Medicine Hat girl guilty of first-degree murder *1st post edited

[columbine]

Apparently, both these people were into the Goth culture.

No - they played violent video games!
No - they must have been involved in a religious cult!
No, no, no - it was all that TV and sugary junk food!
Check their record collections - bet it'll ALL be heavy metal!



These two were crazy. Maybe drunk or on drugs. "Goth culture," if anything, "drives" kids to spend all their money on art supplies or musical instruments. Scapegoating broad swaths of the population serves no purpose, and just scares people needlessly.

Love, Columbine

[lady_zana]

No - they played violent video games!
No - they must have been involved in a religious cult!
No, no, no - it was all that TV and sugary junk food!
Check their record collections - bet it'll ALL be heavy metal!



These two were crazy. Maybe drunk or on drugs. "Goth culture," if anything, "drives" kids to spend all their money on art supplies or musical instruments. Scapegoating broad swaths of the population serves no purpose, and just scares people needlessly.

Love, Columbine

With that, I agree. I would fall under the "Goth" category - not Emo, Big difference! - but I've never taken drugs in life, never killed anyone, work for human rights, and my favorite video game is Kingdom Hearts! - It's hard to feel violent imagining a world where Mickey Mouse is the king. ( Anyone else play? I'm a total KH-junkie.)

What I'm trying to say is just because someone is goth, it doesn't mean they are a bad person. You can't tell what a person is going to be like because of the way they look.

Before I close, I want to mention something the article said - it said her parents "didn't approve of their relationship." Huh? If they didn't approve, why didn't they stop it? I don't know the exact laws of Canada but I do know they have laws against a 23-year-old dating a 12-year old child.

[BC_MoM]

Um.. why would a 12 year old girl talk about killing her parents? That is just warped. And her friends, apparently, speak like this too? That's freaky.

I think the sentencing was fair. Kids these days are growing up a LOT faster than they used too. This crud about kids not knowing the consequences of their actions is a real load.

[sparks19]

Um.. why would a 12 year old girl talk about killing her parents? That is just warped. And her friends, apparently, speak like this too? That's freaky.

I think the sentencing was fair. Kids these days are growing up a LOT faster than they used too. This crud about kids not knowing the consequences of their actions is a real load.

I agree.....

I can definitely say at 12 years old I KNEW BETTER. And to say that a 12 year old doesn't comprehend death or murder is just an excuse.... but to say they don't understand it after the blood has spilled and they carry on and kill more after that first person? I think they would have figured death out by then

[Cataholic]

I am stunned, again, that there is anyone on here that would think, in this particular situation, that shifting ANY blame towards the parents is reasonable.


What, is her brother at fault, too, for yelling "nana nana boo boo" too many times? Or, maybe because he made fun of her for having bad skin?

[RICHARD]

What, is her brother at fault, too, for yelling "nana nana boo boo" too many times?

And I thought ignoring women made them go crazy.

[lizbud]

And I thought ignoring women made them go crazy.

Richard, That's a myth.


It's really quite the opposite. Trust me.