Place your bets

Will the killings at Red Lake end up, a year from now, with similar amounts of air time and column inches as Columbine?

If no, will that be from familiarity and ho-humness?

Will anyone look into the impact of the killings on a 300 person high school and community in a culturally insular place?

I can’t imagine, can you?

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66 responses to “Place your bets

  • radioactiveart

    For the record, I think it’s a fake.

  • radioactiveart

    For the record, I think it’s a fake.

  • radioactiveart

    For the record, I think it’s a fake.

  • radioactiveart

    For the record, I think it’s a fake.

  • radioactiveart

    For the record, I think it’s a fake.

  • radioactiveart

    For the record, I think it’s a fake.

  • pelelawngoddess

    thoughts

    I was at home and sick when this happened. I watched some TV that day…
    mind you not any news channels, but still, when something like this happens
    in richer communities there are news breaks and ongoing commentary (not that I condone that). However, here it is…what? two days later?…and I just got some peripheral information about it on the radio (npr late last night) and LJ (today).

    So, sadly, yes, it will get ignored in my opinion.

    I think it is a combo of complacency and a poor brown community that the media forgot a LONG time before this happened.

    However, there are people like you, and me and all the people who have spoken here…and beyond…who do care. Maybe it’s not enough but it is at least what it is…a faction of Americans who give a shit.

    I had to send children to school yesterday and today. Yeah, I give a shit.
    What I can’t imagine is that there are parents out there who would see this on the news or see the headline and just gleam it as if it happened on another planet.

    WTF!?

  • pelelawngoddess

    thoughts

    I was at home and sick when this happened. I watched some TV that day…
    mind you not any news channels, but still, when something like this happens
    in richer communities there are news breaks and ongoing commentary (not that I condone that). However, here it is…what? two days later?…and I just got some peripheral information about it on the radio (npr late last night) and LJ (today).

    So, sadly, yes, it will get ignored in my opinion.

    I think it is a combo of complacency and a poor brown community that the media forgot a LONG time before this happened.

    However, there are people like you, and me and all the people who have spoken here…and beyond…who do care. Maybe it’s not enough but it is at least what it is…a faction of Americans who give a shit.

    I had to send children to school yesterday and today. Yeah, I give a shit.
    What I can’t imagine is that there are parents out there who would see this on the news or see the headline and just gleam it as if it happened on another planet.

    WTF!?

  • pelelawngoddess

    thoughts

    I was at home and sick when this happened. I watched some TV that day…
    mind you not any news channels, but still, when something like this happens
    in richer communities there are news breaks and ongoing commentary (not that I condone that). However, here it is…what? two days later?…and I just got some peripheral information about it on the radio (npr late last night) and LJ (today).

    So, sadly, yes, it will get ignored in my opinion.

    I think it is a combo of complacency and a poor brown community that the media forgot a LONG time before this happened.

    However, there are people like you, and me and all the people who have spoken here…and beyond…who do care. Maybe it’s not enough but it is at least what it is…a faction of Americans who give a shit.

    I had to send children to school yesterday and today. Yeah, I give a shit.
    What I can’t imagine is that there are parents out there who would see this on the news or see the headline and just gleam it as if it happened on another planet.

    WTF!?

  • pelelawngoddess

    thoughts

    I was at home and sick when this happened. I watched some TV that day…
    mind you not any news channels, but still, when something like this happens
    in richer communities there are news breaks and ongoing commentary (not that I condone that). However, here it is…what? two days later?…and I just got some peripheral information about it on the radio (npr late last night) and LJ (today).

    So, sadly, yes, it will get ignored in my opinion.

    I think it is a combo of complacency and a poor brown community that the media forgot a LONG time before this happened.

    However, there are people like you, and me and all the people who have spoken here…and beyond…who do care. Maybe it’s not enough but it is at least what it is…a faction of Americans who give a shit.

    I had to send children to school yesterday and today. Yeah, I give a shit.
    What I can’t imagine is that there are parents out there who would see this on the news or see the headline and just gleam it as if it happened on another planet.

