So we' ll have to see. Meanwhile, let's stop wondering naively, ingenuously how these shootings could be happening here. They can happen here because our leaders model violent responses to complex human problems, as they are doing now in Yugoslavia with disastrous results. They can happen here because there are 200 million handguns in this country. They can happen here because violence is glorified in television, movies, and children's games.
Conflict is inherent in the human condition.
Violence is not. Violence is something you learn. Children have to learn as they grow up that violence is an acceptable or unacceptable way of dealing with conflict, with feelings, with problems. Columbine can happen because we are the most violent people in the world, and we are teaching our children well. I'm proud of the success we've had in teaching peace, in helping youngsters see alternatives to violence for dealing with conflict.