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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-20-09 02:43 PM
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47. He interviewed an FBI psychologist
who was in charge of the domestic terroroism unit for the area. The FBI man's son went to Columbine, and he got tied into the investigation.The GMan reviewed thousands of pages and watched videos. A lot of the videos and writings were by Erivc and Dylan. He headed up a meeting on school shootings months later. Many leading psychologists attended. He presented his findings about Eric with some trepidation. He thought the psycopath label would lead to disputes among the group. It didn't. They agreed with his assessment.

You can call the writer a hack, but names won't change the caliber of work he has done. This wasn't a book done in one week to please the insatiable hunger the public has for info when things like this happen. He didn't issue a diagnosis. He listened to people who had been trained to. He began his story at the attack because he was a reporter there. He also believed a lot of what got sifted around and through. Cullen was as surprised as anyone after he talked to hundreds of people and looked at hundreds of pages. He used multiple sources where he could.

I may believe too much, but I looked at his history, his methodology and his sources. I think he is a lot closer to the truth 10 years later than people were at the time. There is more info of the overall picture that is available. In addition, he had the time to talk to a lot of people and examine the ideas that had been floating around.
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  -Columbine Are_grits_groceries  Apr-20-09 09:13 AM   #0 
  - Their parents failed. Your kids are amassing an arsenal of weapons  LeftinOH   Apr-20-09 09:16 AM   #1 
  - blame the kids  pnutbutr   Apr-20-09 09:23 AM   #2 
  - There's plenty of blame to go around, from parents to law enforcement  Heidi   Apr-20-09 09:32 AM   #6 
     - This is one of the myths that is debunked in the book--  kiva   Apr-20-09 09:56 AM   #24 
        - I realize that opinion exists, and I also realize that it's documented that Harris and  Heidi   Apr-20-09 10:29 AM   #38 
           - Your last sentence...  kiva   Apr-20-09 10:36 AM   #40 
  - A lot of people failed.  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 09:27 AM   #4 
     - IIRC, Eric and Dylan each had an older brother who today  DinahMoeHum   Apr-20-09 09:40 AM   #11 
        - Typical in even horrendously abusive families...  CoffeeCat   Apr-20-09 09:52 AM   #19 
        - Interesting point, although I severely doubt that was the case here  DinahMoeHum   Apr-20-09 10:01 AM   #27 
           - There is RARELY....  CoffeeCat   Apr-20-09 10:06 AM   #32 
              - Some would argue that it's negligent at the very least to have unsecured weapons  Heidi   Apr-20-09 10:34 AM   #39 
              - You're calling who naive??  DinahMoeHum   Apr-20-09 11:25 AM   #45 
        - So siblings are cookie cutter images of each other  HelenWheels   Apr-20-09 09:54 AM   #20 
        - I am a "military brat". You're right it is a shitty life for a kid in many ways  MindPilot   Apr-20-09 03:33 PM   #53 
  - The author manipulated the definition of bullying to fit his hypotheses  Nipper1959   Apr-20-09 09:25 AM   #3 
  - Sorry, but they weren't bullied like that.  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 09:32 AM   #7 
  - his agenda is relieving the guilt many should feel about bullying others  Nipper1959   Apr-20-09 09:36 AM   #9 
     - Believe what you will.  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 09:40 AM   #10 
        - Yes, but this author is relying...  CoffeeCat   Apr-20-09 09:59 AM   #26 
        - Believe what you want.  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 10:10 AM   #34 
        - Then he didn't watch "Bowling for Columbine"  goddess40   Apr-20-09 10:37 AM   #41 
           - Read: The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander  goddess40   Apr-20-09 10:40 AM   #43 
  - Sociopaths and psychopaths are born that way.  DevonRex   Apr-20-09 09:42 AM   #12 
  - A neglected aspect of the 'bullying' argument is the actual, physical  RaleighNCDUer   Apr-20-09 10:38 AM   #42 
  - delete  LanternWaste   Apr-20-09 03:17 PM   #51 
  - I think there is a lot that we will never know..  CoffeeCat   Apr-20-09 09:27 AM   #5 
  - What you saw about the bullying was one of the myths.  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 09:34 AM   #8 
  - We're you there to see how they were bullied?  Nipper1959   Apr-20-09 09:42 AM   #13 
  - Ok, I understand that you've read this book...  CoffeeCat   Apr-20-09 09:44 AM   #14 
  - The parents aren't innocent.  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 09:57 AM   #25 
  - Actually it sounded like Eric was doing the bullying  stray cat   Apr-20-09 09:55 AM   #21 
  - That's not unusual for a bully to try to create a bubble for themselves  HelenWheels   Apr-20-09 10:05 AM   #31 
  - Perhaps this book isn't really the end-all truth.  YOY   Apr-20-09 10:02 AM   #28 
  - They felt the need to change classes by walking outside  Nipper1959   Apr-20-09 09:45 AM   #15 
  - Reports?  stray cat   Apr-20-09 09:56 AM   #22 
  - But they do care about themselves. That is how they learn to function  DevonRex   Apr-20-09 09:45 AM   #16 
  - Definition of bullying  HelenWheels   Apr-20-09 09:47 AM   #17 
  - IIRC, isn't this the same author who discovered that the "Christian" targeting meme was false?  riderinthestorm   Apr-20-09 09:50 AM   #18 
  - yes  stray cat   Apr-20-09 09:56 AM   #23 
  - Yes.  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 10:02 AM   #29 
  - could you explain this to me, I've never heard about it  HelenWheels   Apr-20-09 10:03 AM   #30 
  - From Kiva's article posted just below:  riderinthestorm   Apr-20-09 10:17 AM   #36 
  - Yes, the myths had something for everyone.  kiva   Apr-20-09 10:09 AM   #33 
     - Thanks for the link.  riderinthestorm   Apr-20-09 10:21 AM   #37 
  - That sounds a lot like the initial report  underpants   Apr-20-09 10:10 AM   #35 
  - Author was NOT there since the beginning as he claims  goddess40   Apr-20-09 10:57 AM   #44 
  - Too quick to believe  HelenWheels   Apr-20-09 02:14 PM   #46 
  - He interviewed an FBI psychologist  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 02:43 PM   #47 
  - And what does the FBI know about bullying and it's effects  HelenWheels   Apr-20-09 03:13 PM   #49 
     - Whatever. nt  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 03:17 PM   #52 
  - If the shoe fits...  Raskolnik   Apr-20-09 03:56 PM   #54 
  - Hard to believe it's been 10 years already..  TRUEBELIEVER 66   Apr-20-09 02:47 PM   #48 
     - yes.  Are_grits_groceries   Apr-20-09 03:16 PM   #50 
 

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