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Re: Is Bionicle violence?
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Sat, 17 Feb 2001 21:09:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
> in article G8w4Ir.J6D@lugnet.com, Daniel Jassim wrote:
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> > Were the teen gunmen in Colombine spelling?) rich or poor?
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> I'm not sure if that has as much to do with it as the situation they were
> in. When I was in high school, I was squarely in the NERD category. The
> Athletes and the Beautiful People made fun of me and my friends all the
> time, in any situation or class. Perhaps the Columbine shooters were not
> able to withstand the continual taunts and insults. The Popular People in
> high school were some of the cruelest people I have ever encountered... and
> they never let up. They made fun of me and my friends all the time. People
> can crack under that kind of pressure. Still, I managed to find some sort of
> equilibrium and cast off the insecurities the popular kids may have
> projected onto me.
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> However, had I not been a member of my own social group, it would have been
> quite possible for me to have done the same thing. I knew where my stepdad
> hid the key to the gun safe. I knew how to use a gun, from trips to the
> shooting range. It's kind of frightening when I think about it.
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> But I grew up watching violent TV shows and movies, and playing with GI-Joe
> action figures. And yet, I'm a very gentle and nonviolent person. Is it some
> innate quality that makes me this way? Or is it my upbringing?
Mark,
It seems we had similar upbringing. I was a NERD in school and got the same
taunts from the Beautiful People. I had a close circle of friends, which
probably helped. My father actually collected guns (and other weapons) and kept
them all in a (very secure) room built specially, and I knew where the key was
(though dad thought I didn't). I never shared his passion, and since he died,
the collection was split up & sold, but I had the same frightening thoughts
after the Port Arthur massacre (about 1 hour from where I lived at the time),
even though the perpetrator was significantly older.
Why did I not grow up like that? I don't know. But I do know it began young - I
had no interest in dad's guns as young as I can remember - I preferred my Lego
& model trains. Occasionally I get the urge to hurt people, but these urges
have decreased significantly since I sold my car - maybe driving in peak hour
traffic has something to do with violence? Who knows....
ROSCO
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