WTF is wrong with kids? I think the media plays a roll in glorifying these actions. It shows these losers a way to become famous. And parents: lock up your f'n weapons FFS! If I had an emotional hormonal turd basket (aka teen) living in my house any guns would be under lock and key. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/24/us/washington-school-shooting/index.html
I had never looked at the list before but it appears that these things are more common than one would like to think. It's not just "kids these days". You see more these days because, well, there are a lot more people and schools now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States This one threw me off a bit. wow...just wow
Just a thought.... maybe violence is the only alternative these kids (goes for grown ups too) know how to use to adjust their environments they do not like. It is sad that the Washington State student, ruined the lives so many for a life time, over possibly a few bad days with his girlfriends, and a fight at school. I once heard that "Suicide is a long term solution to a short time problem." I feel this is very true, in that we all have a bad moment or day or even series of days but we have coping mechanism to deal with the the bad times. In my own life the dark days have usually been followed with sun and rainbows eventually. Thosec oping mechanisms do not seem to play into the lives of those that kill others and themselves over a bad day. . Maybe the coping mechanisms of old may no longer being taught, or passed down. I do think of Garth Brooks, "Unanswered Prayers" song lyctics with a laugh in my heart, and hesitancy to do something foolish towards others. It puts life In perspective and gives me an coping mechanism to stop killing someone: "Unanswered Prayers" by Garth Brooks Just the other night at a hometown football game My wife and I ran into my old high school flame And as I introduced them the past came back to me And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be She was the one that I'd wanted for all times And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then I'd never ask for anything again She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams And I could tell that time had changed me In her eyes too it seemed We tried to talk about the old days There wasn't much we could recall I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all And as she walked away and I looked at my wife And then and there I thanked the good Lord For the gifts in my life Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers "Dumaguete Verison of Unanswered Prayers"(humorous version) Just the other night while strolling down the boulevard My girlfriend and I ran into my old "Why Not" Flash in the pan flame And as I introduced them the past came back to me And I couldn't help but think of the way I though would be. X Flame wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams and we were not together doing what I had planed to do. because Her eyes were sunken due to too much shabu We tried to talk about old short time hotel nights, There wasn't much she could recall I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after alright And as she walked away and I looked at my girlfriend And then and there I thanked the good Lord For the gifts in my life, including my soon to be wife.
