illinois, this year has been
> blow
> > after blow to people who just want peace.
> > I and many of my girlfriends have decided that we will not have kids.  Not
> > because we do not want them, but because this country is not safe enough.
> > Where will the children play?