-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 9:34 AM Subject: FC: Colorado shootings: Looking for someone to blame > http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/19291.html > > Looking for Something to Blame > by Declan McCullagh > > 8:55 a.m. 23.Apr.99.PDT > WASHINGTON -- Just minutes after Eric > Harris and Dylan Klebold gunned down > over a dozen of their high school > classmates, the world began searching > for an explanation. The massacre seemed > too abrupt, too painful, and too > inexplicable not to probe into the young > men's psyches, just a little. > > A profile of the duo soon emerged in news > reports. They were Hitler admirers, > outcasts, possibly Y2K buffs, and > certainly loners. > > They were also reportedly computer > geeks, fans of Doom and Quake. Harris > had, like many avid players, created > additional levels of the game. His alleged > Web site on America Online, since yanked > by the company, reportedly detailed plans > for constructing bombs. > > [...] > > > Trying to shield vulnerable members of > society from disruptive influences is a > response as old as humanity itself. Circa > 500 BC, the Greek philosopher Anaxgoras > was tossed in a dungeon after claiming > that the gods were mythical abstractions, > not reality. A jury in 1852 convicted a > Franciscan friar of burning a King James > Bible in violation of Irish law. > > [...] > > Congress' reaction this week is not new. > In congressional hearings in 1952, mental > health experts from the Mayo Clinic > blamed delinquency on TV "murder, > violence, shooting, hanging, kidnapping, > and the doings of wicked witches." > Laboratory studies in the 1960s -- since > called into question -- seemed to confirm > that violent films or cartoons led to > violent behavior. > > [...remainder snipped...] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology > To subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text: > subscribe politech > More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
