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liberal_at_heart

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40. I have suffered from depression and never thought about suicide. That doesn't mean we shouldn't

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 08:45 PM

Oct 2013

be helping people who do suffer and do have those kinds of thoughts. This kid obviously suffered horribly, and something should have been done about the bullying. That doesn't mean he should have killed the people he killed. It just means we have a problem that we cannot ignore.

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Bullying may have motivated Nevada school shooter [View all] theHandpuppet Oct 2013 OP

Called it. Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #1

That article is excruciating to read. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #2

So the penalty for bullying should be death? Beaverhausen Oct 2013 #13

Not ok Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #14

Plenty of bullied kids don't choose using a gun Beaverhausen Oct 2013 #15

But if we had done something to really stop bullying Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #16

Yes, they are the one who don't have access to guns. nt kelliekat44 Oct 2013 #32

Until we as a culture admit we have a problem nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #34

So using that logic... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #24

Two different situations. Incitatus Oct 2013 #43

Somehow I survived being bullied without gunning kids down... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #22

Me too. I don't condone violence... SummerSnow Oct 2013 #26

I have suffered from depression and never thought about suicide. That doesn't mean we shouldn't liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #40

"They were nasty little thugs who drove their victims to murder." warrant46 Oct 2013 #27

But today under "zero tolerance" Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #36

Well I suppose warrant46 Oct 2013 #39

That's the problem. Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #41

And the system needs to be fixed warrant46 Oct 2013 #42

It doesn't take cops in classrooms. Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #46

I don't think anyone is surprised (or should be surprised) by that. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #3

it usually is about bullying. the thing that gets me is so many schools ejpoeta Oct 2013 #4

Who is the real bully? Democat Oct 2013 #5

Well that's logical kcr Oct 2013 #7

I am all for finding the cause of a problem Democat Oct 2013 #9

Bullying is the problem. Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #19

From the Link warrant46 Oct 2013 #28

I wish it was limited to schools nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #31

As a mom? And admittedly one who has to constantly pull her son into line? ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #8

The NRA is the bully for making it easier for a 12 year old to get his hands on a gun. tenderfoot Oct 2013 #10

His parents broke the law hack89 Oct 2013 #12

Then they can go to jail with their child too. tenderfoot Oct 2013 #25

Their "child" isn't going to jail warrant46 Oct 2013 #29

The shooter isn't going to jail? tenderfoot Oct 2013 #35

Nope=== he capped himself warrant46 Oct 2013 #37

He shot people who were tormenting him. Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #17

the "real victims" are dead. the perp had the mistaken impression that at 12 his life was bettyellen Oct 2013 #20

He pointed the gun at a group of 30 terrified students and shot a math teacher Democat Oct 2013 #21

So his goddamned MATH TEACHER "tormented him?" Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #23

You're fucking warped. Union Scribe Oct 2013 #33

I'm scary? Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #47

The teacher he killed was tormenting him? Beaverhausen Oct 2013 #45

As horrible as bullying is... it may be beyond our capability to entirely eradicate. Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 #6

Hm. People reported that (wrongly) about Columbine Recursion Oct 2013 #11

People reported that CORRECTLY about Columbine. Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #18

My nickname in middle and high school was "queerbait." hunter Oct 2013 #44

We live in a bully society that condones the behavior nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #30

I was bullied at times. BlueCheese Oct 2013 #38