Boston: Pearson. I was just messing with you all a little bit in my other posts. They haff come here to haff a nice dinner und a nice time. Let's set aside the pipe bomb issue and Eric's scrapes with the law for a moment and ask why they weren't more involved with their kid. There was a creepy thread started by a sociopathic OP a couple of weeks ago where this was discussed. I just don't know how something that is so basic as how the brain works is something that can be treated with therapy. I can handle them "spending too much time on the killers", but unfortunately I recognize there are too many whackjobs in this country who would just see it as glorification. Psycrotrenic, charter member of the International Reb&Vodka fan club. She is the author of A Mother's Reckoning, a book about the signs she missed of Dylan's mental state. By David Brooks. But you also can't argue with success. It's up to me what I do with it. AAron Ontiveroz/the Denver Post via Getty Images After sitting and waiting for 13 hours, I just needed to get home. They could still have been on the outskirts of the school. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the gunman, had been bullied for several years prior to the massacre. He deflates a lot of myths surrounding the event. I do find it odd that you'd characterise your 17 year old son as your 'best friend' anyway, you're his father. Several phone callers to the Jewish News have . This girl went on screaming for full minutes at a time - nobody came out of the house and told her to be quiet. What can I say, the mention of Dave Cullen's book piqued my curiosity. Those kids were their responsibility legally. Dylan Klebold's father contacted authorities, saying the boy might be involved and offering to help, Jefferson County District Attorney Dave . He was enrolled in a program for juvenile offenders run by the county court, he was taken to a psychiatrist and given both therapy and medication. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I didn't like life too much and I know I'll be happy wherever the fuck I go. I am certain that Sue no longer lives there but she still does visit the house as two Columbiners took a Columbine/E &D tour" in Jan .or Feb and saw Sue outside the house as they drove by. "In my opinion, what went on in their home led to Columbine.". . Well, Mrs. Klebold is quite the victim, isn't she? By his junior and senior years, Dylans parents knew something was wrong. We relate. Or is your tiny mind only capable of two viewpoints? He was one of the teens behind the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999. People need to understand this could have happened to them, he said. Nothing taken care of that I needed him to do (like take care of the cats). It is absolutely the parents vault. Ten years after the Columbine killings, the Harris family has not spoken publicly at all, and the Klebold parents have given one interview, to the columnist David Brooks here at the New York Times. Neither seemed to know where or with whom he was most of the time. My mom and I have always thought that my brother is one "snap" away from ending up hurting someone and/or in jail. I read a lot of opinions on Eric and his dad Wayne. April 20, 2009 6:01 PM. They had heard the gunmen may have been part of the Trench Coat Mafia, a loose group of students, including their son, who said athletes at Columbine bullied them. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold are once more in the family room of the Harris home. The Harrises moved away almost immediately. I was in high school at the time. of course, tom has never come out and publicly spoken the way sue has; from my personal observation he seems to be a little more torn up about it than she. Bit of a warning, it's a PDF file. The perpetrator often has faced peer or social rejection, endured bullying, has anger about the bullying, and lacks the social or coping skills to deal with these issues. Eric's parents were both born in Colorado but while his father Wayne Harris was working in the Air Force as a transport pilot, Wayne held 11 different positions at six different bases in Ohio . I don't know if the Klebolds had any inkling at all, but I really don't get the Harrises. I still think it's easy to place blame on the parents within the context of what happened, but tons of kids are little miscreant assholes who commit petty shit like Eric & Dylan were doing. She has spent the last 15 years excavating every detail of her family life, and trying to understand the crucial intersection . Klebold attended the high . May 15, 2004. Not only would that give us someone to blame (someone still living, unlike Eric and Dylan, who turned their guns on themselves), but it would also allow the psychic distance between x93usx94 and x93themx94 that frightened humans crave. ERIC AND DYLAN 4 LIFE! Maybe that's what I find so scary about the whole thing, that there are people who walk around, every day, and are completely lacking in everything that I thinks makes us human. . if anyone can correct or find the sources for me that would be greatly appreciated! Bull fucking shit. I'm sure they have given depositions but I don't think those were ever made public. And now she won't show it. Klebold was depressed and fell under Harris's influence. Any pix of the monster creators? His dad followed him around with a camcorder, capturing every move. Stop doing that." After-hours