    WTF!?

  • pelelawngoddess

    thoughts

    I was at home and sick when this happened. I watched some TV that day…
    mind you not any news channels, but still, when something like this happens
    in richer communities there are news breaks and ongoing commentary (not that I condone that). However, here it is…what? two days later?…and I just got some peripheral information about it on the radio (npr late last night) and LJ (today).

    So, sadly, yes, it will get ignored in my opinion.

    I think it is a combo of complacency and a poor brown community that the media forgot a LONG time before this happened.

    However, there are people like you, and me and all the people who have spoken here…and beyond…who do care. Maybe it’s not enough but it is at least what it is…a faction of Americans who give a shit.

    I had to send children to school yesterday and today. Yeah, I give a shit.
    What I can’t imagine is that there are parents out there who would see this on the news or see the headline and just gleam it as if it happened on another planet.

    WTF!?

  • pelelawngoddess

    thoughts

    I was at home and sick when this happened. I watched some TV that day…
    mind you not any news channels, but still, when something like this happens
    in richer communities there are news breaks and ongoing commentary (not that I condone that). However, here it is…what? two days later?…and I just got some peripheral information about it on the radio (npr late last night) and LJ (today).

    So, sadly, yes, it will get ignored in my opinion.

    I think it is a combo of complacency and a poor brown community that the media forgot a LONG time before this happened.

    However, there are people like you, and me and all the people who have spoken here…and beyond…who do care. Maybe it’s not enough but it is at least what it is…a faction of Americans who give a shit.

    I had to send children to school yesterday and today. Yeah, I give a shit.
    What I can’t imagine is that there are parents out there who would see this on the news or see the headline and just gleam it as if it happened on another planet.

    WTF!?

  • isisoisis

    I am surprised they even showed it on t.v., rez world is volent anyway.

    Will they care less than if they were white middle class kids…instead of brown poor kids?

    YES…

    UNFORTUNATLY.

    A lot of women die like Lacy… but not all of them are pretty and well off.

    We don’t hear about them.

    Surprised we heard of the 9 year old in FL.

    Maybe no rich white people got hurt that week.

    Am I bias…. or just pointing out the bias?

    I talk about what happens to NA people all the time, no -one wants to listen.. because NA don’t really exsiste but in some either romanized vission or some KKK vission… niether real.

    But this was real.

    And he was just like all the other kids who did this… but YET.. the bullies.. are not ment to pay.

    Try to tell a school system of years of abuse from other children… and they will talk to you about waht meds you kids need so they are not “out cast” all BS.

    o.k. venting over.

  • isisoisis

    I am surprised they even showed it on t.v., rez world is volent anyway.

    Will they care less than if they were white middle class kids…instead of brown poor kids?

    YES…

    UNFORTUNATLY.

    A lot of women die like Lacy… but not all of them are pretty and well off.

    We don’t hear about them.

    Surprised we heard of the 9 year old in FL.

    Maybe no rich white people got hurt that week.

    Am I bias…. or just pointing out the bias?

    I talk about what happens to NA people all the time, no -one wants to listen.. because NA don’t really exsiste but in some either romanized vission or some KKK vission… niether real.

    But this was real.

    And he was just like all the other kids who did this… but YET.. the bullies.. are not ment to pay.

    Try to tell a school system of years of abuse from other children… and they will talk to you about waht meds you kids need so they are not “out cast” all BS.

    o.k. venting over.

  • isisoisis

    I am surprised they even showed it on t.v., rez world is volent anyway.

    Will they care less than if they were white middle class kids…instead of brown poor kids?

    YES…

    UNFORTUNATLY.

    A lot of women die like Lacy… but not all of them are pretty and well off.

    We don’t hear about them.

    Surprised we heard of the 9 year old in FL.

    Maybe no rich white people got hurt that week.

    Am I bias…. or just pointing out the bias?

