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Originally Posted by EMJ

Now I'm curious. What's rational about getting a call from your kid's school that your kid has just been hacked up by a fellow student for no reason and that 20 others were also victims? I don't advocate pitchforks and torches, but what is that parent supposed to feel? Are they supposed to say, oh well, there's nothing we can do. Preposterous. They'll want to do everything possible to ensure that something - anything - can be done to keep their child safe. What rational thoughts and facts are you alluding to? Where's the supposed "witch" here? There's no imaginary scenario here - a real person was subdued in the process of committing the assault.

Originally Posted by EMJ

See Tweezer's post. She gets it. You don't.

School systems have a plan and it's called emergency preparedness and prevention, and it's geared towards knowing the pulse of the students and what friction and warning signs may exist in it's school that could lead to a tragedy. Anybody with school age children knows this. Apparently, you don't. Should an emergency as you describe occur, and it inevitably and unfortunately will, the plan is always to be as prepared as possible, and to always continue to improve on it. Especially, after these types of incidents.

Your condescending tone does little to further your argument.

I agree that the school should review their security procedures. The emotional desire to do "something, anything" (per above quote) is where this goes off the rails. I cannot imagine the pain of losing a child. Sadly it happens every day. Death is not always preventable. 9 teens recently died in CA when a FedEx truck hit their tour bus. Statistically, seven teens between 16 and 19 die EVERY DAY in car accidents, which is by far the leading cause of teen deaths. Island's post is 100% correct, there are some things that are simply beyond our control.

Originally Posted by EMJ

The irony is that you still don't get it. No one is saying these tragedies can be prevented entirely - that's foolish. Stating on a public forum that it's just another few kids stabbed in a school and it doesn't move you as some have said - pretty callous. And to argue that trying to prevent such a tragedy as much as possible as foolish - downright idiotic.

So I'll ask you again - how do you prevent it?