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Old 09-14-2006, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Thomas Anderson
I will say though, not to condone actions like this, but just because people dress in black and are 'different' it doesn't mean we should call the police and such as this person recommends, no more than you'd suspect every young muslim man of being a terrorist or every blonde of being an idiot etc
I have to agree Neil - I think that's called paranoia. People can be very different without being violent. Unfortunately, violence is glorified in the media all the time - it doesn't surprise me that there is a Columbine Massacre video game. Some people will be drawn to this and cross the line. I doubt that there is any way of knowing who will or who won't. Chances are that if anyone was close to this individual they would have seen signs of an unstable or troubled person. But someone - such as a parent or a close friend would have to care enough to try to get involved and help this person out and that isn't always easy.

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