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Another school shooting. WTF

jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
edited September 2006 in A Moving Train
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216599,00.html



whats next. metal detectors and guards with machine guns roaming the halls.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    jlew24asu wrote:
    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216599,00.html



    whats next. mental detectors and guards with machine guns roaming the halls.

    what's a "mental detector"
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    dunkman1974 wrote:
    what's a "mental detector"


    oops sorry metal. but hey a mental detector isnt such a bad idea.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    jlew24asu wrote:
    oops sorry metal. but hey a mental detector isnt such a bad idea.

    thats what i thought as well :D

    both could be useful then? :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • NakedClownNakedClown Posts: 545
    They're saying the students are safe and the principal has been shot.

    Not saying anything about a search.....

    I smell murder/suicide.
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    "Copycat killings" ... The media spreads info about one school shooting, and suddenly you get two or three more. It happens everytime.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    reborncareerist wrote:
    "Copycat killings" ... The media spreads info about one school shooting, and suddenly you get two or three more. It happens everytime.


    so you blame the media? thats interesting. shouldnt they be further down the list of blame?
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    jlew24asu wrote:
    so you blame the media? thats interesting. shouldnt they be further down the list of blame?

    Hmmm ... No, I do not blame them for causing the original shooting. And obviously, it takes more than just hearing about a shooting to go ahead and do one yourself. There must be some preexisting tendency or desire, that hearing about another shooting then amplifies or disinhibits. But yes, media exposure plays a role, I believe. Hearing about another school shooting in all of its graphic detail can sometimes be be straw that breaks the camel's back ... Given that said camel is already on the verge of collapse, of course. Like I said, just hearing about violence does not turn people into killers.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    reborncareerist wrote:
    Hmmm ... No, I do not blame them for causing the original shooting. And obviously, it takes more than just hearing about a shooting to go ahead and do one yourself. There must be some preexisting tendency or desire, that hearing about another shooting then amplifies or disinhibits. But yes, media exposure plays a role, I believe. Hearing about another school shooting in all of its graphic detail can sometimes be be straw that breaks the camel's back ... Given that said camel is already on the verge of collapse, of course. Like I said, just hearing about violence does not turn people into killers.


    its a terrible situation to say the least. im glad I dont have kids in school right now. but one day I plan to, yikes
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