[Brilliant]

It's all being fed by the media. Suicide by school violence is the "in" way to go, if you're depressed. The media should substitute the word "whorehouse" for "schoolhouse" whenever these incidents occur, and the copycats will soon be attacking the wrong place.

[BenLurkin]

The more attention is lavished by the media on these tragedies - the more we get copycat psychos.

[Joe Brower]

You hit the nail right on the head. There has been discussion about that very effect on two other threads on FR just today.

[Hardastarboard]

The media should substitute the word "whorehouse" for "schoolhouse" whenever these incidents occur, and the copycats will soon be attacking the wrong place.

You damn betcha. They'll be getting shot with a .32 automatic, or cut with a straight razor.

[Smokin' Joe]

Suicide by school violence is the "in" way to go, if you're depressed.

And that wouldn't have anything to do with the medication of tremendous numbers of students--not to mention the general population.

Yes there havve always been people severely in need of medication, who are undeniably clinicly depressed, but it seems tremendous numbers of youngstres are being diagnosed as 'depressed' and medicated when they are only suffering the roller coaster ride of adolescence. They generally don't so much need pills as mentoring to help them sort out their world.