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Student gunman in Ohio warned of attack [Asa Coon, 14, hated God, loved Marilyn Manson]
YAHOO! News ^ | 11 OCT 07 | dcbryan1

Posted on 10/11/2007 10:12:06 AM PDT by DCBryan1

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To: jack_napier
[My guess would be nothing. ]
 
I think you're underestimating the influence that music can have upon the emotional, mental, and even physiological state of a listener.   Nietzsche understood this and wrote about it in The Birth of Tragedy.
 
 

61 posted on 10/11/2007 10:38:49 PM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: CondorFlight

While I’ve often read that black people, as a whole, are dedicated Christians, I’m sorry to say that well-known facts seem to prove this false. The disproportionate number of children born to single mothers and the high percentage of blacks in the prison population hardly describe “dedicated Christians”.


62 posted on 10/12/2007 12:52:31 AM PDT by IIntense
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To: sasafras
if one wants to experience true racism and hate try being a white kid in an all black school.

My first comment on that: On my very first day in first grade, a long time back, Pauline was brought into class by an older sister. Pauline was the only black child in our Catholic school class. She tried to run out the door but was blocked by her sister or the nun. Pauline settled in.

I have no memory of any animosity against her, ever.

Could there be more resentment against a white person in an all-black classroom? From what I've read on the subject, Asa Coon's homelife may have been a breeding ground for producing messed-up kids. Social workers were involved where they previously lived, the home was badly kept, dog feces all over the yard, and the father's whereabouts appear to be unknown.

An older brother was arrested the day after the shootings on other charges. Since the mother's last name is Looney (don't laugh!), was she ever married to Asa's father?

Then we read he was abusive to his mother. Was he mentally unstable (I would be with the life he may have had), or did he have a deep resentment towards her?

I'm sounding like a bleeding heart liberal and I'm a true conservative. I don't know if all I've read is factual, but if it is, the culprits are most likely those who don't have a sincere desire to respect marriage and family.

63 posted on 10/12/2007 1:32:16 AM PDT by IIntense
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To: absolootezer0
Grammar! I'm beginning to feel like a "stuffed shirt", if you've ever heard the expression.

Justice (a value barely respected today) tells me that I should have some say over how my own money, which is demanded in taxation, is spent, and not thrown away.

In other words, do not use MY money to pay for school dancing classes, brainwashing students to accept "mom and mom" or "dad and dad" households as equal to a family headed by a female mother and a male father.

I disagree that homosexuals, whether female or male, who engage in perverted and unnatural same-sex relationships, shoud be bringing up children. I'll even go as far as to say that "cooking classes" are a waste of taxpayer's money.

My mother told me years ago, "If you can read, you can cook." Absolutely true.

It's just plain wrong.

The education system has gotten way off track. Their only mission is to teach English literature and grammar, mathematics, geography, history, civics.

Anything else is not their business.

64 posted on 10/12/2007 2:01:44 AM PDT by IIntense
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To: paul51
...where the firearms came from.

I've thought about that also. How many 14-year-olds have $ to buy them (they wouldn't be eligible anyway)? As the facts evolve, we may find out.

65 posted on 10/12/2007 2:06:13 AM PDT by IIntense
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To: Drew68

“Marilyn Manson hasn’t been relevant to young people since 1997. His heyday as a popular artist has long since ended.”

Well apparently in 2007, THIS kid, Asa Coon was very impressed with him and he is NOT alone. Hay day or not it is his PERVERTED INFLUENCE that this kid ENJOYED.


66 posted on 10/12/2007 7:17:48 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: VxH

“The interview he gave in Bowling for Columbine indicates Marilyn Manson knows EXACTLY what he’s doing. His exploitation of the tyranny of the appetite is not substantially any different from that of the consumerism that he rails against. He is a parasite and a hypocrite.”

I agree ... he’s dressed for the part for where he is headed when he dies if he doesn’t clean himself up and change his message.


67 posted on 10/12/2007 7:19:04 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

“LOL! That’s not what I’ve heard. If 5% of the stories I’ve heard from other musicians are true, he’s very far from conservative!”

No kidding - in the days when I watched, social liberal O’Reilly, he had him on as a guest. He claimed to be doing this stuff for FUN!

I believe he’s got demonic issues ... to parade around like that and ACT like that ... not a conserative guy or at the very least a hypocrite.


68 posted on 10/12/2007 7:21:09 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: jack_napier

That was my thought too.


69 posted on 10/12/2007 7:26:49 AM PDT by sauropod ("Nobody has time for your priceless prose. Get to the point." - Jim Michaels RIP 2007)
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To: sasafras

After reading some of “gracesdad” previous posts, he appears to be an instigator, troll, or worst yet, RINO.


70 posted on 10/12/2007 7:27:40 AM PDT by stevio ((NRA))
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To: DCBryan1
Parents were angry that firearms got into a school equipped with metal detectors that students said were intermittently used.

Our high school is a gun-free zone as well. You'd think those signs would have worked.

Anyway, teachers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons, if not to prevent another Beslan, at least to prevent another Columbine.

71 posted on 10/12/2007 8:36:20 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: DCBryan1
Students said Monday's fight was over God — Coon told his classmates he didn't believe in God and instead worshipped rocker Marilyn Manson.

