Topic : 10/12 Homecoming Shooting

You have eloquently stated the problem!

 

It is hypocrisy and lunacy to believe that killing spreads democracy.   It is ANTI-SOCIAL.

It is delusional to believe that bullies (wealthy nations, thugs at school) know what is "best."

 

If EACH family looked at its own thinking/behavior (violent or socially responsible?), we could begin change.    If EVERY family examined its own violent speech/actions, we could trace where this originates.

 

We are on a socially irresponsible and destructive trajectory, now.   Let's all stop the nonsense.

Let us look at what is going on in our homes.   Is it yelling, hitting, disrespect?    Or is it LISTENING?

 

STOP violent speech, violent music, violent behavior, in and out of our homes.   Let's just STOP IT!

You have eloquently stated the problem!

 

It is hypocrisy and lunacy to believe that killing spreads democracy.   It is ANTI-SOCIAL.

It is delusional to believe that bullies (wealthy nations, thugs at school) know what is "best."

 

If EACH family looked at its own thinking/behavior (violent or socially responsible?), we could begin change.    If EVERY family examined its own violent speech/actions, we could trace where this originates.

 

We are on a socially irresponsible and destructive trajectory, now.   Let's all stop the nonsense.

Let us look at what is going on in our homes.   Is it yelling, hitting, disrespect?    Or is it LISTENING?

 

STOP violent speech, violent music, violent behavior, in and out of our homes.   Let's just STOP IT!

As the mother of two grown sons,  I am happy that they loved being outside more than sitting in front of a television screen, indoors.   (That was not an option, anyway!)  They loved sports (water polo, swimming, baseball, wrestling, biking, skiing); and they still do!  

 

They are UCLA graduates with excellent jobs.   They are physically fit and kind men.

 

Our whole family enjoys outdoor sports, together.   We bike, kayak, bowl in the winter----there is so much more to life than watching a tv set or video game.  Every season has different offerings.

 

Parents, you need to stay in shape, too!    Get involved DOING things with your kids.

Passive play is making kids fat and diabetic!    There is so much to be gained by doing team and individual sports.   They learn to work together, they develop healthy bodies and minds.   It is fun!    Try it!

 

BE HEALTHY TOGETHER!

You need to have your daughter go to her academic advisor and if not there, straight to the dean of students. If that doesn't work. See if you can obtain the students full, legal name along with his state and county of residence. Most states have a public website that shows all existing arrest records. You may be able to gain support or ligitimacy if you can provide a track record. If all else fails - go to your local media - campus newspaper etc. As for the instructor passing on your daughter's email message - I'd forward it straight to the deans office!

In Canada our homicide  rate is far lower than in the U.S.  People kill people here, too.  But since guns aren't 'at hand' in every household, we have to kill the hard way.

We have to strangle them, or bludgeon them, or drown them in a bathtub, or electrcute them, or stab them.

These other forms of murder are rather labor-intensive.  Their other disadvantage is that the target often manages to get away.  Sometimes the target is pretty strong, and can fight off the would-be killer.

Sometimes the target can see the attacker coming, and outrun him/her, especially if the weapon, say a big club for example, is rather heavy and slows the attacker down.

But Americans love efficiency above all things.  A gun is much more efficient killing tools than any other weapon. Especially if you are a coward.    You can shoot from hiding.  You can shoot someone who is running away.  You can shoot another human being from a car, and then drive away, so that you are at no risk at all .  You can shoot people with an automatic weapon, and spray down twenty or thirty of them if they are closely grouped, such as waiting at a bus stop, or sitting in a classroom.

And your children are dying in classrooms , and in home accidents in which the child thought the family guns were just toys, and wanted  to play 'bang, bang" ,  just like they see people doing on TV.

To the argument that easy access to guns is essential to one's personal safety, I can only point out the obvious:  if that were the case, then the U.S. murder rate should be lower than ours.  But it's not, is it?

And so although the geniuses who belong to the ARA keep chanting that guns don't kill people, nevertheless you people are dying at a pretty impressive rate.  You do love your killing tools!

The Bill of Rights gives rights to the individual. Freedom of speech is not just for someone who happens to have a job with the press. The second amendment gives people the right to own guns. Because the militia is made up of individuals and we have the God given right to self defense. And self presevation is the number one law of nature. The founding fathers felt that it was so very important is the reason it was second to speech. And it is not about duck hunting or sport shooting.

If you teach history, you need to go back and study what the founding fathers wrote. If you don't know this any better than you do, then you need to not teach history. The Bill of Rights were not written as what we could or could not have. It was what the government could not prevent us from having. The liberals have perverted this idea. And grown it way past what the founding fathers intended.

Hello, My name is Jackie. I am 27 years old. My heart goes out to the victims & families of this and any other school shootings.  I was in high school when Columbine happened and as part of our grade 12 English class we wrote letters to the students of Columbine to express our feelings. I was also involved in a store robbery. I was at work at a grocery store and a robber came and opened fire on the Brinks guard who was taking our sales from the night before.  Luckily no one was hurt. Our store manager ran and locked the doors so the robber wouldn't take us hostage.  I was outside right before it happened and I saw the robber pull up and the getaway car parked.  I don't think it really hit any of us until we heard the shots go off. It was my first time around gunfire.  We were all interviewed by the police.  The shots sounded like firecrackers going off or a car back firing.  Now every time I hear a loud bang I jump because of this day. 

