Columbine School Shooting

[Newby]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

That really was quite interesting...

[Sidoh]

The entries contained blurbs about ways to escape to Mexico, hijacking an aircraft at Denver International Airport and crashing into a building in New York City, as well as details about the attacks.

Wow....

[Mythix]

Fucking emo fags.

[iago]

"A few days before the shootings, a final video had the pair apologizing to their families and boasting about how they would soon be remembered infamously."

Well, they accomplished their goal 100%.  Good at them.

Nathan Dykeman, a close friend of both shooters, was for a while considered to be the third shooter after failing two lie detector tests. He was later removed from the list of suspects after several witnesses confirmed that he had left Columbine prior to the actual massacre and was spotted being away from the school as the massacre unfolded. The timing of his 911 call as well as several calls to Tom Klebold (Dylan's father) also conflicted with the time of the massacre, making it impossible for him to have been in the school.

Weren't we just talking about false positives on polygraphs? :)

Ugh:

This claim was also backed up by close friends of the pair who have testified they were more into German rock bands, such as Rammstein. Upon release of this information, Rammstein came under heavy criticism from conservative and Christian groups in the United States, who claimed (among other things) that lead vocalist Till Lindemann's rolling Teutonic Rs were an imitation of Adolf Hitler's diction. In response, the band issued this statement:

    "The members of Rammstein express their condolences and sympathy to all affected by the recent tragic events in Denver. They wish to make it clear that they have no lyrical content or political beliefs that could have possibly influenced such behavior. Additionally, members of Rammstein have children of their own, in whom they continually strive to instill healthy and non-violent values."

German-industrial band KMFDM received similar criticism. Harris' website featured lyrics to KMFDM songs and the shooting coincidentally occurred on the release date of their album Adios. KMFDM frontman Sascha Konietzko released a statement to the press the day following the shooting, expressing his own grief at the shooting, and emphasised their music is "a statement against war, oppression, fascism and violence against others" and that "while some of the former band members are German as reported in the media, none of us condone any Nazi beliefs whatsoever."

Yeah, Rammstein and KMFDM are Nazis.  I hate theories that music causes this.  If people did what their music told them to do, Newby and Hitmen would both be in jail :)

[d&q]

I read this a month or two ago, but still quite interesting. I really dislike this part though:

The shooting also resulted in an increased emphasis on school security, and a moral panic aimed at goth culture, heavy metal music, social pariahs, the use of pharmaceutical anti-depressants by teenagers, violent movies and violent video games.

I've watched Saw while playing Unreal Tournament and listening to heavy metal, and I'm not a killer ;). I don't like the hatin' against goths too, but I'm not goth soo..yeah.

[Sidoh]

I've watched Saw while playing Unreal Tournament and listening to heavy metal, and I'm not a killer ;).

ROFL!!!

[Ergot]

Uggg. I saw a preview of CSI: Miami about a videogame shooting or something becoming reality. I wanted to slap CBS.

I read this a month or two ago, but still quite interesting. I really dislike this part though:

The shooting also resulted in an increased emphasis on school security, and a moral panic aimed at goth culture, heavy metal music, social pariahs, the use of pharmaceutical anti-depressants by teenagers, violent movies and violent video games.

I've watched Saw while playing Unreal Tournament and listening to heavy metal, and I'm not a killer ;). I don't like the hatin' against goths too, but I'm not goth soo..yeah.

yet...

[Sidoh]

Uggg. I saw a preview of CSI: Miami about a videogame shooting or something becoming reality. I wanted to slap CBS.

FUCK YOU CBS.

People who think violence results from video games are seriously retarded.

[Newby]

If people did what their music told them to do, Newby and Hitmen would both be in jail :)

I'd be in a psycho ward with some weird disease after raping some cadaver. :)

[Sidoh]

I'd be in a psycho ward with some weird disease after raping some cadaver. :)

Yuck >_>...

It's so true though, haha

[Furious]

Wow, extremely interesting article.

[Joe]

Very, very interesting. A bit disturbing that someone would take the time out of their day to document all that, but still, its pretty informative.

[Sidoh]

Very, very interesting. A bit disturbing that someone would take the time out of their day to document all that, but still, its pretty informative.

Why is it disturbing?

[Furious]

Very, very interesting. A bit disturbing that someone would take the time out of their day to document all that, but still, its pretty informative.

What do you think the news does?

[Quik]

"It's those damn lyrics that incite the violence, oh, that violent music."

"Hey,  Julie Andrews told me to climb every mountain, and you don't see me hiking every weekend! What the fuck are you saying?!"

- Jon Stewart

"Oh, it's those violent videogames. They make the kids do these horrible things."

"Yeah, I hear the voice in my head, telling me to 'Kill! Kill!!!'"

"Satan? Is that you?"

"No, it'sa me, Mario!"

"Yeah, I love jumping on people's heads and watching coins pop out of their ass!"

- Comedy Central Presents