April 20th By garystue72

By garystue72
POSTED: 21 Apr 2011 02:28
CATEGORY: Miscellaneous
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April 20th is a somewhat important, but not in the way some of you are thinking. No, today [or yesterday depending on when this is posted] is known for two historical reasons;

1) Today was the birthday of Adolf Hitler.

2) Today the anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting that occured on April 20th, 1999 [thanks for the correction, Hull].

I'm going going to be talking mostly about the latter of the two.

On this day 12 years ago, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, 2 Columbine students who were costantly bullied, brought a gun and a "hate list", a list of classmates who had bullied them. They found each person on the hate list and shot them and anyone who got in the way, including teachers. During the massacre, the two shooters approached a senior named Cassie Bernall and asked her if she believed in God. After responding "yes", they shot her. After the tragic incident had ended and they were caught, both Eric and Dylan commited suicide.

Hopefully this has enlightened some of you who have not heard of this tragedy.

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crazydog1223
27 Apr 2011 02:23

Isnt it national drug day or something? I heard people talking about it in my school...

The Ram
22 Apr 2011 20:15

@Amber: -.- They retaliated to bullying from others. Is it the same? The end-product is. Essentially: No.

Amber-Star
22 Apr 2011 06:37

Actually, they were not bullied, they WERE the bullys. :|

bradleybrown1198
22 Apr 2011 02:56

The first one they had shot was Racheal Elizibith scott. Look up Racheal's challange n research it then ask yourself "Do you accept the challange?". Btw she had a list of people who were bullied and stuff who she wanted to help. They were on the list.

Waffle King
22 Apr 2011 01:31

You're right. No one is evil. Everyone is.

Neongirlx
22 Apr 2011 00:31

Nobody is evil.

DeafDood
21 Apr 2011 22:27

How do you know his birthday? Hitler is evil. lol. Anyway. Great blog.

Firemaniac
21 Apr 2011 20:52

That senior should have just run away....

The Ram
21 Apr 2011 20:24

@Craig: Why does that come off as quite stereotypical?

@Hull: I watched that when I was 3, I believe. My grandmother thought it'd be a good movie for a 3y/o to watch.
And you're quite correct, April 20th, 1999. Here's a segment from Wikipedia I feel should be noted;

"After Harris complained of depression, anger, and suicidal thoughts at a meeting with his psychiatrist, he was prescribed the anti-depressant Zoloft. He complained about restlessness and a lack of concentration to his doctor, and in April was switched to a similar drug, Luvox.[13] At the time of his death, Harris had therapeutic Luvox levels in his system. Some analysts, such as psychiatrist Peter Breggin, have argued that one or both of these medications may have contributed to Harris's actions. Breggin claimed that side-effects of these drugs include increased aggression, loss of remorse, depersonalization and mania.[14]"

Biphenyl
21 Apr 2011 20:16

Hmm.
I bet they were far more than anti-socialites.

HullBreach
21 Apr 2011 17:39

The shooting had to have been in 1999, unless I am horribly mistaken. The murderers called themselves the "Trenchcoat Mafia", claiming inspiration from the scene in The Matrix where the heroes stormed the building that contained the agents. That movie came out in early 1999, when I was a senior in high school.

Mr Gurgles
21 Apr 2011 17:12

you forgot to add on my birthday

EpicArtifex
21 Apr 2011 15:07

I sincerely hope that nobody presumes all atheists are like that because of this blog.

April 20th

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