Sunday, July 22, 2012

The nation is reminded of Columbine

The memory of Columbine has been revived yet AGAIN with the James Holmes situation AKA the Batman Massacre. I've been following this story the past few days, and it's honestly a little exciting because of the connections between the two. It happened about 15 miles from Columbine. Also had almost the same death toll. Holmes killed 12 people (unless more of the critically wounded die). Almost topped Eric and Dylan but not quite!

The story may not be as interesting and powerful as Columbine was, but I'm pretty intrigued. I'm definitely interested in knowing what made such an intelligent guy from a well-off family snap the way he did. Hopefully we will find out since he decided not to kill himself. I wonder if many more details about him will emerge, such as photos, videos, stuff he's written. Without knowing him in a more personal way like Eric and Dylan, he won't be as memorable over the years. He sure made one hell of a headliner though, Eric would be proud!