Reply #3: I heard a news reporter say today,

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I think it was Geraldo, that predicted there would be a lot of copycats. And I thought to myself, much the same as your OP, that the media is much to blame for this. Yes, it is news, and it should be reported. But just the constant repeating of catastrophic news only perpetuates the sick minds who might resort to this insane behavior pattern.

If I, or mine, are ever subjected to such brutal actions, I would hope and pray that this would not be our fifteen minutes of fame and that justice could be served in a manner that would bring peace to those we left behind.

And then, I saw some freeper father of a victim of the Columbine massacre come on the news and talk about the awful violence against his child and those awful crimes of abortion and blame it on the lack of religion in our school and the fact that we don't allow God "in" our schools.

So, not only is the media's role a problem, but politicizing God - does this man think that if there is a God, and I believe there is, that we can kick him out of our schools. Is his God so shallow? Can't my child take God to school in his/her heart and in their actions? Does it take public prayer and the Ten Commandments on the wall to keep our children safe? I hardly think so.

Sorry, didn't mean to rant. You said it well.