I have been watching the events since the Littleton incident, I have seen the US 60 Minutes show - and am about to see it again on the Australian equivalent... I have read all the slashdot articles, and have even spoken to some friends whoe were involved in the incident... I have sat back and watched a country's reaction and wondered... is there *any* sense left in the "greatest country on earth"
The thing that scares me? Is that the same ppl who are currently creating these geek profiles, are the same ppl who are creating the rules, creating the laws and... in all honest effect... hold the key to the big red button...
Now, I'm sure that the average American Joe Blow is intelligent, has some form of common sense, and is generally a decent human being... but then again with the US media turning the bone onto the geeks and nerds and the generally excluded, twisting stories and facts to fit into their FUD campaigns, I don't believe that they will have full use of their facilities during the bombardment.
I would like to know, if these two kids had been observed to be addicted to coca-cola, McD's, Melrose Place and loved reading Patriot magazine - would schools ban these as well? No? Why not? Simple, only a whacko would use these items as a source of inspiration to plan out a mass murder and suicide.
In all reality tho, is it not the reality that these two were just plain class-A fscking whackos?!?!?!?! And no matter what their hobbies and the like were, they were not in their right minds?
Oh, don't misunderstand me, I believe that if someone has been pushed to that degree they can snap - I did it at high school - nearly 15 years ago, mid way through the 2nd year I was "ganged" by a bunch of Jocks - I did my best to avoid them, after all, I had put up with it so far... and I really deplored violence coming from both an abusive household and a racist, violent neibourhood - but they pushed, the poked, they started burning my books and kicking me - and I snapped... I lost all control and I ended up fighting back punching, kicking and scratching and finally I jumped onto the "leader"
May the karma be reversed before I am re-born as RMS - I broke his arm and his jaw, and punched him with such ferocity and hate and anger that it took three teachers to remove me from him... but he already was unconcious by this time. I was charged with GBH and suspended from my school. None of the other members of the "gang" were punished in any way
If Australia had the same laxity in gun laws, perhaps I too would have pulled out a gun and shot them... after all in my mind at the time - it would have been justifiable self-defense.
I DO NOT for a moment condone the behaviour of the two boys at Colorado... and only the creator knows better than I do that I deplore the actions I commited those many years ago... but the solution is so simple - change the schooling system, open the eyes of those "in charge" and allow students to have counselling without being sent into further seclusion... the many geeks, parents, teachers and other/. readers who have posted replies to the string of articles here have all said the same thing - in different ways... you all have the power to affect change... as some ppl have said - write to the schools, petition them, strike! Do a massive nation-wide walkout! show them you mean business! show them you will not lie down and take it any longer! However, DO IT PEACEFULLY - DO IT WISELY
In a country where violence is a way of life, in a race where our breed is instinctively violent, we should not blindly attack all "obvious" targets as the cause - if this was a reasonable, sensible method of finding a solution, George Orwell would have been proven right many years ago... Rock and Roll would never have moved past the 1950's, TV would not be here today, science would not be allowed to practice, darwin would have been burnt at the stake and... well you get the drift...
We look from across the globe to a land of such might and power - and all we see is a land being run by a bunch of scared, insecure, fanatical children hidden behind a veil of misconceptions, contradictions and dis-information... if the same effort and focus was put into the anti-abortion killers as is being placed into "geek profiling" and the harrasment that some of these poor children are experiencing, religion would be banned... all fanatical christians would be offered the counselling and fired from their jobs if they did not attend - and if they showed any sign of free-thought, rebellion or common-sense - they'd be deported!
Sounds insane does it not? But it is no more insane than what is going on now...
I need you all to start helping resolve this... why? becouse it does not only affect those living in the USofA - but it will treacle down across the globe... even our unthinking, spineless goverment will take on the new policies that the US goverment will make up... and in the end the whole planet becomes prime lamb in the great universal slaughter
I would like to finish up my long rant by expressing to you all the most heartfelt support and believe that many of us across the globe will and are standing behind you, the last strands of sanity that seem to be standing against a tide of pure ignorance-induced insanity
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I have been watching the events since the Littleton incident, I have seen the US 60 Minutes show - and am about to see it again on the Australian equivalent ... I have read all the slashdot articles, and have even spoken to some friends whoe were involved in the incident ... I have sat back and watched a country's reaction and wondered ... is there *any* sense left in the "greatest country on earth"
The thing that scares me? Is that the same ppl who are currently creating these geek profiles, are the same ppl who are creating the rules, creating the laws and ... in all honest effect ... hold the key to the big red button ...
