In tonight's reading we go into the chapter about what didn't happen at Columbine. Some of the kids who were interviewed about Eric and Dylan said that they were "fags" and that they were goths. A varsity soccer player said this, so he could have persuasion on others. It shows that either their minds weren't clear when doing the interview and were only thinking poorly of the two killers or that they actually portrayed Eric and Dylan this way during regular school. Just because Eric was popular doesn't mean that he was liked by everyone. If the varsity soccer player did think this, then how do we know that others didn't think this? It's really interesting hearing that the interviewee also ALMOST said "fag" on TV. If that were to happen today, despite the shooting or not, if "fag" was said on TV, he would be screamed at by critics and many other viewers.
I also found it very interesting how Eric expressed his dislike of everyone on one of his blogs. How didn't anyone see this and think that this kid is troubled? If this were to happen today, it'd get picked up very easily.
I'm starting to think that if Eric and Dylan were planning Columbine today, it wouldn't happen because their signals would be picked up...
I actually disagree with the fact that if Eric and Dylan were planning Columbine today, their signals would be picked up. I feel like it is more likely now for people to do things like this and since Columbine there have been so many school shootings that it is never really easy to pick up. I think the two boys in the story left all the evidence after the shooting because they wanted people to know why or how they did it, rather than wanting to get caught before it.
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