| | An article published today about the Columbine shooting that occurred ten years has shed some new light on the Columbine shooters.
The article, posted here, explains how many of the rumors circulated as facts are only starting to be corrected.
The descriptions of the men(I don't think it's proper to call them boys at their age) that committed this awful and devastating attack are striking. The rumors spread projected images of tall, mysterious, trench coat sporting gunmen intent on killing their tormentors and any classmates whose opinions they disagreed with. The information available now points to a much different reality, that both shooters were not so picked on, not normal individuals driven to insanity, but that their mental states were supremely twisted, altered, murderous and hellbent.
It so happens that the two shooters didn't intend to shoot and kill the majority of their victims. The two had planned a massive terrorist attack with a projected death toll(had everything worked) in the thousands of students. They wanted to kill everyone.
Eric Harris, the mastermind behind the attacks, is labeled as intelligent and charismatic, an excelling writer. He would tell anyone what they wanted to hear. Eric Harris, had he made it out of high school, could have easily killed many more people.
I'm having trouble describing what I feel. I feel disgust and anger towards the shooters. I feel sadness for those lost. I'm glad that the original plan failed. I'm glad that neither student made it out of high school, in to the real world. Harris was described as at least somewhat intelligent, which could open the doors monetarily for an attack much bigger than the one he planned and executed on Columbine.
I only hope that awareness to events and individuals like this continues to increase. I hope that students understand and react correctly to the warning signs students like the shooters give. I hope that those placed in charge with handling situations such as this handle it in a swift and precise manner.
I hope things like this don't ever happen again.
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| | Posted 4/14/2009 1:58 PM - 22 Views - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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