In the wake of the V Tech massacre do you still remember the massacre of Columbine happened today? What do you feel about the V Tech killings in contrast to the Columbine killings?
2007-04-20 11:50:14 · 14 answers · asked by Xiphos 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
i was only like 7 when it happened but i read the book She Said Yes. its about a girl who was shot in the head. but no one ever talks about the shooting in Red Lake MN. I don't live that far away from there..before the V Tech massacre it was the worst school shooting in the USA since columbine. By wat i know about columbine shooting it was alot like the V Tech.
2007-04-20 12:08:59 · answer #1 · answered by wheelycutetweety 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I still remember it. I have done extensive research on that incident as well as other school shootings and they are all very traumatic to the lives that were touched on those fatefull days. I will say that there is a different framework, if you will, between shootings that happen at Universities vs. K-12 schools. The mentallity in the perpetrators is different, while both the VT shooting and the Columbine shooting seem to be related by the incidence of bullying, you have to keep in mind that Cho didn't seem to be bullied in college but Dylan and Eric were still in an atmosphere where the bullying was an every day occurrence. There is still extensive research that needs to be done so that we as a country can stop the violence, but I am afraid that while there is still a diverse population of students, the bullying factor will always remain in our institutions. There is also a phenomenon happing in the school shootings that needs further study. The victim/ offender (bully) turning into offender/ victim (previous bully).
Rest in Peace to all the murder victims of school shootings as well as My prayers are with all the victims of school violence.
2007-04-20 12:07:18 · answer #2 · answered by Spyder 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I remember. As a matter of fact, my daughter's previous room mate is now a teaching assistant at Harvard. The day after the VT tragedy, one of her students e-mailed her saying she was unable to attend her class for the next few days. She was a student at Columbine during that tragedy and so distraught over the VT massacre that she was unable to attend her classes at Harvard. Unfortunately, experiencing such a horrendous tragedy will scar many for the rest of their lives. God bless them all.
2007-04-20 12:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by leslie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I fee sad that this events have happened but there is also of how much I want to hear for my own benefit. I could not imagine loosing a child in a situation like that, but I don't want to hear the same story in every other channel I change to, over and over again. Repetition, it gets monotonous after awhile.
2007-04-20 12:02:24 · answer #4 · answered by sandrota 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I remember that well at 22, and it was at the time the King of all mass Murders I don't Believe Marilyn Manson had any affect on that Tragedic Day.
2007-04-20 12:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am trying to deduce your motives for that question. Yeah, I remember. Deranged people went in and killed innocent people, just like VT. There is no contrast, it's the same thing.
2007-04-20 11:54:52 · answer #6 · answered by steve.c_50 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Pretty sad that no real progress has been made, and that we are back in the same spot once again.
2007-04-20 11:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by Varcan 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I didnt like Columbine it looked like a prison, really not one flower in site. How sad it must have been to go there.
2007-04-20 11:53:01 · answer #8 · answered by iceblendedmochajavo 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I am sick. I am numb. I am mad as h*ell. Similar H*ell yes. But as if it never happened at Columbine and we have learned nothing.
2007-04-20 11:56:27 · answer #9 · answered by Mele Kai 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The message is loud and clear:
Bullying, teasing and mistreatment of students by the smug and rich among us results in creation of monsters who vent their anger toward the end of their last year in school.
Nothing will change unless/until we do.
2007-04-20 11:54:49 · answer #10 · answered by nora22000 7 · 9⤊ 1⤋