The killers lives exhibited nothing of the wanton neglect and abuse associated with the childhoods of other notorious mass murderers, such as Charles Manson . Gun owners, violent entertainment, competition in school, and many other elements of American society have all been blamed. But this is nonsense. Yet all these millions of children do not spend a year planning a mass murder of innocent classmates. What Columbine shows is that evil is not always the result of a bad environment.
Evil can be a conscious choice.
The Columbine killers knew this. Not my parents, not my brothers, not my friends, not my favorite bands, not computer games, not the media, it s mine. The responsibility for the wicked deeds of the two Columbine murderers is theirs alone. The moment that they passed into the next life, they began paying the price for that responsibility.