20 Years Later: Tragedy of Columbine

While 420 is something most think of involving weed and munchies, some think of that day for something else. One of these examples unfortunately was what happened in Littleton, Colorado. Reverse the clock to 20 years ago, and two dangerous teenagers opened fired on their Columbine school, killing roughly a dozen people, injuring almost 25 and then pulling the triggers on themselves.

It was over a year after a shooting in Paducah, Kentucky. In that one, a teen killed a couple people and injured a few more because of rejection from a girl. At least, that's what I remember reading. But that kid also had mental issues. And there's a reason why he's been in jail for 21 years and will never see the outside world ever again. The same applies to this here. But it goes deeper with bullying, prescription drugs. It's a cocktail with very lethal results.

The sad thing is that this wasn't really discussed when this first happened. Scapegoats were used. And this was one of the early instances to blame something on a video game. It's not like today where people can call out the media and the idiots who use it to blame.Their main culprit was Doom. Unfortunately, this was also the rise of dumbass lawyer Jack Thompson from Florida. He was instrumental to getting lawsuits for the Paducah shooting and this, all of which were dismissed. Blame was also on music, and a couple of movies that came out in the mid 90s.

What goes wrong? A teenager does not always think straight. Some cope with downright bullying. Some with fighting, comebacks, a lot of things. Part of me wants to slap my teenager self and teach him the ways of being a better person instead of being big mouthed and getting pissed over little things that shouldn't be a big deal. We all strive to be better. Most see that as a good thing. Others not so much. It's unfortunate what happened 20 years ago.

Columbine as a whole should be studied. It should be looked at from the psychological point, mental point and scapegoat point. This should be seen as how things were portrayed and how to look in deeper compared to what they did in 1999. Times have changed quite a bit.