South Carolina Teen Caught in Plan to Bomb His High School

Okay, so I went to yahoo.com early this morning to try to keep up with my current events, and this is one of the stories I came across. "Police: Teen planned to bomb high school."

Here's the link to the story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24230688/

Even though there are many similar stories like this almost on a daily basis, it never ceases to shock me that today's teens are acting out so violently, especially when they are so passive-aggressive when it comes to dealing with their problems. Unfortunately, with some of these teens, it seems as if the problem has moved beyond being passive aggressive and has crossed the line to needing mental help.

But in all honesty, what is causing so many high school and college students to be driven so over the edge, that they want to kill other students who are most likely aware that they have done anything wrong to these individuals. Seriously, are these students so desperate for attention that they are willing to take lives? In many cases, it goes so much deeper than that.

What disturbs me most is seeing students who are admiring the "handywork" of those who were previous "school terrorists," such as the two students of Colombine High School, who seem to have really started this violent, sadistic phenomenon. If students continue to attack their schools, thinking they need to one-up the students of Colombine or the student at Virginia Tech, then it will just continue with a vicious cycle of emotionally/mentally disturbed teens and young adults who feel as if the only way they will receive attention is if they kill a certain # of students in their school. The more they kill, the more famous they will be. It's as simple as that. And then the "courageous" thing to do is to take your own life when you are done with your rampage.

So what happens next? More students will get this idea in their heads that killing is the easiest way to be noticed and then more students will be slaughtered. This may be a "trend" now, but what's going to happen five years from now? Ten years from now? Twenty? Any ideas, here?

If bombing/shooting schools is the trend now, what other extremes will people go to in the future? Will it eventually filter down from high schools and colleges to middle schools and elementary schools? Are we eventually going to need metal detectors in Day Care Centers? Seriously, how sick and demented is this world coming when you have to wonder every single day of your life, could my school be next?

I don't know about you, but I personally don't want to have to think about that. Unfortunately, this seems to be a new reality we must face.