Friday, December 14, 2012

Terrible Day In America

I am sitting here staring at my computer screen, an empty feeling inside of me. How can someone do something so terrible to children. What is the world coming too when stuff like this happens? I wanted to talk about the ignorant ramblings of Rob Parker, but how can you after something like this happens. There is nothing more precious than the innocence of a child. I see it first hand everyday when I play with my 3 year old nephew. I can't even begin to imagine what those families are going through and I know there is nothing that can be done or said to bring those families comfort. I'm going through different emotions here, sadness, anger, pity, anger some more. I want to know how this 20 year old got on an elementary school campus. This shouldn't be aloud. We must protect our children at all costs. Do I think metal detectors at all school entrances will stop anything? No it won't. This man shouldn't have been walking around campus. If he had a kid there then wait in the office, you are not aloud on school property. Is outlawing guns the answer? No. There should be more restrictions when buying a weapon. Guns are very violent yes but in the arms of someone who isn't right in the head. I can sit here and say it's television, video games, parenting and society but at the end of the day its all of those things. His parents need to be more mindful of him and communication is so big amongst family. Not the generic "how was your day?" I got home from work and was exhausted my mother came into my room and asked if i was okay. She saw something in my eyes that wasn't always there. Parents have this connection with their kids and need to confront the issue head on instead of denying that it's there. I am an avid video gamer and love the Call Of Duty franchise. It is very violent and the main purpose is to kill, but i have never once thought about grabbing a gun and doing something so terrible. Banning video games is going to the extreme, it would be like banning shoe laces because 20% of suicides are by kids who hang themselves with shoe laces. You don't treat the symptoms you treat the underlying problem. We need to do that. TV has been violent for years and the mainstream media i feel has done a great job showing how terrible events like this are. I love television and watch violent shows, The Wire is one of my favorite shows of all time. It's about drug dealers and the police trying to catch them. But this doesn't make me want to go by a dime bag and shoot up on a corner with bubbs. Parents are looking for any excuse to take the blame off themselves. We do it as a society and it needs to stop. We must take ownership of the situations and strive as a whole to make it right. We can't be worried about people looking at you differently because your son or daughter needs mental help. We can't have these generic conversations with no substance and we need to start being honest with each other and more importantly ourselves. My thoughts and prayers are with the families who are struggling to cope with what has happened. I am deeply sorry that such tragedies happen.

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