Shooting at Virginia Tech :(
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Originally Posted by shareall,Apr 17 2007, 12:10 AM
Hindsight is always 20/20, but...Would you really want to go to a school with armed guards on the remote chance that some psycho's gonna shoot a bunch of people? It almost seems as though you're creating an environment of fear. I know there are high schools and whatnot that have metal detectors, etc., but I would not personally want to go to a school where people are fearful for their personal safety. It's a basic sense of security and armed guards would make me wonder what I need to be worried about since the reality is, school shootings are not an every day occurence.
And in that very same struggle to find a "perfectly safe" place for ourselves, we end up living our lives dominated by fear - which then means that we live our entire lives fearing everything, as if there was no safety at all.
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Apr 17 2007, 03:05 AM
What's more disheartening is that elsewhere on this board, and in the corners of the office, on the radio, and in print, everyone is acting out the same old plays.
What's new, creative, or forward-thinking about any of this?
What's new, creative, or forward-thinking about any of this?
The same old "let's find a scapegoat to blame".Remember, there was zero violence in this world until TV, Hollywood and video games came along...
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Originally Posted by PopTarts,Apr 17 2007, 06:31 PM
The same old "let's find a scapegoat to blame".Remember, there was zero violence in this world until TV, Hollywood and video games came along...
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From: SJC
Originally Posted by zdave87,Apr 18 2007, 03:53 AM
Everything's gonna be OK now. 
Oprah's sending a correspondent to Virginia Tech, because she can do a better job of finding out why this happened.
Oprah's sending a correspondent to Virginia Tech, because she can do a better job of finding out why this happened.
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Apr 18 2007, 09:34 AM
WWOD? I mean, aside from having another cheeseburger with Gayle?
she neva did answer my e-mail bout Mikey's store so I'm gettin real close to no longer bein her friend