WOW!   Your comments are right on target!

 

Do you see what you just said:   "Can you hit her?"  is a sociopathic challenge to hit a random target!

This is EXACTLY what video games challenge!    There is no remorse, guilt, or conscience involved.

People are objects, targets. 

 

Shooting is a game now of deadly accuracy, a dehumanizing experience.   It is worse than war because it has no purpose or pretext.    It is shooting for shooting's sake.   

 

We wonder why we are where we are?   Parents who permit this garbage in their homes are unhealthy.

hello.....i agree with you so much it hurts!!i want to share something with you too!! when csb dropped my grand daughter off once again, because they were without a place to put her. i have always been the one that they would drop off all my gr/kids to. this perticular time,my poor little grand daughter was being sexually abused by her step father. i had to take her to school, because she had missed so much time already in school, that she was told if she didn't come to school she would fail!!so i took her. i went in and talked to the principle, and told him what was going on with her, her life, and that man had nothing nice to say abut the whole situation. he more or less told me that he has so many kids that have thier own stories, on what is going on in their lives, he couldn't keep up!! when i called him again on this and told him that i didn't feel sending kati to school was a good idea, he jumped all over me and told me that he has heard enough about this little firl and he's sick of it!! here in toledo, ohio, csb does not  do the best of a job protecting kids that are being abused!! even though this principle knew what was going on, he told me he didn't want to hear anymore about it!!!i just couldn't believe my ears!! his father was the principle ,at the same school system over 30 yrs before him!! he had a good idea what he was in for when he took this position! to hear him say that, just broke my heart, because when a little gril who has lost her mother, and then to be sexually abused by the step father, because no one would believe me when i told them he was doing it!!now someone tell me, please, who do kids like this turn to, if they don't have a mom,or dad, and the step dad is in prison for molesting her, and they (csb) will not let me, the only grand parent she has in her life!!her step dad's parents never cared about any of his kids, because the mother let her dad molest her kids too!!it keeps going on and on, and when they finally get someone who wants to take a homeless child in,(my gr/daughter) they will not let her come to me, because they are affraid that they wuill be found guilty of not listening to me in the first place. if they would of listened, this little girl never would of even been molested!!the other 3 gr/kids and her were put into a foster home, behind my back, and put him in prison and didn't even call me when they did that!!it was my daughter who passed away leaving 5 kids behind. i had the oldest, and wanted the others, but because the step dad, while in prison, still had his rights on what happened to these kids!!now tell me, how do they get away with stuff like that???how could he possibly have any rights to these poor little kids? my gr/son, who is 13, already wants to quit school. he's was kicked out 2 times before a month went by that they started the school year!!the foster parents are doing nothing, and i mean nothing, but taking the money our wonderful systme gives them and doesn't even have to take them for couseling, because she doesn't believe in it!!omg, how can this be? everyone taqlks abuot making someone responcible for kids, i think we need to go a little further than that, when it comes to all kids!! yes, i believe it is up to the parents to teach their kids right from wrong, and it would also be som much better, if they would put god back into our schools, but it would also be nice if we had a system, that was really there to help these kids!!!i was more than willing to take these kids after my daughter's death!!some reason, omg, for some reason csb wouldn't allow them to!!if i raised the oldest of the 5 almost all of her life, there certainly wasn't anything bad about me going on!!!that's what the system does though, point fingers!! the only ones that suffer from them pointing fingers are the kids!!i could go on and on, why shootings are going on at schools, but i had to share why one of my gr/kids might be on the news for doing something similar!!they have no desire to do good, and no one encourages them to be good and nice to other children. when my daughter passed away, the child i was raising was going to a privaate school, where one little boy got mad at her, and said, "well, at least i have a mother". then the school would call me and tell me they don't know why, but she is having problems this year at school!!! i wonder why?? kids need to be taught love, and how to show love and also show respect!!i believe it should start at home, and continue at school. it's hard for teachers to take all the responciblities of a child, but if they see that a child is in trouble, they need to do something about it, not complain that he has too many other kis to worry about!! i was taught not only at home about god, but also at school, and i do know there were not any school shootings going on back then!!if the kids don't have parents, who is going to take the blame for them??certainly not our system that puts kids in foster homes, where nothing is taught. they don't do check ups on the kids, and  when people call and complain that bad things are happening in a foster home, they tell you, the case is closed!!how could a case be closed when there are still many problems they wish to ignore?? now i'm grasping at straws, but there wouldn't be so much violence going on is our schools, if everyone did their share!! that means parents, teachers,doctors and lawyers!!,  it has to start somewhere!! these young kids today, really need a lot more guidence!! i also feel very sorry for everyone involved in these shootings, and my prayers are with you all too!!they should have something similar to neighborhood watches, everyone, take care of everyone who needs help!!we need to get more involved!! i am willing to do it, i just want the chance!! i hope not to offend anyone, but if i do, oh well, just be gald you don't have any of these problems!!