Normally, I'm just a lurker at/., but I thought I should share this:
I was a field installer on contract to an international megacorp that had just swallowed..er.. 'merged' with another international megacorp. A couple months back I had the pleasure of visiting Denver for a set of installs in the Littleton area. I can describe the area in just one word: sub-divisions. Lots and lots of 'em. By my best guess, twenty years ago this had been Mayberry RFD, but now it was Buffy-ville.
By mid-week, there was some serious snowfall, and I was amazed at the high rate of drivers skidding and sliding all over. I asked a worker at one of my sites how come nobody in Denver knew how to drive in the snow, and she replied that they weren't from Denver - most of the locals were from California.
On the drive back to the hotel, I was thinking about that, and about Columbine. IIRC, neither Klebold and Harris had been at the school long. I had the experience of having attended the same school district for 13 years, just how many of the kids at Columbine - the killers included - had the bonus of having to make totally new friends, adjusting to new surroundings, and redefining everything they thought was hip and groovy? High school was hard enough. Imagine if you had to totally change the game plan midway through.
IMO, this suit is a joke. Yeah, the parents of the killers pretty much flipped the Moron Meter. And I'm a big fan of personal responsibility. However, I think that there's more than just 'simple answers to a complex problem' (shout out to Gabe 'n Tycho), and I'm only scratching the surface of what led to that infamous day.
"The revolution will not be televised!" -- Flavor Flav
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Normally, I'm just a lurker at /., but I thought I should share this:
I was a field installer on contract to an international megacorp that had just swallowed ..er.. 'merged' with another international megacorp. A couple months back I had the pleasure of visiting Denver for a set of installs in the Littleton area. I can describe the area in just one word: sub-divisions. Lots and lots of 'em. By my best guess, twenty years ago this had been Mayberry RFD, but now it was Buffy-ville.
By mid-week, there was some serious snowfall, and I was amazed at the high rate of drivers skidding and sliding all over. I asked a worker at one of my sites how come nobody in Denver knew how to drive in the snow, and she replied that they weren't from Denver - most of the locals were from California.
On the drive back to the hotel, I was thinking about that, and about Columbine. IIRC, neither Klebold and Harris had been at the school long. I had the experience of having attended the same school district for 13 years, just how many of the kids at Columbine - the killers included - had the bonus of having to make totally new friends, adjusting to new surroundings, and redefining everything they thought was hip and groovy? High school was hard enough. Imagine if you had to totally change the game plan midway through.
IMO, this suit is a joke. Yeah, the parents of the killers pretty much flipped the Moron Meter. And I'm a big fan of personal responsibility. However, I think that there's more than just 'simple answers to a complex problem' (shout out to Gabe 'n Tycho), and I'm only scratching the surface of what led to that infamous day.
"The revolution will not be televised!" -- Flavor Flav