I'm glad to know where the shooting happened. All I ever heard was northern California. My girlfriend lived in Pollock Pines, which is just past Placerville. I don't understand all the shootings we're having. Surely people can settle there differences in a better way than shooting them unless they're trying to commit Police suicide. I feel sorry for the kids, you know they have to be traumatized. People used to think they were safe at school; not anymore.Emma > From: bubblez@jps.net > To: bubblez@jps.net > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:00:12 -0800 > Subject: [ML] OT School Shooting > > There was a shooting at my Grandsons school in Placerville, CA. > > All the kids are fine the janitor shoot the principal. > > Please say a prayer for these kids as we don't know yet about the emotional > fall out. > > Barbara > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In my never very humble opinion, kids don't realize how fatal "fatal" is or how injurious a shooting or other violent act can be, even if it isn't fatal. (I do realize the shooter in Placerville is an adult.) And they deduce from TV, movies, games, & real life that violence really never does much harm, and that the way to settle your differences and/or get what you want is to use violence. And they are pretty certain nothing bad will actually ever happen to them. Their brains just haven't grown up enough to put it all together. And one thing that gripes me ... at trial, the relatives of violent perpetrators announce to the world that they are really "good kids" that just made a little error in judgment. Not my idea of good kids. In January in Seattle a teen who had been in juvenile detention for killing Edward McMichael, known as the Tuba Man, "and police say he bragged about killing the beloved Seattle figure. The recent incident happened less than two weeks after he was released from jail for another felony." http://www.komonews.com/news/local/114187579.html Where is this "good kid" getting his lessons from? There are plenty more violent acts I could complain about, of course ... but I'm putting my soapbox away. Connie > > I'm glad to know where the shooting happened. All I ever heard was > northern California. My girlfriend lived in Pollock Pines, which is just > past Placerville. I don't understand all the shootings we're having. > Surely people can settle there differences in a better way than shooting > them unless they're trying to commit Police suicide. I feel sorry for the > kids, you know they have to be traumatized. People used to think they > were safe at school; not anymore.Emma

Not if what they have been raised on is violent Tv. Glamorizing killing. It is a horrid attitude problem and it is not going to go away. War bred war. And don't think it is all mental. peer group and gangs and bullies thrive on control.IMO too many have let someone else raise their children.. bud. Ps Media plays far too much attention to these crimes. Ride the courts to do their job.!!!!

Last Nov. a group of African American teens beat a 25 year old man to death. When questioned, the leader said they were "bored". A week ago Sat. a group of 7 younger teens (again, African American) were out trying to break windows. They ganged up on a friend of ours who was crossing the street from where he parked his car to go into a restaurant and beat him on the back of his head. He was injured but not seriously. Again they said they were bored. Both happened in New London, CT. My daughter and grand daughter have been going to art galleries down there with their crafts; now son-in-law says no more New London. City council and school superintendent have no clue what to do...so far no one has suggested 10 years hard labor MINIMUM. Looking instead at throwing more money at it. More for them to do!! Do they seriously figure that kids with this gang mentality will stop beating people to play bingo and basketball? Am I furious? Don't ask. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: samuels To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [ML] OT School Shooting Not if what they have been raised on is violent Tv. Glamorizing killing. It is a horrid attitude problem and it is not going to go away. War bred war. And don't think it is all mental. peer group and gangs and bullies thrive on control.IMO too many have let someone else raise their children.. bud. Ps Media plays far too much attention to these crimes. Ride the courts to do their job.!!!! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message