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Thursday 22 April 2004, by krapnek : This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard - and I’ve heard a lot of dumb things these past years. The families of school-shootings victim in West Paducah, Kentucky should be prosecuted for abusing the judicial system. Or maybe we should blame black & white movies for racism? The cowards censored Earshot the first time it was aired too. Thursday 22 April 2004, by DurangoKid : If we ignore violence in schools, it will just go away, right? If we bring the issue out into the open, it could force us to ask questions about how our society in general places a premium on violence. It could even bring to mind how the highest office in the land will ignore the global violence it inflicts and seeks to blame the victims of our military and corporate adventures. We can’t have that! So, let’s pretend that violence in schools is completely unrelated to anything substantive and is only some artifact of media.Thursday 22 April 2004, by Lia : God, people always have to place blame somewhere don’t they? Maybe if they put it on somewhere besides Hollywood like say, oh, the parents who messed these kids up in the first place, stuff like this wouldn’t happen so much.Friday 23 April 2004, by Anonymous : Media is not the only form of violence interfering with children today. To say the least, movies and entertainment type television are much less real than say for instance the news. Have you ever watched CNN or MSNBC all day---some of the things there "scare" me more than anything. Things like that bother me more because they are "real." Movies, entertainment tv, etc are not real. Parents and children need to be able to tell the difference between what is real and not real. I grew up in a household where I was told that movies with blood/guts/etc were not real. I watched lots of "scary" films, etc but I know the difference between reality and make believe. Plus I understand the difference between right and wrong. I think there are other factors that come into play with situations like Columbine, other than just the media. BTW, if anyone wants to watch a pretty good film about situations like Columbine then see a small indie film called, "Homeroom." It’s a good film, plus on the DVD they talk to students from the Columbine tragedy. These comments are an anwser to this article : Buffy Slayed by School Massacre - Five Years Anniversary
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