[Ohioan]

What the article seems not really to appreciate is that the killings were acts of suicidal rage--not calculated suicides such as terrorists and some engaged in guerrila warfare may indulge in, to accomplish a political end--but purposeless suicidal rage. The level of their egos is not the issue, here.

It should also be remembered that Columbine was but one of a series of such incidents, happening not too long, for example, after a similar incident at Paducah, Kentucky.

At the time, I suggested that the most likely cause was rooted in the politically correct mindset at the time. Why? Because in stripping away children's sense of the importance of sex roles and lines of descent, they were stripping away the primal motivations for positive, purposeful conduct. While in individual cases, there may also be other factors--I am sure that there are--the basic thesis, borrowed from Robert Ruark's book on Kenya, needs to be considered: Something Of Value.

William Flax

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link. I hope you got the chance to look at comment# 15.