    I talk about what happens to NA people all the time, no -one wants to listen.. because NA don’t really exsiste but in some either romanized vission or some KKK vission… niether real.

    But this was real.

    And he was just like all the other kids who did this… but YET.. the bullies.. are not ment to pay.

    Try to tell a school system of years of abuse from other children… and they will talk to you about waht meds you kids need so they are not “out cast” all BS.

    o.k. venting over.

  • isisoisis

    I am surprised they even showed it on t.v., rez world is volent anyway.

    Will they care less than if they were white middle class kids…instead of brown poor kids?

    YES…

    UNFORTUNATLY.

    A lot of women die like Lacy… but not all of them are pretty and well off.

    We don’t hear about them.

    Surprised we heard of the 9 year old in FL.

    Maybe no rich white people got hurt that week.

    Am I bias…. or just pointing out the bias?

    I talk about what happens to NA people all the time, no -one wants to listen.. because NA don’t really exsiste but in some either romanized vission or some KKK vission… niether real.

    But this was real.

    And he was just like all the other kids who did this… but YET.. the bullies.. are not ment to pay.

    Try to tell a school system of years of abuse from other children… and they will talk to you about waht meds you kids need so they are not “out cast” all BS.

    o.k. venting over.

  • isisoisis

    I am surprised they even showed it on t.v., rez world is volent anyway.

    Will they care less than if they were white middle class kids…instead of brown poor kids?

    YES…

    UNFORTUNATLY.

    A lot of women die like Lacy… but not all of them are pretty and well off.

    We don’t hear about them.

    Surprised we heard of the 9 year old in FL.

    Maybe no rich white people got hurt that week.

    Am I bias…. or just pointing out the bias?

    I talk about what happens to NA people all the time, no -one wants to listen.. because NA don’t really exsiste but in some either romanized vission or some KKK vission… niether real.

    But this was real.

    And he was just like all the other kids who did this… but YET.. the bullies.. are not ment to pay.

    Try to tell a school system of years of abuse from other children… and they will talk to you about waht meds you kids need so they are not “out cast” all BS.

    o.k. venting over.

  • isisoisis

    I am surprised they even showed it on t.v., rez world is volent anyway.

    Will they care less than if they were white middle class kids…instead of brown poor kids?

    YES…

    UNFORTUNATLY.

    A lot of women die like Lacy… but not all of them are pretty and well off.

    We don’t hear about them.

    Surprised we heard of the 9 year old in FL.

    Maybe no rich white people got hurt that week.

    Am I bias…. or just pointing out the bias?

    I talk about what happens to NA people all the time, no -one wants to listen.. because NA don’t really exsiste but in some either romanized vission or some KKK vission… niether real.

    But this was real.

    And he was just like all the other kids who did this… but YET.. the bullies.. are not ment to pay.

    Try to tell a school system of years of abuse from other children… and they will talk to you about waht meds you kids need so they are not “out cast” all BS.

    o.k. venting over.

  • slayerscreamer

    most definitely is. a lot of those comments are really vicious

  • slayerscreamer

    most definitely is. a lot of those comments are really vicious

  • slayerscreamer

    most definitely is. a lot of those comments are really vicious

  • slayerscreamer

    most definitely is. a lot of those comments are really vicious

  • slayerscreamer

    most definitely is. a lot of those comments are really vicious

  • slayerscreamer

    most definitely is. a lot of those comments are really vicious

  • mojodragonfly

    Yeah. Everytime an LJ is in the news, their jounrals fill up quick.

    This one is quite scary, as far as the comments he is getting.

  • mojodragonfly

    Yeah. Everytime an LJ is in the news, their jounrals fill up quick.

    This one is quite scary, as far as the comments he is getting.

  • mojodragonfly

    Yeah. Everytime an LJ is in the news, their jounrals fill up quick.

    This one is quite scary, as far as the comments he is getting.

  • mojodragonfly

    Yeah. Everytime an LJ is in the news, their jounrals fill up quick.

    This one is quite scary, as far as the comments he is getting.

