Okay folks, I just know I'm gonna have a VERY hard time keeping the expletitives out of this one, though I will try.
As you probably already know by now, Jefferson County officials released a video which show Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold showing off some of their weapons at a nearby rifle range. However, it's not the fact that they released it that irks me (although it does since a Federal judge ordered the tape, and anything else associated with the Columbine massacre DESTROYED), but it's HOW the Jefferson County officials are releasing it that makes my blood BOIL (and it should makes YOURS boil as well). :-(
They are charging $20 and are SELLING copies of the video to ANYONE who has the $$$ who wants a copy. Heck, why don't they just put up a BIG HUGE display at Blockbuster Video or Hollywood Video or something? This way, they can sell HUNDREDS of copies.
I mean, does the county not see the potential for copycats who could be more successful here?? Obviously not. Look at the case of the two teenagers in New Jersey The SCARY part of that is they didn't have access to a video or whatever. I shudder to imagine what could happen when such a copycat does get this TRIPE of a "video".
This is NOT "entertainment". It isn't even "Reality TV". It is a GLAMOURIZATION of the actions of A PAIR OF KILLERS and their so-called "friends". Plain and simple.
Now.....Having said that, I sympathize with the parents' desire to have all the information on the Columbine investigation disseminated (sp?), but THIS IS NOT THE WAY. Moreover, this video should be DESTROYED. The judge's ORDERS were VERY SPECIFIC. They contained NOTHING which gave Jefferson County ANY LEGAL RIGHT WHATSOEVER to "Sell" ANYTHING related to Columbine for profit. For this alone, I hope the judge takes Jefferson County TO THE CLEANERS.
But has ANYONE thought about those who LIVED through that massacre and survived?? NO! Has ANYONE even ASKED them? NO! It's as if these people don't have rights or something because THEY SURVIVED COLUMBINE and have told about it. That IN AND OF ITSELF is a cryin' shame! :-(
If there's one VOICE THE PEOPLE of Jefferson County still have, it is by way of THE VOTING MACHINE. If *I* were a Jefferson County resident, *I'd* call for sweeping changes across the board. This would mean that NONE of the incumbents in Jefferson County races in 2004 wwould get a "free pass". They all would have lost MY vote a LONG time ago.
If they wanna make a profit, that's fine. BUT NOT ON MY DIME. And certainly NOT with this TRIPE of a "video" which is marketed by Jefferson County as if it were an Arnold Schwartzenegger action movie.
Just my opinion.
Cheers for now :-)
Pat
