On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
> John D. Giorgis wrote:
> > >
> > >Unfortunately, we have not yet invented the "fanatacism" detector.
>
> Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> > As the afternoon's events in California have shown, we haven't even
> > invented the "disgruntled loner schoolboy" detector.
>
>
> The "disgruntled loner" is easy enough to detect, as they
> are somewhat common. What we need is a detector to tell when
> someone is about to go postal.
I thought I heard something yesterday on the radio about a girl shooting
another girl somewhere. So it's not just boys, although they're probably
going to be the majority.
But yeah, having an idea of when someone's fixing to go postal would be
good. The shooting in California was preceded by the kid going on about
it over the weekend, but he kept insisting he was joking. Some of the
kids who heard him, and didn't tell any adults, are feeling really awful
that they might have done something to prevent it if they'd told an adult.
Julia