Now, I'm sure that the average American Joe Blow is intelligent, has some form of common sense, and is generally a decent human being ... but then again with the US media turning the bone onto the geeks and nerds and the generally excluded, twisting stories and facts to fit into their FUD campaigns, I don't believe that they will have full use of their facilities during the bombardment.
I would like to know, if these two kids had been observed to be addicted to coca-cola, McD's, Melrose Place and loved reading Patriot magazine - would schools ban these as well? No? Why not? Simple, only a whacko would use these items as a source of inspiration to plan out a mass murder and suicide.
In all reality tho, is it not the reality that these two were just plain class-A fscking whackos?!?!?!?! And no matter what their hobbies and the like were, they were not in their right minds?
Oh, don't misunderstand me, I believe that if someone has been pushed to that degree they can snap - I did it at high school - nearly 15 years ago, mid way through the 2nd year I was "ganged" by a bunch of Jocks - I did my best to avoid them, after all, I had put up with it so far ... and I really deplored violence coming from both an abusive household and a racist, violent neibourhood - but they pushed, the poked, they started burning my books and kicking me - and I snapped ... I lost all control and I ended up fighting back punching, kicking and scratching and finally I jumped onto the "leader"
May the karma be reversed before I am re-born as RMS - I broke his arm and his jaw, and punched him with such ferocity and hate and anger that it took three teachers to remove me from him ... but he already was unconcious by this time. I was charged with GBH and suspended from my school. None of the other members of the "gang" were punished in any way
If Australia had the same laxity in gun laws, perhaps I too would have pulled out a gun and shot them ... after all in my mind at the time - it would have been justifiable self-defense.
I DO NOT for a moment condone the behaviour of the two boys at Colorado ... and only the creator knows better than I do that I deplore the actions I commited those many years ago ... but the solution is so simple - change the schooling system, open the eyes of those "in charge" and allow students to have counselling without being sent into further seclusion ... the many geeks, parents, teachers and other /. readers who have posted replies to the string of articles here have all said the same thing - in different ways ... you all have the power to affect change ... as some ppl have said - write to the schools, petition them, strike! Do a massive nation-wide walkout! show them you mean business! show them you will not lie down and take it any longer! However, DO IT PEACEFULLY - DO IT WISELY
In a country where violence is a way of life, in a race where our breed is instinctively violent, we should not blindly attack all "obvious" targets as the cause - if this was a reasonable, sensible method of finding a solution, George Orwell would have been proven right many years ago ... Rock and Roll would never have moved past the 1950's, TV would not be here today, science would not be allowed to practice, darwin would have been burnt at the stake and ... well you get the drift ...
We look from across the globe to a land of such might and power - and all we see is a land being run by a bunch of scared, insecure, fanatical children hidden behind a veil of misconceptions, contradictions and dis-information ... if the same effort and focus was put into the anti-abortion killers as is being placed into "geek profiling" and the harrasment that some of these poor children are experiencing, religion would be banned ... all fanatical christians would be offered the counselling and fired from their jobs if they did not attend - and if they showed any sign of free-thought, rebellion or common-sense - they'd be deported!
Sounds insane does it not? But it is no more insane than what is going on now ...
I need you all to start helping resolve this ... why? becouse it does not only affect those living in the USofA - but it will treacle down across the globe ... even our unthinking, spineless goverment will take on the new policies that the US goverment will make up ... and in the end the whole planet becomes prime lamb in the great universal slaughter
I would like to finish up my long rant by expressing to you all the most heartfelt support and believe that many of us across the globe will and are standing behind you, the last strands of sanity that seem to be standing against a tide of pure ignorance-induced insanity