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A tragedy averted
Rocky Mountain News ^ | 16 Apr 05

Posted on 04/16/2005 11:45:06 AM PDT by rellimpank

It all seemed so eerily familiar: a plan, a list and a school threatened by troubled teens

By Jeff Kass, Rocky Mountain News April 16, 2005

FORT COLLINS - There were more than enough clues: A shotgun pointed at a sleeping girl's head. Constant threats of violence. Gruesome drawings of

(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: averted; columbine; massacre

1 posted on 04/16/2005 11:45:07 AM PDT by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

Typical of teens to blame the people who report that something bad is in the planning for reporting it. The girls could have been heroines if the rest of the students and the teachers had handled this differently.

The school authorities could have used the girls' example to teach responsibility and the difference between 'ratting' and 'notifying the authorities of a potential disaster.'

Gang mentality -- I'd give it a 95% chance of disaster once the boys got ahold of the guns and the ammo.

America really has lost its touchstone of truth, hasn't it?


2 posted on 04/16/2005 3:45:12 PM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (Gov'ments 7 Branches: Executive,Legislative,Judicial,Bureaucracy,Lobbies,Political Parties,Media)
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To: HighlyOpinionated

--agree on everything--


3 posted on 04/16/2005 5:19:24 PM PDT by rellimpank (urban dwellers don' t understand the cultural deprivation of not being raised on a farm)
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