been taken advantage of and as lead to many malicious events like The Columbine Shootings‚ Virginia Tech‚ Aurora Shooting‚ and New Town Shootings. In 1999‚ a failed bombing which turned into a shooting occurred at Columbine High School. This event is known as the Columbine Shootings in which two high school seniors‚ by the name of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ were involved. According to an article “7 Myths about the Columbine Shooting” by Trevin Wax‚ both convicts seemed like regular teenagers
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close it comes. In our society today we especially see its effects on the people around us. It never has been more prominent to me the true mass effect we are dealing with until I read the articles Male-Bashing on TV by Michael Abernethy and Columbine: Whose Fault Is It? by Marilyn Manson. After further exploring these articles I found that one theme was constant; how an individual would act depending on the pop culture that influenced them. In Male Bashing on TV‚ Michael Abernathy states that
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even sleep with them loaded under their pillows. But that is why the children are able to bring their parents’ guns to school. Nancy Gibbs has written many articles like this one “The columbine tapes” which is also about school shootings. This article is about different episodes of school shootings‚ The Columbine High School Massacre‚ shootings at Santana High School. She mentions many examples in the article to illustrate that this happens very often. Gibbs also mentions that a 6-year-old girl
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accountable for their actions. The only person who should be responsible for the actions is not the musician‚ not the parents‚ and not the record label but the minor. When I first read of this topic‚ I immediately thought of the Littleton‚ Colorado: Columbine High School shooting. I will never forget the day this happened. I was in high school in my social studies class. We so happened to have a television that day because we were going to watch a film. But that day we skipped the whole film altogether
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the thesis simultaneously? Halloween propagates a dangerous myth about violent juveniles that has precluded requisite real world changes from taking place‚ yes‚ but for victims of senseless tragedy‚ what difference might it make? In the case of Columbine‚ Rachel Scott‚ Daniel Rohrbough‚ Dave Sanders‚ Kyle Velasquez‚ Steven Curnow‚ Cassie Bernall‚ Isaiah Shoels‚ Matthew Kechter‚ Lauren Townsend‚ John Tomlin‚ Kelly Fleming‚ Daniel Mauser‚ and Corey Depooter– all thirteen victims excluding the two shooters–
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I had never competitively played bowling before‚ and I wasn’t even that good when playing my friends and family‚ so why would I be good on a High School team? These doubts squandered my brain all day. The uncertainty of the sport excited me‚ I had absolutely no idea if I would like anyone
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But the question remains‚ should we feel this way in our schools? Evidently‚ after the Columbine shootings rocked the country‚ we have to feel endangered in our school systems. As the tenth anniversary of the slayings approaches‚ we have to wonder why these two kids would want to do this‚ and how this ultimately changed our country. April 20th‚ 2009 will officially be the tenth anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings carried out by eighteen-year-old Eric Harris and seventeen year old
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The very morning after‚ the massacre perpetrated by Elliot Rodger was being covered extensively by major national news sources including Fox News and CNN‚ though importantly‚ the coverage was not uniform between the two. These differences and how the media represents the issues can be looked at to see how the agendas of the major‚ nation-wide news agencies may differ from those of the local‚ independent new source at the site. Furthermore‚ whether messages appear to alter or if other related debates
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Since the early nineteenth century‚ when the toys and games industry really exploded‚ there have been many negative effects on young children in the world. Many violent games have caused traits such as aggressiveness‚ depression‚ and addiction to many kids when they grow up. Sexist toys have caused kids to grow up in a tunnel-vision type of point of view. Also card games have had an effect on kids growing up. All boys want them. Halo 2‚ Doom‚ Mortal Combat‚ Max Payne‚ and Medal of Honor are just
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In the Columbine interview‚ Sue Klebold talks about what she went through as a parent and her grieving process during and after her son’s involvement in the Columbine shooting. In accompaniment to talking about her experience‚ she wants people to know that what her son did was a horrible thing and she has to accept that reality; she does not want another parent to miss the signs that her son went through during his depression. As a way to show our understanding with this interview‚ in particular
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