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[thajayzone]

has UM ever profiled the columbine case?

[TracyLynnS]

I don't know. But... that was solved immediately, with the perps killing themselves on the scene. (Am I thinking of the correct case?)

I guess the "unsolved mystery" would probably be what factors cause kids to decide that they want to die and take a bunch of victims with them... And how can adults recognize and unravel those "symptoms" "triggers" "behaviors" etc, so the information can be used to prevent more incidents like Colombine.

In my personal experience, I went from a great elementary school where everyone was well adjusted and happy. I moved across town and started a new middle school where the way I dressed (from the old hood) didn't fit in with how these people dressed.

They used that as a way to target me for torture. It lasted about a year, year and a half. On top of that, I was an only child with disinterested parents. There was no one on my side, who I could confide in, or go to for help.

I never had fantasies about killing my tormenters but I'll tell you this, between classes, I beat the shyt out of the very last guy who singled me out for victimization. I literally kicked his ass in front four teachers who were monitoring the hallway intersections. The fight ended when he slid on his butt, across the floor, and landed at the teachers' feet with a bloody mouth and not a shred of dignity left.

The teachers knew what I had been dealing with for so long. They all pretended that they didn't see me fighting in school. (I was a good student with good grades, so they probably just let it go...)

I was NEVER victimized again. Unfortunately, violence was necessary to end the torment, but it was not gun violence.

I dunno, I was in an environment where fists settle disputes. Maybe kids today are in the environment of "guns settle disputes". Even the affluent kids, and not just the gangs and thugs...

[Kane]

Originally Posted by thajayzone

has UM ever profiled the columbine case?

No. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were identified as the killers the very same week the tragedy happened. In other words, the Columbine massacre was solved too quickly for UM to do a segment about it.

[thajayzone]

ok ,but UM could have did a story like every other show does about this case is why it happened

[MegtheEgg86]

Originally Posted by thajayzone

ok ,but UM could have did a story like every other show does about this case is why it happened

Yeah, they could have. But they didn't, and rightly so. The ins and outs of "why" Columbine happened are not in the vein of what UM was all about--unsolved crimes, disappearances, and unexplained phenomena.

[justins5256]

Well, there was some mystery about how many gunmen were involved and there are still some who believe that Klebold and Harris did not act alone.

Probably the same crackpots who believe that John Lennon's death and Reagan's attempted assassination were government conspiracies.

[Corky Kneivel]

Originally Posted by justins5256

Probably the same crackpots who believe that John Lennon's death and Reagan's attempted assassination were government conspiracies.

There's a guy who calls into several talk radio shows around here in Northern California who is often referred to as "John Lennon Guy" because no matter the topic: whether its California’s financial woes, the Giants sweeping the A’s in a home stand, or the relatively mild early Summer we’re having…the guy will start out discussing the topic rationally and somehow bring it around to his wild-assed John Lennon Assassination conspiracy theories. It’s hilarious, even though I’m fully convinced the guy is serious and that he’s probably got some drastic mental health issues, I can’t help but crack up at the guy’s leaps of “logic”.

Ronald Reagan’s assassination attempt though, everyone knows that it was the phone company is collusion with the secret society of evil lesbian dentists who put that thing together.