In the last few years America saw many tragic events, from a deranged sniper spreading panic and taking lives in D.C. to a gun crazed idiot blowing many innocent people to bits in an Oklahoma federal building. None of these events were nearly as shocking or macabre as the events that went down on April 20, 1999. On that date two young students stormed their school weeks before graduation, killing many of their classmates and a teacher before committing suicide. Twenty three students were wounded that day; and every student in America was affected. In the midst of the murder and chaos, concerned citizens went completely blame crazy. Some folks blamed television, some videogames or music; very rarely did anyone actually blame the two boys who committed the crimes. School violence is a serious and frightening thing students have to deal with, and something should be done about it; but, American citizens have taken the wrong precautions.The Columbine high school massacre took place at 11:21 a.m. The news programs that covered it began at noon and already had stocked up on plenty of media propaganda to spark up plenty of stories for years to come. The media pointed their fingers mostly at video games and music. Since the two boys who had committed the crimes were fans of not-so positive hero's this was easy.Marilyn Manson, a Goth-metal "freak" took the blunt of the criticism, people actually blamed him for the events that took place on that fateful day. (Moore) Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold (the two responsible for the massacre) were fans of Manson, and members of the trench-coat mafia were known to have used Manson's lyrics as insults toward jocks and other classmates. To the media this means that Marilyn Manson indirectly controlled the boys because they are too young to know any better. This is obviously ridiculous considering the two boys were seventeen and eighteen years of age, legal adults.
Is the film "Bowling for Columbine" sheer anti-American propaganda to undermine the American dream? The movie deals with the American people and their mentality with weapons. Michael Moore, the director of this documentation, presents this paradoxical system by making some extremely ironical exampl...
On April 20, 1999, two high school students in Littleton, Colorado changed the way my generation live our lives. ... Trey Parker, former Littleton native and Columbine High School student, discussed the education problems in today's society. ... That fateful April day Harris and Klebold both attended bowling class at six o"clock in the morning. ...
Safer Schools On April 20, 1999, the students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado lives changed forever. I remember sitting at my desk, with my eyes glued to the television in disbelief. Twelve students and a teacher were killed that day and twenty-three others were wounded. The teen...
According to their journals, notes, and videos, Klebold had been thinking of committing suicide in 1997, and they both begun thinking about a large massacre in April 1998. ... On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, in Littleton, Colorado Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris shot and killed students at Columbine High school. ...
At about 11:30am on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 two students dressed in black trench coats entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado with shot guns, and proceeded to open fire on everyone that moved. ... While only 20% of suicide attempts by teenagers by drug overdose are fatal, 90% of attempts with a gun are fatal." ...
Feeling neglected by their parents and resentment from their classmates, Eric and Dylan plotted and successfully completed an event that would change Littleton, Colorado forever. On April 20, 1999 Eric and Dylan entered Columbine High School"s doors armed with guns and explosives with intentions of killing the "jocks" that tortured them. ...
Critics have linked video violence to the Columbine massacre in Littleton, Colorado. When this barrage of murder took place on April 20th of 1999, the media highly over exploited the incident, which made all of America to point the finger at something. ... In Los Angeles there was a time when murder was down 20%, but local news coverage on murders was up 600% (Bowling for Columbine, 2002). ...
Guns. The word itself conjures up images of bloodshed and death. Yet instead of instilling fear into people, American society has embraced guns and placed them in numerous homes under the pretence of protection. Add to that image - children. Children and guns should never have any association, yet h...
