Comments on: Columbine 7 years later http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:38:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Chris http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-314 Chris Sat, 22 Apr 2006 17:06:07 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-314 Wow, that's amazing that 7 years have gone by already. I agree with your post. It's stupid to blame video games or lack of self esteem. Wow, that’s amazing that 7 years have gone by already. I agree with your post. It’s stupid to blame video games or lack of self esteem.

]]> By: hubs http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-302 hubs Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:07:22 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-302 god bless columbine god bless columbine

]]> By: Golgotha http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-300 Golgotha Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:43:50 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-300 I have two close friends who are two of the greatest people I have ever met, despite the huge failures their parents are. They rose above it. I know that there are some people that have been dealt a rough hand in life, but I share the same sentiments as Steve – at some point you have to cut through all the crap and say – some people choose to be good and some choose to be evil. Ben, I graduated from Columbine in 1991 and live in Littleton. I love Colorado! I have two close friends who are two of the greatest people I have ever met, despite the huge failures their parents are. They rose above it. I know that there are some people that have been dealt a rough hand in life, but I share the same sentiments as Steve – at some point you have to cut through all the crap and say – some people choose to be good and some choose to be evil.

Ben, I graduated from Columbine in 1991 and live in Littleton. I love Colorado!

]]> By: steve http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-295 steve Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:12:36 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-295 No, it couldn't be that they chose evil. Evil is so judgmental. It was their parents not boosting their self-esteem. And their school not providing sufficient counseling to give them purpose. It was the video games and heavy metal. It was the gun manufacturers. It was the blatent lack of security at the school. BS. It was them. Not their chemical balance. Not their school. Not their parents. Not their environment. Not their music. Not their entertainment. It was them. They knew what they were doing. Have you ever noticed that people who scoff at absolutes still look both ways before crossing the street? No, it couldn’t be that they chose evil. Evil is so judgmental. It was their parents not boosting their self-esteem. And their school not providing sufficient counseling to give them purpose. It was the video games and heavy metal. It was the gun manufacturers. It was the blatent lack of security at the school.

BS. It was them. Not their chemical balance. Not their school. Not their parents. Not their environment. Not their music. Not their entertainment. It was them. They knew what they were doing.

Have you ever noticed that people who scoff at absolutes still look both ways before crossing the street?

]]> By: Ben O. http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-294 Ben O. Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:01:04 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-294 Yep - I saw a show the other day about people who watch movies and then copy the crimes committed in them and such. I agree with the experts who were interviewed - violence on screen (and by extension . . . games and such) can certainly be a trigger, but it does not create killers. At some base level, the perpetrator has to decide and move forward with whatever they decide to do . . . be it normal, societally integrated life - or violence. Nice post - it was a sad day no matter where you went to HS. I remember hearing about it and realizing that my world had just shrunk a bit. Ben O. Yep - I saw a show the other day about people who watch movies and then copy the crimes committed in them and such. I agree with the experts who were interviewed - violence on screen (and by extension . . . games and such) can certainly be a trigger, but it does not create killers. At some base level, the perpetrator has to decide and move forward with whatever they decide to do . . . be it normal, societally integrated life - or violence.

Nice post - it was a sad day no matter where you went to HS. I remember hearing about it and realizing that my world had just shrunk a bit.

Ben O.

]]> By: Ben Partch http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-289 Ben Partch Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:48:41 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/04/20/columbine-7-years-later/#comment-289 Hello Wow! You went to that school? A friend of mines brother lives around there somewhere, but not sure where. I think in Littleton? I completely agree that music, video games and movies had no impact on this event. It was obviously the insane acts of individuals not the result of whatever form of entertainment the media uses as an excuse. Bad parenting is the most likely culprit. Hello

Wow! You went to that school? A friend of mines brother lives around there somewhere, but not sure where. I think in Littleton?

I completely agree that music, video games and movies had no impact on this event. It was obviously the insane acts of individuals not the result of whatever form of entertainment the media uses as an excuse.

Bad parenting is the most likely culprit.

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