Who do you blame, if anyone, for the columbine shooting?

THis is a contrivarsial question, i know, but i feel i need to get a general idea. Many people blamed "violent" music, like Marilyn Manson, for the shootings. others blame the kids. What do you think?

Who do you blame, if anyone, for the columbine shooting?
I blame the kids who bullied them, the teachers who told them they were pieces of sh*t, the parents who neglected them... in short, I blame society. But society is inherently blameless, so we have a paradox now. Maybe there is no one to blame. They simply did what they had to do in the grand scheme of things.
Reply:Having lived in colorado at the time I can say that this question has been asked by every person there at least once. That being said I can only say that it has always come down to the same thing. If we continue to try to place blame we will always have problems such as Columbine. It would be a better use of your time to look with in your own heart and mind and see how your own actions could have contributed. That is not to say that anyone person is directly responsible for what happened, especially someone who lives in NYC but maybe there is something that we can all do that will change the actions of a person thousands of miles away. Think about it could it be possible that what you do affects the world even though you don't know every one in it?
Reply:it the damn school officials for doing absolutly nothing to stop this bullying in the school
Reply:Charles Darwin





The two shooters thought they were helping evolution along





That's a fact!
Reply:Everyone and no one. I don't fully remember all the details but I thought those 2 kids had been treated like crap by a number of other students. They were angry for being treated as 'losers' and the anger got out of control. If they were bullied, it's the parents of the bullies who are partially at fault, then it's partially the schools fault for letting kids get bullied, then it's the shooter's parents fault for not recognizing that their kids had anger issues, then the world's fault for making violence 'not a big deal' in general.





I don't think there was one certain thing to blame. It was a combination of many things and there was nothing anyone could have done to stop it. It's like asking 'how do you stop a murder before it happens?' Some people are wired differently and certain things set them off. There is no solution, it's part of life.
Reply:I blame the bullying culture. But, shooting doesn't fix bullying...the bullies are too stupid to realize that even though it's 'uncool' to their popular friends to not be an a**hole, maybe it's better (and safer) to treat everyone like a human being.





Blaming video games, music, etc. is idiotic. These things do not make kids or adults disturbed. Those kids and adults were already disturbed.





The bullying and violence will not stop until parents ensure that their kids treat school as a place to be educated, not as the location for a popularity contest. School can then be a place of learning instead of making social ties and saying screw knowledge.





BTW, it's been my experience that most bullying starts with cheerleaders and jocks (esp. football players)-many are taught by parents ard their coaches that they are somehow better than other people because they are prettier/more athletic; that it's ok to degrade the other kids, as if the other kids are less than human.

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