  • mojodragonfly

    Yeah. Everytime an LJ is in the news, their jounrals fill up quick.

    This one is quite scary, as far as the comments he is getting.

  • mojodragonfly

    Yeah. Everytime an LJ is in the news, their jounrals fill up quick.

    This one is quite scary, as far as the comments he is getting.

  • slayerscreamer

    damn, that guy’s LJ is lit up with comments from people I’m sure he didn’t know.

  • slayerscreamer

    damn, that guy’s LJ is lit up with comments from people I’m sure he didn’t know.

  • slayerscreamer

    damn, that guy’s LJ is lit up with comments from people I’m sure he didn’t know.

  • slayerscreamer

    damn, that guy’s LJ is lit up with comments from people I’m sure he didn’t know.

  • slayerscreamer

    damn, that guy’s LJ is lit up with comments from people I’m sure he didn’t know.

  • slayerscreamer

    damn, that guy’s LJ is lit up with comments from people I’m sure he didn’t know.

  • mojodragonfly

    I don’t know if you have a morbid curiosity like me,
    but the kid that murdered everyone had a livejournal:

  • mojodragonfly

    I don’t know if you have a morbid curiosity like me,
    but the kid that murdered everyone had a livejournal:

  • mojodragonfly

    I don’t know if you have a morbid curiosity like me,
    but the kid that murdered everyone had a livejournal:

  • mojodragonfly

    I don’t know if you have a morbid curiosity like me,
    but the kid that murdered everyone had a livejournal:

  • mojodragonfly

    I don’t know if you have a morbid curiosity like me,
    but the kid that murdered everyone had a livejournal:

  • mojodragonfly

    I don’t know if you have a morbid curiosity like me,
    but the kid that murdered everyone had a livejournal:

  • delrica

    it’s already forgotten about. it won’t be looked into the way it should be.

    and that’s just sad.

  • delrica

    it’s already forgotten about. it won’t be looked into the way it should be.

    and that’s just sad.

  • delrica

    it’s already forgotten about. it won’t be looked into the way it should be.

    and that’s just sad.

  • delrica

    it’s already forgotten about. it won’t be looked into the way it should be.

    and that’s just sad.

  • delrica

    it’s already forgotten about. it won’t be looked into the way it should be.

    and that’s just sad.

  • delrica

    it’s already forgotten about. it won’t be looked into the way it should be.

    and that’s just sad.

  • mojodragonfly

    I’m cynical when it comes to the media. The amount of airtime this gets will be directly related to the amount of sensationalism that can be drawn.
    So, ho-humness, I guess.

    I believe the media stopped reporting long ago(well those that did report). Now, they tell you what to buy and think. Political capital, a little fear. WIll it aide in a new product or way to think, that would be the deciding factors that are coupled with the amount of sensationalism drawn.

  • mojodragonfly

    I’m cynical when it comes to the media. The amount of airtime this gets will be directly related to the amount of sensationalism that can be drawn.
    So, ho-humness, I guess.

    I believe the media stopped reporting long ago(well those that did report). Now, they tell you what to buy and think. Political capital, a little fear. WIll it aide in a new product or way to think, that would be the deciding factors that are coupled with the amount of sensationalism drawn.

  • mojodragonfly

    I’m cynical when it comes to the media. The amount of airtime this gets will be directly related to the amount of sensationalism that can be drawn.
    So, ho-humness, I guess.

    I believe the media stopped reporting long ago(well those that did report). Now, they tell you what to buy and think. Political capital, a little fear. WIll it aide in a new product or way to think, that would be the deciding factors that are coupled with the amount of sensationalism drawn.

  • mojodragonfly

    I’m cynical when it comes to the media. The amount of airtime this gets will be directly related to the amount of sensationalism that can be drawn.
    So, ho-humness, I guess.

    I believe the media stopped reporting long ago(well those that did report). Now, they tell you what to buy and think. Political capital, a little fear. WIll it aide in a new product or way to think, that would be the deciding factors that are coupled with the amount of sensationalism drawn.

