Comments on: Youth, Interrupted http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:08:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hamilton http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/comment-page-1/#comment-310899 Hamilton Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:23:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/#comment-310899 Virginia Tech forbids the possession of firearms on campus. They call the campus a gun-free “safe zone.â€Â? I guess Mr. Seung-hui didn't get the memo! Obviously this VT rule didn’t stop a single death from taking place on that fateful date. Virginia Tech forbids the possession of firearms on campus. They call the campus a gun-free “safe zone.â€Â? I guess Mr. Seung-hui didn’t get the memo! Obviously this VT rule didn’t stop a single death from taking place on that fateful date.

]]> By: BenG http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/comment-page-1/#comment-310786 BenG Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:58:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/#comment-310786 Guys, chill out ! First of all, he didn't compare anything, he said he was simply reminded of how Kent St. helped forge a generation, and actually made a point of saying how they were so different, as is all to obvious. He didn't make an issue of "availability of guns", none that I could see, so, Abu Nundik, WTF, I have no idea what your point is. Who's being 'very liberal', and what did the post say about handguns that could possibly piss anyone off? That,"he was a lunatic who got his hands on some very effective killing technology" Guys, chill out !
First of all, he didn’t compare anything, he said he was simply reminded of how Kent St. helped forge a generation, and actually made a point of saying how they were so different, as is all to obvious. He didn’t make an issue of “availability of guns”, none that I could see, so, Abu Nundik, WTF, I have no idea what your point is. Who’s being ‘very liberal’, and what did the post say about handguns that could possibly piss anyone off? That,”he was a lunatic who got his hands on some very effective killing technology”

]]> By: probligo http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/comment-page-1/#comment-310762 probligo Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:00:15 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/#comment-310762 I agree with ASC. Kent State was the <b>older, pro-state, pro-intervention, anti-communist</b> portion of society trying to prevent expression of opposition to the Vietnam War, the intervention, the state. To that extent Kent represented the imposition of (one of the last) governmental authority, as well as an inter-generational conflict. My feelings on the American gun culture are well known. I have no need to debate that topic again. There is no joy in watching the debate unfold yet again through the news and the blogiverse. I agree with ASC.

Kent State was the older, pro-state, pro-intervention, anti-communist portion of society trying to prevent expression of opposition to the Vietnam War, the intervention, the state. To that extent Kent represented the imposition of (one of the last) governmental authority, as well as an inter-generational conflict.

My feelings on the American gun culture are well known. I have no need to debate that topic again. There is no joy in watching the debate unfold yet again through the news and the blogiverse.

]]> By: Alan Stewart Carl http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/comment-page-1/#comment-310750 Alan Stewart Carl Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:32:28 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/#comment-310750 Wouldn't the University of Texas shooting in 1966 be a much better comparison? Comapring Kent State to Virginia Tech seems unfair to both generations. Wouldn’t the University of Texas shooting in 1966 be a much better comparison? Comapring Kent State to Virginia Tech seems unfair to both generations.

]]> By: Abu Nudnik http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/comment-page-1/#comment-310622 Abu Nudnik Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:46:29 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/#comment-310622 How do you know there's no meaning? In fact, you yourself have invented one: the availability of guns. So what your really mean is that there can be no possible meaning but yours. Very liberal! Maybe you should study the story a bit more. How do you know there’s no meaning?

In fact, you yourself have invented one: the availability of guns. So what your really mean is that there can be no possible meaning but yours. Very liberal!

Maybe you should study the story a bit more.

]]> By: Hamilton http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/comment-page-1/#comment-310310 Hamilton Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:58:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/18/youth-interrupted/#comment-310310 Unfortunately, when school shootings garner massive media coverage, there are often inspired copycats in the months that follow. It is like the aftershocks that follow an earthquake. The internet, television, newspapers... I'm sure TIME magazine will have a black-framed 'special report' this Friday. Other disgruntled, violent youth with no empathy for other human beings will seek out that kind of lionizing and platform. In an age of instant fame... you also have instant infamy. Unfortunately, when school shootings garner massive media coverage, there are often inspired copycats in the months that follow. It is like the aftershocks that follow an earthquake.

The internet, television, newspapers… I’m sure TIME magazine will have a black-framed ’special report’ this Friday.

Other disgruntled, violent youth with no empathy for other human beings will seek out that kind of lionizing and platform. In an age of instant fame… you also have instant infamy.

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