phone calls to Times officials were not returned, and Brooks did not immediately respond to an e-mail request for comment. : apparently tom was really hurt when 4/20 happened and grieved heavily because he felt like him and dylan were best friends, and had especially gotten closer in the months prior. Even still, he seemed happy and had a handful of close friends. Brian Rohrbough, father of victim Daniel Rohrbough, said he was outraged that the Klebolds . Or it's everything. I'm not a troll anonymous. Coni Sanders, whose father, Dave Sanders, a . [quote]But even if you work with them to avoid their *own* pain, that's a start. He had friends, but felt as if he were a burden; he wanted love, but the girl he was interested in didnt know he existed. See? Children learn psychopathy from their parents (e.g., the Bushes). I didnt hear it.. Sue Klebold broke down in tears as she remembered the funeral of her son Dylan. x93Thatx94 happened to x93themx94 because they were bad parents, we could tell ourselves. Agreed that Klebold's parents seem like total cunts, delusional in their whiny victim mentality. (They said no.) The recruiter cold-called him. Answer (1 of 2): His mother has (admirably, if belatedly) committed herself to educating people on how to spot the signs of malignant tendencies in their children in an effort to help separate real danger signs from "normal" teen BS. Some folks do indeed work from very primitive brain impulses. "However, there is credible, tangible, measurable, and repeatable evidence that there are some people, for whatever reason, have their brains wired differently.". They often have an interest in guns and weapons, with easy access to firearms, and have often repeatedly made clear their violent intentions to others (usually peers). I guess it's my generation. Indeed, up until he died, he had been going to school, working a part-time job, hanging out with his friends, planning for college all behaviors of a normal teenager. Sunday, April 25, 1999; Page A8. Dylan takes the camera then and begins filming Eric. And although there was never anything we could do to put him away, so to speak, before he hurt someone, my mother would *never* claim in an aftermath that she had no idea of his mental state or his comings and goings or that she didn't know what made him that way. Susan insists, "I haven't done anything for which I need forgiveness." Im looking for possible warning signs of trouble between these two individuals and their father-son relationship. Tom Klebold said they hope to understand someday why the shooting happened. Yet, despite a happy upbringing, Dylan still did what he did. My parents didn't know anything I did, didn't care,and were happy if I stayed invisible. 04-20-1999 Died. In my opinion, what went on in their home led to Columbine.. I couldn't do that to my family and I admit that I would never have the guts. "If a person was denying it, he would say, 'One of . He started getting in trouble, and complained of how certain groups of kids were ruthless bullies, yet the school did nothing to stop them. . Haven't most of you been able to conceal your homosexuality from your family for a number of years? "Doctors" can profit, too, financially, when their names are attached to certain "studies.". . LITTLETON, Colo., April 24 - The parents of Dylan Klebold, one of the teenage shooters in the Columbine High School massacre, said goodbye to their dead son . ". These two need to be gutted and hung out for the vultures. We are not violent.I would never do a shooting even though I work in an office with a bunch of former jocks and homecoming queens that haven't changed since they left school and are still as awful now as they were then. Good thing I did because Dylan hasn't exactly risen to a level of responsibility in my absence. According to a report in the Denver Rocky Mountain News, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was supplied with evidence a year ago that "Eric . it was probably dylan just being a snarky and sardonic person if the relationship had ever crumbled, or a classic father/son conflict. Talking about the home video they took of that day, Its absolutely stunning how normal Dylan seems (p. 235). multiple newspapers and media outlets in the days after reported dylan and his father having the kind of relationship where, when dylan would come home from school, they would share a snack and read the sports section of the newspaper together. Dang, I'm unemployed and I wanted to watch today's Oprah about Columbine. I go into Target and there are children shrieking like banshees in the shopping cart and the mother never says "Be quite. Dylan Bennett Klebold. The school shooting took place on April 20, 1999 at . "In the very . As a reporter scribbled, Hooker reconsidered. Ignore them. As we ourselves have often concluded in class, it seems Sue also came to the understanding that the massacre was the culmination of a number of different factors for Dylan, none of which on their own would have created such an act. His parents didnt understand the full extent of it, but high school wasnt turning out to be a kind place for him. He's wearing black BDUs (military-style pants) tucked into military-style boots. I remember Oprah had teachers and students from Columbine on her show within a month of the event. Yet later, he sees them more as zombiestrickier though andmore manipulative. Apologies in advance if this question has already been answered. It would be satisfying to blame the parents. Goodbye. Dylan Klebold (Dylan Bennet Klebold) was born on 11 September, 1981 in Lakewood, Colorado, United States, is a 20th century American mass murderers. Mrs. Klebold had her hair done the day after the shooting. