Now the problem has only escalated. Schools across the country are feeling the ripple of fear created by this madness. A letter of ambiguous content necessitated a police presence at Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School on Monday morning. Discovering the source of a problem is the first step in creating a remedy. There must be a reason why children are killing each other, and the time has come to figure it out.
Some people blame the glorification of violence in the media.
Censorship, the placement of restriction on communication, won't rectify the epidemic. It has already gained its own momentum. As bone-chilling as the thought is, there may be a child out there right now daydreaming about executing a massacre at school, and it probably has a lot more to do with the immediacy of his own life than something he caught on television. It isn't unusual for teenagers to be miserable. Adults are often unhappy too.