When I was in high school, I sat next to a kid who thumbed through still photos of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre every day, for a full year. No teacher ever so much as spoke with him. Where is he today?

72 posted on 10/12/2007 8:40:34 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: napscoordinator
Homeschooler????

He was homeschooled? Yea that is the type of kids I want homeschooled? Homeschool is not good for social skills as this proves!!!!

You might have missed the first line in the story.

A 14-year-old student who opened fire at his high school, wounding four people before killing himself, had a history of mental problems and was known for cussing at teachers and bickering with students.
There is another current story about a 14-year-old homeschooler who was found with an arsenal of weapons, and who was threatening to attack a school.

'Bullied' Home Schooler Arrested After Cops Find Weapons Cache in Pennsylvania.

73 posted on 10/12/2007 8:52:11 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: VxH
I think you're underestimating the influence that music can have upon the emotional, mental, and even physiological state of a listener. Nietzsche understood this and wrote about it in The Birth of Tragedy.

The problem I have with this is that literally millions of people listen to this guy's music and don't become violent. I wouldn't deny that music can have an influence, but I don't think the influence would be so severe on someone who is not mentally disturbed. As for the disturbed; well, they tend to fixate on almost anything.
74 posted on 10/12/2007 10:18:51 AM PDT by jack_napier (Bob? Gun.)
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To: DCBryan1

Well, since he says he “Hated God”, at least this incident can’t be blamed on him being an Atheist, since he seems to have believed that there was a God for him to hate.


75 posted on 10/12/2007 10:25:53 AM PDT by BritExPatInFla
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To: jack_napier
[The problem I have with this is that literally millions of people listen to this guy's music and don't become violent.]
 
True.  It affects folks to varying degrees.  It does seem to reinforce certain emotions more than others.  If the fuse has already been lit, his music seems to make it burn more intensely and  his music does seem to be a common denominator among these teenage shooters.

76 posted on 10/12/2007 11:09:01 AM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: null and void
“Note that the word don’t has an apostrophe”

Oh please, that is the best you can do? You got to be kidding right? Your hung up on the absence of an apostrophe??? The first thing I notice from liars and leftest (not claiming that you are one) is that they revert to attacking the person and not the argument. Sad commentary. Anyway I went to an almost all black grade school for a couple of years and yes I was bullied a lot for being white. Do I blame the children who did it? No, I blame the white leftest who breed this hate and the black leaders/politicians who promote it to further their cause. I believe that all people are created equal however I also believe that the black community is much, much more overt in their racist beliefs. It is however supported by the media and in part by RINOs and some conservatives which do not speak out.

As I have said before race trumps character and pride trumps humility. This is the new paradigm being taught to our generation. You are to be proud of your race and celebrate even taunt others EXCEPT if you are white.

I believe your daughter’s experience might be the rule for certain parts of the country and mine might be the rule for other locations. Either way we are only provided the plight and oppression from a black point of view in the media - which I believe is rare and sensationalized. I spell checked it this time, try to stay on target, if you seriously care to debate.

77 posted on 10/12/2007 10:06:39 PM PDT by sasafras (All things evil are cloaked in the word diversity)
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To: Riverman94610

Any parent who sends their white kid to a 90% black school is either desperately poor or very very foolish.


78 posted on 10/12/2007 10:13:09 PM PDT by wardaddy (Behind the lines in Vichy Nashville)
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To: null and void
also you may want to read Michelle Malkins experience of being taunted by blacks on a continual basis.

All I'm saying is that blacks need to have the mirror shown to them. As a group they have become immune to the fact that they act, vote and support causes which show that, as a group, they only care about blacks. This is wrong, but it is understandable given that the leftist have promoted the lie that all whites are bad. Unfortunately this is the premise that too many believe and promote. If you dont believe me, look at any and I mean any diversity program at a university or company. The whole intent is for white males to feel sorry and apologize for all of the ills of society. Such programs again only serve to promote and divide us by race. It is working. Why do you think that 80% blacks believe OJ was innocent or why they vote 90%+ for democrats, or why the Duke Boys were considered guilty, or why Oprah gives money to Barak or builds a school for predominantly black African children, or why Bill Cosby is booed when he tells the black community they have to quit blaming whitey, etc. etc. etc......

It is not coincidence, it is deliberate and calculated and it is generated by hate and distrust. Very little of which is founded in truth.

79 posted on 10/12/2007 10:21:51 PM PDT by sasafras (All things evil are cloaked in the word diversity)
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To: napscoordinator

You are trolling these school shooting threads with your asinine and ignorant comments attacking your own imaginary strawman.

The public school is a socialist experiment that went bad a long time ago. Read some Dewey.

There is violence even in your vaunted “Catholic” schools (nothing bad ever happens there - barf). Try the shooting at the Williamsport, PA Roman Catholic School in 2001.

Homeschoolers are socialized all the time in group settings involving multiple ages - not simply an age segregated classroom. The shooter was not a product of homeschooling - but had been pulled out one year prior to the shooting after a lifetime in the “publiK sKooL” system - He’d been socialized really well.

The brutalization and regimentation of the public school system is not socialization, its indoctrination.

You are anti-homeschooling and ‘socialization’ is a red herring you are dragging around FR. You may bow the knee to nanny state, others of us never will.


80 posted on 10/12/2007 10:27:04 PM PDT by PresbyRev
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