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Both Adam and Dylan seemed to have good relationships with their moms (though Adam actually ended up killing his mother the day of the shooting), both struggled in school (Adam actually switched schools a few times. Klebold and Harris were in a juvenile diversion program for breaking into a van and stealing tools and other items in January 1998. I seem to remember them being called "fag.". What a twat. The parents of Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, remained in seclusion Wednesday as a global media horde encamped at their houses after the murderous rampage Tuesday at Columbine High School. crap, that is what I think of. It was weird. These incidents happen because the majority of people choose to look the other way if a kid seems a little off. There are a myriad of factors to consider. Shocking crime scene photos explode the myths and reveal shocking details! Denver area Jews, meanwhile, have expressed discomfort at the emphasis being paid to Klebold's alleged Jewishness. I wanted an apology. Dylan seems to have been a very unhappy person. I know my mom and dad will be just like.. just fucking shocked beyond belief. The Klebolds stayed, at least as of 2004. 5 feet 6.5 inches tall, 135-140 pounds. And now she won't show it. Although in their rantings, they seemed to have special hatred for fags, and various other epithets for minorities that I don't even like to write, let alone speak. Even after he broke into a car and stole stuff, there was no monitoring of his time spent making pipe bombs or firing guns or playing video games that glorified killing. At approximately 11:19 a.m., Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, dressed in trench coats, began shooting fellow students outside Columbine High School, located in a suburb south of Denver. He injured 2 students before his gun jammed and he was arrested. They were not the mainstream group. That's why Dylan got one for Christmas 99, it was Tom's way of finding something to bond with with Dylan. - You're all over this shit aren't ya? It's always about management. I can't help it. I'm with VoTN on this one. What is something of a mystery to me is why things reached the point they did. Pais was a student at Miami Beach High School who was reportedly obsessed with the school shooting at Columbine, the high school where 13 people were shot and killed 20 years ago. If anything, they seemed to hate everyone equally. Attacks seem planned in advance, with the shooter expecting to be killed or planning to commit suicide in conjunction with the attack. Tom seemed in complete denial. Thats Something that stands out about Dylan anyway, the Lack of Emotion regarding his parents. in CJ 725, Tagged: columbine, mass murderer, mental illness, school shootings. In the April 24 column, Brooks had paraphrased an article in the online publication Slate that said Harris and Klebold yearned to become the most prolific mass murders in history. "Susan said, came when somebody said, "I forgive you for what you've done." I've met members in USA, UK, Norway, Sweden,Germany,Brazil, Chile, Ireland, India and the Bahamas. Criminal behavior: a psychological approach. I want you to have that fly CD. Were not qualified to sort this out. 1/12 Tom is home from the hospital. This is my story | Sue Klebold, (Video) Sue Klebold: My life as the mother of a Columbine killer (EXCLUSIVE) - BBC Newsnight, (Video) Chris Morris friend of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, (Video) COLUMBINE SHOOTER: DYLAN KLEBOLD'S MOTHER GIVES FIRST TV INTERVIEW ! (The OP was looking for books on personality mirroring and other techniques sociopaths use). Dylan Klebold was 17 when he and Harris,18, carried out their long-planned attack on the high school about 13 miles south of downtown Denver. Sorry if I can't be interested in something without arousing your ire. His father claimed his body but the burial site is unknown. Harris' family eventually settled in Colorado in 1992. Oprah asked the teachers to describe Harris/Klebold, the teachers talked about how they didn't fit in, wore trenchcoats, seemed troubled and dangerous, and so on. Gotta go. The big trifecta of psychopathology. Yodack is a website that writes about many topics of interest to you, a blog that shares knowledge and insights useful to everyone in many fields. Klebold and Dylan's father, Tom, endured not only . Virginia Tech. But Sue and her husband didnt know what the signs they were seeing meant. The glaring one that Americans seem unable to see is the huge amount of available weapons in the US. My own experience is that my gifted teacher dragged me out of sporting events because they weren't academic enough, encouraged my teachers to assign me extra work that the other kids didn't do, and basically didn't understand teenagers, high school, or what it was like to be ostracized at all. The pair . He was fiercely independent, insisting his mother teach him how to bathe himself at the age of 5 or 6, and how to do his own laundry at age 10. Reviews: 81% of readers found this page