The slashdot focus on Hellmouth stories now begins to border on masochistic. Oh, we're geeks; oh, society is insane, gnash gnash snarl snarl.
We need a change of emphasis. Can anyone explain cogently why school murders are happening? Explain it in a way that evades left-right politics, is understandable to The Popular Kids and their elders, and compress it down to a slogan. *That* would be productive.
A few thoughts:
Constitutional issues aside, banning all guns *would* send the message that we value human life. Mandatory firearm training might do the same thing. Point is, talk is as cheap as it's ever been.
The guy who jumped up in the courtroom and yelled, "Jesus Christ is the answer, Kip Kinkel," kinda had the right idea. But for the rest of us who need to lose ourselves in something larger, I humbly submit that The Answer is GIVING THE KIDS SOMETHING TO DO IN SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WASTING THEIR LIVES. Like LEARNING something maybe.
I mean faaahhhk. Teachers should be the highest paid, most honored individuals in the nation. Let's do away with the filmstrips, already.
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The slashdot focus on Hellmouth stories now begins to border on masochistic. Oh, we're geeks; oh, society is insane, gnash gnash snarl snarl.
We need a change of emphasis. Can anyone explain cogently why school murders are happening? Explain it in a way that evades left-right politics, is understandable to The Popular Kids and their elders, and compress it down to a slogan. *That* would be productive.
A few thoughts:
Constitutional issues aside, banning all guns *would* send the message that we value human life. Mandatory firearm training might do the same thing. Point is, talk is as cheap as it's ever been.
The guy who jumped up in the courtroom and yelled, "Jesus Christ is the answer, Kip Kinkel," kinda had the right idea. But for the rest of us who need to lose ourselves in something larger, I humbly submit that The Answer is GIVING THE KIDS SOMETHING TO DO IN SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WASTING THEIR LIVES. Like LEARNING something maybe.
I mean faaahhhk. Teachers should be the highest paid, most honored individuals in the nation. Let's do away with the filmstrips, already.
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