Virginia Tech

[Calypso]

I think it's pretty clear to everyone who knows me that I'm not dangerous--I never have and never will advocate violence towards anyone.

But I guarantee that sometimes it can be a hard call. For every person who explodes like the Virginia Tech shooter, there are at least a hundred that suffer from mental illness, have made threats of violence, yet will not do any harm. Separating the people who are all talk from the people who actually will hurt someone isn't always easy--sometimes it's more of a gut feeling than anyone else. And kids like this fall through the cracks. In retrospect it's easy to see, but then they always say hindsight is 20/20...

[vicki2]

True, but the problem is that there are so many laws in effect that prohibit a person even using those gut instincts. Look at what some of the teachers and roommates of the kid in Virginia said. Of course, they feel some guilt now, but they were basically cut off when they tried to say he needed help.

[parise]

You know when it boils down to it, I blame the families of the kids who were gunned down. You have to be honest about the situation. We teach our kids to act as if they are better than eachother because they may have more. So they grow into taunting children. You can't walk around and treat people bad because of the materials that you have. Now I do feel bad for the kids that had nothing to do with making this kid feel the way he did but for those who were the true target, I can't say that I feel bad at all. You rep what you sew I guess.