"Shows extreme lack of judgment." I knew someone would say it; that's why I didn't. That is what jumped right out of the article....that, and naming their son after Dylan Thomas. Classic behavior of leftists. So, I will buy that they were cluless.
Still, it's very sad. I still lived in Colorado at the time and watched the whole thing unfold live on TV. We went to the Memorial at Columbine. There was such love and such grief, but in spite of everything, some of the students would not allow Eric and Dylan to be completely left out of the equation. Many recognized that their parents suffered too, and had compassion on them. Some openly forgave the boys for what they did.
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David Brooks, the author of this OpEd piece, along with Bill Safire are the two NY Times' resident, conservative columnists.
That's like having a memorial for Mohammad Atta.
I feel a smidge of compassion for Dylan Klebold but ZERO for Eric Harris.
The boy was a psychopath who would have likely gone on to kill many innocent people anyways.
And unlike some on this thread, I am not so sanguine about the effects of "loving parenting" on potential or born-psychopaths.
The idea probably frightens many people that psychopaths are born, or at least develop at a time when blame cannot be put on the parents. Their particular fantasies and conduct may, though not always, reflect their upbringing, but they will always be psychopaths.