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People seem to be mystified about why the shooting of high school students at Columbine happened [SPECIAL REPORT, Dec. 20], but the answer is staring us plainly in the face. Like the parents of gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who did not notice the early warning signs, society fails to see the path down which it has been heading for some time. Harris and Klebold were themselves victims of a world that left them in a perpetual state of misery. They were desperately searching to find some way not to go out as losers. PAUL FEDERICI St. Catharines...
TIME's irresponsible cover has given Harris and Klebold the celebrity they wanted. And when an equally irresponsible director like Quentin Tarantino makes the movie, these twisted boys will have achieved the fame for which they killed and ruined so many lives. JUDITH C. BARKLEY San Diego...
...parent of two students at Columbine High. Do you think that looking at Harris and Klebold on the cover of your magazine holding the automatic weapons that killed or physically or mentally maimed our children will give us a sense of resolution? It's more like pouring salt on the wounds. To release your story just before Christmas--one that for many parents and siblings will be the most difficult of their lives--shows a shocking lack of compassion. I do think the story needs to be told, but your timing was callous. The picture--never. JOANNE ABEL Littleton, Colo...
...feel pity for Klebold and Harris. How do we let kids get so lost, feel so alone, that they would do something like this? Their actions were not the fault of their parents or their teachers. These boys were simply victims of the way our society treats teenagers, and they changed from lonely, outcast little boys to violent, homicidal young boys. LANI BROWN Portales...
...player Evan Todd. He justified the teasing of the "rejects" by calling them "homos." The picture he painted reflects the narrow-minded and offensive climate that fills Columbine High. It is comments like Todd's that fuel the anger, embarrassment and feelings of inadequacy of people like Harris and Klebold, because these youngsters do not fit the acceptable mold. To say as others do that "the whole social-cruelty angle was overblown" is ridiculous. As a senior in high school, I have watched for the past 3 1/2 years as the wrath of social pressure has destroyed the self-confidence...