helpful, Address: Suite 369 9754 Roberts Pines, West Benitaburgh, NM 69180-7958, Hobby: Worldbuilding, Shopping, Quilting, Cooking, Homebrewing, Leather crafting, Pet. comes from the shittiest of shitty, lazy parent(s). I couldn't put the book down, and even though I thought I knew the ending of the story, or at least most of it, I have to admit, the last couple of chapters, specifically the one detailing the Basement Tapes, and the one about what had happened leading up to Harris and Klebold committing suicide were fucking frightening. His negative traits werent out of the ordinary either, really: he was very sensitive to embarrassment, which sometimes led to anger; and he was perhaps a little too independent, where he wouldnt ask for help even if he needed it like when he had to take a break from baseball after pains he never mentioned became so bad they caused his arm real damage. Of course there is no formula for determining whether someone will turn out to be a school shooter, but I definitely agree with the sentiment that it is important to look at how these things happen. Forum Reputation : 52. . Sorry. I've always felt sorry for Dylan, who seemed so lost and depressed. Eric said his father never asked whether the caller even had the right phone number. As Dylan entered adolescence, he became a bit more complicated. You're a judgmental twat, r14. His father Wayne was an Air force pilot, his mother Kathy was a homemaker and his brother Kevin earned a masters degree and married. No, they hated the gay boys almost as much as they hated the jocks. Without advertising income, we can't keep making this site awesome for you. Hers was a love as dark and true, as embracing and self-abnegating, as Cordelia's. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, seniors at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., placed . In this case, the other shooter played a pivotal role in stoking Dylans rage and allowing him to break out of his own passivity and actually take steps toward the suicide he craved. Serious victim mentality with both of them. Dylan's mother, Sue Klebold, confirmed to radio host Terry Gross on "Fresh Air" Tuesday that she is Jewish, and her now ex-husband, Dylan Klebold's father, is Lutheran, and said her son . Plus the drug industry makes a profit. (Stephanie . So I'm gone. All the bullying stuff is bullshit. There are a lot more R&V followers out there than you would think. While I was able to share the manner by which she communicated her ideas and insights, I wasnt able to actually share those insights and ideas. Sue would later find out through his journals though that by sophomore year he was battling depression and suicidal thoughts. Byron Klebold is Dylan's older brother - photo of him at link. It's far more complicated than a matter of discipline. Growing up in Ohio, she had a mixed religious upbringing with her Christian mother and Jewish father. Kids hide things. So they actually DO blame the kids for setting off their little angels on a murderous rampage. At the same time, the father must have believed that his son's future was still bright. COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL massacre - WikiVidi Documentary. The Columbine story was recently remade, with some editorial changes, as The Hottie and the Nottie starring Paris Hilton. Brian Rohrbough, father of victim Daniel Rohrbough, said he was outraged that the Klebolds likened the day of the shootings to a natural disaster in the interview with Brooks. As a literature teacher, symbolism is not lost on me. Harris and Klebold met at Ken Caryl Middle School during their seventh grade year. I'm not doubting what you're saying, and if you've got any insight, I'd love to hear it, but short of actually going in and manually rewiring neurons, it just seems like the best case scenario would be non-destructive analytical automaton. Brooks said the Klebolds agreed to the interview after an exchange of e-mails initiated by Tom Klebold, who was angered by Brooks April 24 column. Sue (as both she and her son share the same surname, Im going to refer to them by their first names for the sake of clarity) begins by emphasizing that she and her husband, Tom, truly had no idea what Dylan was planning. This thread is going to hell in jig time if it turns into the all-too-familiar "they were running up and down the aisles and that caused Columbine!!!" (21 at the time). He was easy to raise, a pleasure to be with, a child who had always made us proud (Klebold, 2016, p. 61). KleboldI started reading the Columbine book, how does he try to explain Klebold? 17 year old son of Mr. Thomas Klebold (then 52) and Mrs. Susan (Yassenoff) Klebold (then 50), younger brother to Byron. Reb". They may show cruelty to animals, or alternatively a high degree of affection or attachment to animals. I'm not saying that there's no guilt, no responsibility, because no matter how our brains are wired, we're all creatures of free will and able to make moral choices, but to lay everything at the feet of society, or the parents, or the school, is way, way too simple. I just wanted to apologize to you guys for any crap this might instigate as far as (inaudible) or something. I hated her for a few years but its not a clear depiction of the totality of our relationship. WOuldn't one of the friends have felt him a little bit off, at the least?
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