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It is that kind of thinking, given all the evidence to the contrary, that

constantly amazes me, TAPS...

posted by saul_relative on November 3, 2007 at 10:49 PM | link to this | reply

Saul_relative

It seems that girls try very hard to keep up with boys in everything.  They seem to especially want to top them in the bad things.  For some reason they seem to think they couldn't possibly get caught.

posted by TAPS. on November 3, 2007 at 9:37 PM | link to this | reply

I'm a teacher, FYS. I take school violence very seriously, sometimes

with a little dark humor on the side.  It's a coping mechanism.  Still, we can only safeguard our children so much.  There are so many unknown variables in the potential for this or that individual or set of individuals to commit some kind of horrific violence upon their fellow humans.  It is an uncertainty we all have to deal with on a daily basis.  It is a call for increased diligence on everyone's part and a call to perhaps do whatever we can as preventive against such potentialities.  You have every right to be concerned, as should we all.  But, at the same time, we cannot allow these incidents to constrict our daily lives to the point of self-ostracism and isolation. 

posted by saul_relative on November 2, 2007 at 12:22 PM | link to this | reply

all joking aside, saul, when a school that my nephew might be attending

next year is the site of a shooting (Cleveland OH), I tend to view threats of school shootings a little less lightly.

posted by FineYoungSinger on November 2, 2007 at 12:11 PM | link to this | reply

And allwrong at the same time, Matie...

posted by saul_relative on November 2, 2007 at 11:58 AM | link to this | reply

No, it isn't, FYS. I've never seen a handbasket that big... LOL. But

don't take all this stuff too seriously.  Humans are aggressive animals.  That aggression can sometimes be violent.  Violence takes on many forms.  For those not directly involved in the violence, the violence becomes information (and sometimes entertainment).  Some sell that information.  Most of humanity, though they cringe from violence, are violence junkies.  Singing mantras and folding up in yoga positions may be ideal, but most people like being in touch with their adrenal glands...

posted by saul_relative on November 2, 2007 at 11:57 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks for the info, mysteria. Now, here is the definition of "scary".

Obviously, we have a young lady here who is distanced from her humanity, seeing others as objects, "ducks", and "cows".  Textbook sociopathy, it seems.  Hopefully, she'll never walk out of that prison.  However, it is imperative that we study, question, and analyze people like her to better understand their reasoning, the motivations, and the causes...

posted by saul_relative on November 2, 2007 at 11:36 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks, richinstore...

posted by saul_relative on November 2, 2007 at 11:31 AM | link to this | reply

Right you are, kingmi. What annoys me in these situations is that these

kids are being failed on a social level by both their families and their particular social groupings.  They are of the age where they know that, if caught, they are going to get in some kind of trouble.  Yet, they do it anyway.  Meanwhile, teachers, parents, mentors, uncles, neighbors, older classmates and/or siblings, peers and close friends do nothing or next to nothing to help these kids.  It's really sad, all the way around...

posted by saul_relative on November 2, 2007 at 11:31 AM | link to this | reply

Allright

posted by Matie on November 2, 2007 at 11:30 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks, Kayzzaman...

posted by saul_relative on November 2, 2007 at 11:25 AM | link to this | reply

Part of the danger exists in the increasing disparity between perceptions

of wealth, Justi.  The have-nots choosing the path of least resistance to become a have.  The have-nots tend to be less white collar in their criminality and less educated, resorting to more violent means to become a have.  Then there is the perception, engendered and perpetuated by every media source, that the world is a more violent place.  A constant barrage of polls, studies, news bytes, segments, and stories reach us every day about the new wave of violence inundating society every hour on the hour.  Violence sells (almost as well as sex), and with the immediacy of news today, there is the pervasive perception that society is far more violent than it has ever been.  But read the diaries and journals of the ancient Greeks, Romans, English, etc., and see just how violent they were.   

posted by saul_relative on November 2, 2007 at 11:25 AM | link to this | reply

Wow. Where the !&*%$ are the parents of these girls????

this world is going to hell in a handbasket.

posted by FineYoungSinger on November 2, 2007 at 10:31 AM | link to this | reply

One of my schoolmates in highschool woke up one morning

Brenda Ann Spencer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Monday, January 29, 1979, Brenda ann Spencer wounded eight children and one police officer and killed the principal Burton Wragg and the custodian Mike Suchar.

...The school was across the street from her house. She used the rifle she had recently been given for Christmas by her father. When the six-hour incident ended and the sixteen-year-old was asked why she had committed the crime, she shrugged and replied, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day." She also said: "I had no reason for it, and it was just a lot of fun." "It was just like shooting ducks in a pond." and "[The children] looked like a herd of cows standing around, it was really easy pickings."

She pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to prison for 25 years to life, currently being served at The California Institution for Women in Corona. She has been eligible for parole four times and has been turned down

posted by mysteria on November 2, 2007 at 10:19 AM | link to this | reply

saul

posted by richinstore on November 2, 2007 at 7:50 AM | link to this | reply

saul_relative, their teachers need to sit down with the students and find

Out what's going through their pretty little heads every now and then. Are they being bullied? Outcast? On drugs or alcohol? Can they read? Do they plan to go to college? Do they have a clue? That's part of the teachers' responsibility. It's also a good way to keep from getting shot.

posted by kingmi on November 2, 2007 at 4:30 AM | link to this | reply

Good post, saul. Happy reading.

posted by Kayzzaman on November 2, 2007 at 12:59 AM | link to this | reply

Saul. Relative

This is a strange world now. There have always been non-believers and believers but there have never been so many people not afraid to die just to get attention. I don't get that! I lived in Atlanta off and on between 1965 to 1990 and it got increasingly more dangerous no matter where I lived. Why?

posted by Justi on November 2, 2007 at 12:11 AM | link to this | reply