Out of the Blue [Apr 21, 2003, 08:42 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Here's an unpleasant anniversary I ran across while doing a bit of poking around
in the archive: Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of the school shootings in
Columbine High School, which took place on April 20, 1999. :(
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>You might not believe a "journalist" would cut something up as bad as I just did...
believe it? Hell, I'd expect it. You ever see someone in real life being interviewed on camera. They're all "err, um" all the time - bad TV. They prune all that out to get the "spirit" of what they were trying to say. Sometimes whole sentences are "pruned". I know what your saying (i think i may have implied as such) and while i think you're example was slightly more extreem than what I intended, sure... taken any words you can make me say anything.
However, if you break from the spirit of my argument, thats when you end up in courts with a hefty lawsuit on your ass and one of those quarter column inch retractions hidden by the liposuction commercials.
anyways, some folks don`t like the film, some do - and theres lots of reasons on both sides. id be surprised if an issue like gun control didnt provoke this reaction to be honest. I'm pretty sure though that we can all get behind the idea that columbine was a tragic event, and something we could well do with remembering....
believe it? Hell, I'd expect it. You ever see someone in real life being interviewed on camera. They're all "err, um" all the time - bad TV. They prune all that out to get the "spirit" of what they were trying to say. Sometimes whole sentences are "pruned". I know what your saying (i think i may have implied as such) and while i think you're example was slightly more extreem than what I intended, sure... taken any words you can make me say anything.
However, if you break from the spirit of my argument, thats when you end up in courts with a hefty lawsuit on your ass and one of those quarter column inch retractions hidden by the liposuction commercials.
anyways, some folks don`t like the film, some do - and theres lots of reasons on both sides. id be surprised if an issue like gun control didnt provoke this reaction to be honest. I'm pretty sure though that we can all get behind the idea that columbine was a tragic event, and something we could well do with remembering....
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