  • mojodragonfly

    I’m cynical when it comes to the media. The amount of airtime this gets will be directly related to the amount of sensationalism that can be drawn.
    So, ho-humness, I guess.

    I believe the media stopped reporting long ago(well those that did report). Now, they tell you what to buy and think. Political capital, a little fear. WIll it aide in a new product or way to think, that would be the deciding factors that are coupled with the amount of sensationalism drawn.

  • mojodragonfly

    I’m cynical when it comes to the media. The amount of airtime this gets will be directly related to the amount of sensationalism that can be drawn.
    So, ho-humness, I guess.

    I believe the media stopped reporting long ago(well those that did report). Now, they tell you what to buy and think. Political capital, a little fear. WIll it aide in a new product or way to think, that would be the deciding factors that are coupled with the amount of sensationalism drawn.

  • allan_inc

    This shit is fuct up

    man when i went to school i was only worried about getting hte shit kicked out me by the football players – i guess hsit is different now….. i guess people have less tolerance for each other than they used to…..i acutally felt safe at school when i went 7-8 years ago….. this place even had a metal detector….. this kid still got past it….that shit is fuct up

  • allan_inc

    This shit is fuct up

    man when i went to school i was only worried about getting hte shit kicked out me by the football players – i guess hsit is different now….. i guess people have less tolerance for each other than they used to…..i acutally felt safe at school when i went 7-8 years ago….. this place even had a metal detector….. this kid still got past it….that shit is fuct up

  • allan_inc

    This shit is fuct up

    man when i went to school i was only worried about getting hte shit kicked out me by the football players – i guess hsit is different now….. i guess people have less tolerance for each other than they used to…..i acutally felt safe at school when i went 7-8 years ago….. this place even had a metal detector….. this kid still got past it….that shit is fuct up

  • allan_inc

    This shit is fuct up

    man when i went to school i was only worried about getting hte shit kicked out me by the football players – i guess hsit is different now….. i guess people have less tolerance for each other than they used to…..i acutally felt safe at school when i went 7-8 years ago….. this place even had a metal detector….. this kid still got past it….that shit is fuct up

  • allan_inc

    This shit is fuct up

    man when i went to school i was only worried about getting hte shit kicked out me by the football players – i guess hsit is different now….. i guess people have less tolerance for each other than they used to…..i acutally felt safe at school when i went 7-8 years ago….. this place even had a metal detector….. this kid still got past it….that shit is fuct up

  • allan_inc

    This shit is fuct up

    man when i went to school i was only worried about getting hte shit kicked out me by the football players – i guess hsit is different now….. i guess people have less tolerance for each other than they used to…..i acutally felt safe at school when i went 7-8 years ago….. this place even had a metal detector….. this kid still got past it….that shit is fuct up

  • ex_johnnylex316

    I was just thinking the same thing.

    If not, we’ll know that the Seventh U.S. Cavalry still marches, with video cameras and microphones.

    Ah God, the prairie.

  • ex_johnnylex316

    I was just thinking the same thing.

    If not, we’ll know that the Seventh U.S. Cavalry still marches, with video cameras and microphones.

    Ah God, the prairie.

  • ex_johnnylex316

    I was just thinking the same thing.

    If not, we’ll know that the Seventh U.S. Cavalry still marches, with video cameras and microphones.

    Ah God, the prairie.

  • ex_johnnylex316

    I was just thinking the same thing.

    If not, we’ll know that the Seventh U.S. Cavalry still marches, with video cameras and microphones.

    Ah God, the prairie.

  • ex_johnnylex316

    I was just thinking the same thing.

    If not, we’ll know that the Seventh U.S. Cavalry still marches, with video cameras and microphones.

    Ah God, the prairie.

  • ex_johnnylex316

    I was just thinking the same thing.

    If not, we’ll know that the Seventh U.S. Cavalry still marches, with video cameras and microphones.

    Ah God, the prairie.

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