So the five-year anniversary of the Columbine massacre was commemorated yesterday. It seems like blame is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to this horrible event.
Michael Moore wanted to blame wealthy, fudge-eating followers of Charleton Heston.
Parents and citizens wanted to blame the cops, the system, and everyone except two messed-up psychopaths.
I listened to a survivor this morning, who is now a college senior still battling with "survivor's guilt," tell how she, like so many others who died that day, was asked by the gunmen, "do you believe in God?"
nykola is the hammer squarely hitting the nail when she asserts that the Columbine battle was nothing other than a spiritual one. Klebold and Harris were nothing less than two misogynistic punks who in their self-centered world couldn't reconcile the love of God with their apathetic lives. The only tragedy is that these two were so duped and deceived that they were consumed by depravity and chose a path that separated themselves eternally from the God who created them.
Any child of God who has been reconciled by the Father by the sacrifice of the Son has nothing but joy at the moment of death, no matter how traumatic or horrible the circumstances of the death may be. While death be not proud, the reunion be only rejoicing.
And don't delude yourself to think that Hollywood & The Entertainment Cartel have learned anything from the tragedy.
Exhibit A: Mean Girls: Lesson, Revenge is cool, even cute.
Exhibit B: Fight Night Knock Out Kings: The game itself is actually something upon which I cannot comment. The advertising for the game, however, features a commercial where a subway-riding, quiet, sullen, outcast-like boy fantasizes beating the snot out of a rude person, fueled creatively and angrily through success in the video game.
deplorable.
utterly.
deplorable.
I know our country has made some efforts to be zero-tolerant toward bullies. But as long as we have children, we'll have bullies, and we'll have those who are bullied. I don't condone it, but I do my best to recognize reality. If a Columbine copycat can strategize in my little home town, it can happen in yours, too. That's reality. Deal with it.
Literally.
I certainly concede that with Columbine, clues were missed and other clues that were presented were negligently overlooked. Taking these threats and parents' concerns with an air of legitimacy rather than disdain will go a long way to helping to overcome these horrible incidences in the future. Lets not pretend, though, that we can solve spiritual problems with secular answers. Messrs. Klebold and Harris already demonstrated the folly of that thinking.
April 20, 2004 2:44 PM