Turning the other cheek doesn't work. I can vouch for that. I tried. Trust me, it never works.

What works is ensuring that the other side cannot continue the fight. That does work.

Maybe the point of the whole discussion went by you, so allow me to direct you to the problem at hand. The question is not whether your kid is safer at school or outside. The question is why teenagers choose their schools for seemingly "random" shooting sprees. Why do they go for their school? If their goal, as the media claim it to be, was to run amok, cause damage and kill aimlessly, a school is by no means a "good" target.

These kids are not on a random killing spree. They are taking revenge for what has been done to them.

That's the point. Not whether your kids are safer inside school or outside.

The most crime-ridden location in the US is 80% white. Both violent and non-violent.

And there is black flight. Most definitely.

Erh... that's basically what I said? That they don't simply go and mow down what's in their patch but actually choose their targets.

Violence breeds violence. If you attack me, expect me to retaliate.

Sounds more like the interview happened in some management circles.

Being a millionaire not only means you acquire a million but also that you get to keep it. Essentially, it means you earn one million more than you need to live your life.

I wish you the best of luck. I, too, had my share of fighting windmills, it's nice to see that people still have hope.

I, simply, don't.

And how could one become one of those 1000? Even if just 56% of them become rich that's good enough a chance for me.

I can actually blame the "victims" of that round of violence. Without their prior actions, this violence would not occur.

Don't listen to your markedroids is enough.

Actually it's a wonder there's not more kids deciding the only way out is to eliminate those that bully them, both teachers and other students.

Because there is precious little recourse a kid has in this scenario:

1. He cannot escape. He can't simply avoid going to school because he is being forced to do so.
2. He cannot avoid them. He cannot not cross their path. He can't put space between his tormentors and himself because he has to go to his classes.
3. He has no way to get aid. Anyone who could come to his aid has an interest in not aiding him.

The only logical choices are to endure it or to put an end to the situation. And the way for that is to end the life of those bullying him. It's actually very reasonable, considering the lack of other options...

People don't choose being a victim. Saying that him "deciding" to be docile and not resorting to violence is essentially the same argument as blaming the rape victim for the rape 'cause she decided to dress "too sexily".

Because the US is the bully of the international schoolyard. But that's besides the scope of this thread.