What did you think about columbine?

Do not delete this please I really want other peoples opinions and perspectives.

What did you think about columbine?
overrated!!! happened everywhere else for years-no one cared then, but all of a sudden, suburban white upper-middle class americans, i don't support prejudice!
Reply:I think that if you have to go to the internet or anywhere else for that matter to ask what anyone thought or still thinks about Columbine must be a real sicko. It was horrible, and repulsive to think that other kids have such intentions going on in their heads. What in the HE__is this world coming to anyway. WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW. ARE YOU PLANNING TO GO AND PLAY SHOOT-EM-UP AT SOME OTHER INNOCENT SCHOOL? I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU WANT TO KNOW. I LIVED THERE AT THE TIME, AND MY KIDS GREW UP THROUGH THE YEARS AT ANOTHER SCHOOL, AND PLAYED SPORTS, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, ETC. EVERY SEASON WITH SOME OF THESE VERY KIDS. THEY WERE THERE, THEY SAW. THEY GOT SICK. THANK GOD THEY WERE AT ANOTHER SCHOOL. COLUMBINE INCIDENT STARTED A WHOLE SERIES OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND CRAZY KILLINGS. GO TO A PSYCHIC AND ASK, STAY OFF THE INTERNET, YOU SICKO.
Reply:The Columbine tragedy shows that:





1) school officials should treat every single minor threat as very serious one, the same way the Secret Service does the same thing to safeguard our President's life. If something like that goes down, a student should tell their teacher or parent. They then will call the police and have the problem defused before it happens. The guilty students will then be dealt with accordingly to the fullest extent of the law.





2) parents should monitor what their kids see on TV and what sites they go to on the Internet. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were unsupervised on watching violent images in film and visiting sites on how to make bombs that were used in the April, 1999 attack. They should also listen to the music they listen to as well. The Columbine attackers listened to some violence-laced lyrics to hard-core metal. That have definitely fueled their violent tendencies that caused all of the carnage at the school.





3) parents also should keep their weapons locked away and out of access of their kids. Klebold and Harris obtained assault weapons from other people to use in this bloodshed.





4)kids should talk to their parents if they have been bullied at school. It's the only way to keep them from doing something disastrous to their teachers and classmates. They could also tell their teacher and principal about this as well.





5)schools need to institute an _extremely_ strict take-no-prisoner attitude toward this bullying behavior as a way to keep school disasters like what happened at Columbine from happenening there. Anyone who engages in that behavior should be dealt with harshly, and:





6)the entertainment industry needs to be very careful marketig their products that are deemed unsuitable for young kids. Unsuitable material should _only_ , and I emphasize _only_ , be shown at night on some channels.





That's my take on this Columbine tragedy.
Reply:Kid's who had alot and didn't know how to use it. They also had access to guns and didn't know how to use them properly
Reply:I think Columbine reminded Americans that crime, regardless of anything, still existed and sadly, resulted into one of the most tragic events in educational history.





Some people might argue that the Columbine shooting was a result of kids and media violence, and though this is partly true, it all goes back to the issues of morals.





We see it everyday; rape, murder, theft, and kidnapping. Often, too many times, political correctness atempts to "make everyone innocent" and blind people from actually seeing that true evil still exists. And that real crimes do happen.





Personally, I don't think playing the "video" games contributed all of the Columbine shooting. Instead, I feel the way society had warped the concept of "good and evil," all humans became blind themselves with the lack of good values and judgement.





Games are not wrong; but the way people REACT and make DECISIONS afterwards becomes a problem. Yes, some games are virtually evil but how a person responds to it is the key issue.





In all due respects, I think the U.S. became more wary of what dangers lied ahead as a result of political corruptiveness, moral failures in the homes and schools, and even lack of judgement that has decayed.
Reply:What about columbine? Some kids who needed psychiatric help got teased and tortured to the point of no return. It happens every day in our society. some kids turn to drugs and booze, some turn to suicide, some just run, and others take revenge. Until kids learn not to be so mean, and self-centred, its gonna continue. america (andcanada)has to learn to respect the differences in others
Reply:was anybody listening?


they even e-mailed the principle...


over 180 documented cries for help....





one of the saddest days...for all involved...


i hope it opened many eyes...


especially those involved in the life of a child...








Report offers Columbine hindsight


Interviews show that killers dropped hints of rampage, but no one gathered all the pieces





By M.E. Sprengelmeyer


and Michele Ames


Denver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writers


Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold announced their violent plans for Columbine High School in veiled threats, cryptic clues and strange behavior — but nobody put all the pieces together until gunfire erupted.





About 11,000 pages of police reports released Tuesday show numerous warning signs that were missed or ignored ........