rhonderoo posted:That's what I'm talking about, Juli. It really seems to be on the rise here lately. I went to an inner city school here in Memphis in the seventies. I'm pretty aware that schools aren't always "safe", but in the context I'm talking about, I still say you didn't hear as much about school hostage situations and shootings as here lately. We'll just have to agree to disagree that there were school hostage situations with the same frequency as now.
harpuah posted:I'm confused... so you people who are arguing that there was school violence in the past, before Columbine, what exactly are you trying to say? Why is this a relevant point? What is the purpose of this argument?
Myth No. 10. “School violence is rampant.” It may seem so, with media attention focused on a spate of school shootings. In fact, school shootings are extremely rare. Even including the more common violence that is gang-related or dispute-related, only 12 to 20 homicides a year occur in the 100,000 schools in the U.S. In general, school assaults and other violence have dropped by nearly half in the past decade.
KnightWriter posted:10 myths about school shootings: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15111438/page/2/ Myth No. 10. “School violence is rampant.” It may seem so, with media attention focused on a spate of school shootings. In fact, school shootings are extremely rare. Even including the more common violence that is gang-related or dispute-related, only 12 to 20 homicides a year occur in the 100,000 schools in the U.S. In general, school assaults and other violence have dropped by nearly half in the past decade.
Dark Lady Mara posted:Are we not allowed to post any responses to this thread other than "how messed up; I hope the shooter burns in hell"? 'Cause that's getting into LeeKenobi territory.
