Teen found with 20 bombs at school

[Brian]

What is this world coming to????



Teen found with 20 bombs at school



:confuse2: :sad:

[epicbard]

i'm sure it was for educational purposes only

[Brian]

Originally posted by isomer
i'm sure it was for educational purposes only

You sure move around a lot!

[Joe Public]

Sad how youths today become violent and dangerous.

[Cogar]

If you tell people they are descended from animals, they will start to act like them.

[epicbard]

Originally posted by Brain
You sure move around a lot!

in what way? : scratches head :

[FightingChance]

Originally posted by Joe Public
Sad how youths today become violent and dangerous.

It has always been this way; not just now. Sensationalism would have you believe differently though.

[Monkey Hanger]

[Brian]

Originally posted by isomer
in what way? : scratches head :

Your country of origin (the wee flag under your name) seems to change almost daily. I figured you must be doing a lot of travelling.

[Panama Red]

Showed this article to my wife and her first reaction was "It's probably due to playing video games." My response was, if that were true why aren't there more of these situations? Probably half the people on this forum would then qualify as potential mass murderers!

[SLM crew chief]

Originally posted by Panama Red
Showed this article to my wife and her first reaction was "It's probably due to playing video games." My response was, if that were true why aren't there more of these situations? Probably half the people on this forum would then qualify as potential mass murderers!

That is so true. I'm so sick and tired of ignorant people blaming everything on video games and television. IT ISN'T REAL! Get over it. The problem is that no one wants to take responsibility for their own actions. Nothing is ever anyone's fault any more. It's society, TV, games, your mother/father hit you as a child, you had to clean your plate, you ate too much Micky D's, etc. I could go on and on.

Nothing will fix this untill people are forced to take responsibility for what they do. We seriously need to go back to the "eye for an eye" theory of crininal punishment. If you stab someone to death, you die by the blade, if you suffocate someone, duct tape a pillow to the perps face untill they die. If you torture and rape someone, the same acts should be preformed on you. Blow a bunch of people up, strap C4 to there chest and set them in the middle of a field...........wait, not yet...........OK NOW! BOOM When there is serious punishment for serious crime only then will you see a change.

[kbk_75]

I'm not meaning to start any flaming here, but genuinely, I wonder why this sort of thing happens so frequently in the U.S.A. ? I know it must happen all over the world and in some cases probably doesn't get reported, but it hasn't yet happened here, thank goodness.

Why would a 17 year old possibly want to murder, maime and traumatize fellow students? I can understand that in some cases kids are victimised at school, that happens the world over. Some times kids get beaten up or get into brawls, sure. But making bombs? I'm not even going to get into the whole gun thing, because it will just cause an endless argument.

Any word on this kid's parents? Family? What sort of background does he come from? I do believe that in many cases the kid's upbringing will have played a significant role in his desire to do this sort of thing.

Anyway, I'm glad they caught him and this time nobody got hurt. They need to set a precedent and come down really heavily on this guy. All this talk of being a minor and therefore a rap on the knuckles is BS! Anyone who's old enough to seriously plot and execute a method of mass murder is old enough for severe punishment.

Oh and one more thing...does anyone seriously believe that even a 5 year old, let alone a 17 year old, would get down to making bombs and taking a rifle to school just because he plays violent video games?

[kbk_75]

Double posted!

[Wingit]

Originally posted by Panama Red
Showed this article to my wife and her first reaction was "It's probably due to playing video games." My response was, if that were true why aren't there more of these situations? Probably half the people on this forum would then qualify as potential mass murderers!

Does anyone know where I could pick up a Redeemer?...or perhaps a Flak Cannon? (preferably at a discount)....I feel odd urges....

[Cogar]

Although I do not believe it justifies such actions, I do believe that violent TV, movies, and videogames do contribute to this attitude. I say that even though most everyone here knows I like FPS and TPS games. The situation here is that I have a different foundation (Christian) from which I operate. Someone with a bad foundation (abusive environment, no discipline or responsibility, no sense of right and wrong--just what works for you, etc.) will not feel as compelled to "follow the rules." Such a person can get ideas (or influence) from sources like TV, movies, and video games and decide to act things out since there is nothing else in their value system or worldview to restrain it.