Comments on: Stop a Massacre, Talk To Your Kids

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:24:37 +0000

Very well said Alf!

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:14:05 +0000

Nic you are 100% right. There is a distinct pattern here. A different angle tho, it really does seem that the kids doing this all have the same place in society. I FIRMLY believe that when people, especially young people, are constantly driven into the ground by society, and yes im talking about through little things such as bullying and ridicule over extended periods of time, that they can lose their way mentally and end up making rash decisions. In all these cases i think these kids are squeezed out of mainstream society, lose a sense of selfworth, and that mixed with deranged fantasies, inspired perhaps by videogames/movies etc etc, makes for one hell of an explosive cocktail if you know what i mean. lets be fair here this has happened enough for us to notice a pattern and there are undoubtedly some social drivers that need to be addressed. Its Very easy for mainstream society to focus on this terrible thing that this horrible asian boy has done, after all it is not mainstream society that is affected as negatively by certain social pressures. We all live in our ideolistic safety bubble in which these things should idealistically never happen, BUT after all we are all only human with human minds and if they are twisted, stretched, and tourmented too much i think they will break. Think the powers that be need to focus on cause rather than consequence in these situations, after all its not exactly your typical highschool jock, hometown hero, “model citizen”, taking aim here, but it is the proverbial him who probaby beat this kid up for ten years straight calling him a useless little china man (ok a bad example but you get my point?). Agree dissagree, thats just my opinion. This is long but not really for your blog per say, rather just for you. i know most people will disagree with me and i dont want to come across as the guy who advocates mass murder, which i am not doing here.

Respect nic,
Ciao.

By: Sheetal Makhan

Sheetal Makhan — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:25:19 +0000

This was so fantastically well-written, Nic Your emotions were definitely high when you posted this. No one really thinks about the killer as a coward, which he is – he couldn’t live to face the consequences.

There’s just too much of this going on right now… I wish the world would just reach a sense of normality once and for all. It will take time, and positive people (like you) who will add to the betterment of our state of living.

By: Steve Hayes

Steve Hayes — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:18:31 +0000

We talk about moral regeneration and ubuntu and stuff like that, but moral degeneration proceeds apace, and ubuntu is a fading memory.

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:34:58 +0000

Thanks Linda, I agree with you 100%, people think that skimming a search engine and reading the instructions on your new ps3/xbox game count as actual reading. Pah! What a load! Kids need to be kids sometime, just a bit of a balance is really all i am asking for!

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:23:53 +0000

I am completely in agreement with you. Core values are being neglected and the youth are forming their brains and opinions around gaming and television. Sad state of affairs that they spend more time watching a screen than chatting or interacting with their parents. And reading seems to have become an extremely old fashioned way of entertainment. I was shocked at the spelling of most teenagers…