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Originally Posted by Jolie Rouge
Kids have always been picked on in school - most do not resort to mass murder. They went to the prom the Saturday before the killings, taking time out between dances to plant pipebombs in the gym. They planned this out for months in advance, including having others purchase the weapons for them. Walked thru the school targeting - not the poeple who may have picked on them - but minorities and just random people who got in their way. Planted a pipebomb with a timer in the BMW they drove to school to take out random people in the parking lot. Way too much malice, violence and forethought went into this.
Most kids just talk to their parents, teachers, principle - not try to murder innocent people to make themselves infamous.
DP case for sure if they had not saved the State the money.
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Going with Jolie on this one.
I knew right from wrong from the age of 2 on up until now. At 12/13 (Around the time of Columbine), I may have gotten teased (have to love getting boobs around 12 year old boys
) but I knew that shooting up the school wasn't the solution. I knew that it was murder. Children under the age of 18 may act irrational but in my opinion, it's not something you can gauge on age. I mean a person doesn't suddenly become more responsible at the stroke of midnight on their 18th birthday. Heck, if the "not old enough for war, voting etc" argument can be used, why not the "not even old enough to buy liquor"? It's ridiculous to me that if I went upstairs and killed my Mom for say... burning dinner (heh) I'd get life or the death penalty. Though if a 17 year old kid 2 days before his 18th birthday did the same he wouldn't get the death penalty. It's bullcrap.
I remember watching a case on court tv about these two little boys who killed another little boy. I think they beat him/stabbed him to death. He was 9/10 or so and had some mental development problems... and two 11 year olds killed him. Seemingly for the sport of it.
Kids/teenagers that murder someone in such a cold hearted manner shouldn't be thought of as normal. And I don't know about you but I don't want a murder back on the streets around MY kids in 10 years. (I'm just talking about the whole being tried as an adult/minor.. even though no one brought it up.)
OK. Enough of my rant.. I'm off to dry my hair and pack.
