School shooting-- at my high school

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Oh, god. I grew up in a quiet little town where nothing bad ever seemed to happen. People still leave their doors unlocked.

Maybe it's my having been born in New York, but I don't understand this attitude. It's a modest precaution, like washing your hands, that can prevent a lot of grief.

Or was everybody in your town armed to the teeth?

Sorry to hear about your school. If something like that happened at my school, it wouldn't surprise me. I must be getting old. On the other hand, if something like that had happened at my school back in the day, it wouldn't have surprised me either.

[Alex]

I grew up in a regular-sized town with methlabs within blocks and we still never locked the doors (when we went on vacation we always left a window open so that that the cats could get in and out).

We also never locked the car doors either.

My theory on life is "it'll suck to get robbed and it'll really suck to get robbed and have to buy a new door or window." That said, I've not yet been married to a person who shares this philosophy and they always win.

[RStar]

Violence should not happen at school and people should not die at Disneyland. But it happends, and it sucks big time.