More on the witch hunt

[drais]

Well,  I'm sure this will sound fascist to some, but I  am saying it's okay
to put on more limits. Isn't that what laws are? Limits on what we can do.
We put  these limits in place when we feel they are needed for the greater
societal good (At least that's the theory)  I'm sorry all the trenchcoat
wearers are being treated poorly (They'll get over it, like I've maintained,
this is not the worst thing that'e ever happened to anyone) but, gee, other
people would really prefer not to have thier school shot up, is that
unreasonable? it's not that trenchcoats are inherently evil, but they are
good places to hide guns, and yes, some are worried...I for one can't blame
them.

As for the goths or whoever, those people have been whinning about how
unfair life is since way before this happened (At least the two I know) it's
hard to take them serious now. Even in these notes all we get are "We are
being treated unfairly" or "like potential bombers." (Never any specifics on
how this is taking place,we're just suppossed to take thier words for it) I
must ask, the innocents "paying the price" How are they "paying the price?"
have any been sent to jail? Fired from thier jobs? Dipped in boiling oil? Or
has it merely been name-calling?

Come visit me some time, I'll drive you up to Columbine, maybe the paranoia
will be a little more understandable to you when you see the monuments.

DaveR
><sigh>
>Drais, you seem to be saying that simply because some limits have
>been put in place already that it is perfectly reasonable to let
>more limits be put into place.  Let's say I find the logic to be
>a little shaky.  I have no idea where those limits may stop.
>
><soapbox>
>Over the past several weeks since the Columbine HS shootings there
>have been fears about more actions like it happening.  The overall
>response has been galling to say the least.  Anybody who expresses
>even a basic empathy for why those two admittedly disturbed boys
>did what they did is being suspected as a bomber-in-training.  The
>people who are getting treated poorly now are the same ones who
>have been treated poorly all through k-12 - and now it has media
>and governmental sanction.
>
>There has been such media frenzy about what happened and who to
>blame in a nice, simple to swallow sound bite.  I have seen few
>attempts by the media to show any shades of gray in what happened.
>The fallout seems to be that law-abiding people are now being
>punished for the acts of lawbreakers ie harassment of people due
>to how they dress, harassment of people due to how they talk and
>think, and harassment of people due to possession of firearms.
>
>I find it very interesting that there has been no real discussion
>of any of the hazing/abuse these guys got from jocks, no real
>attempts to crack down on *that* kind of behavior - even though
>it's ostensibly a big contributing factor.
>
>No, those boys did what they did.  *They* did it.  Why is it that
>so many other innocent people now have to pay the price?
>
>Jacob
>