[Grovenet] Hosstyle Disdain for the NEWS MEDIA

[Steele, Mike]

Hoss...I share some of your concerns.  The first thing that struck me
when NBC aired snippets of the killer's press kit was that this will now
be everywhere...on all the Internet sites where kids hang out, on the
morbid sites, anywhere...world wide.  It will metastasize infinitely.
Is this desirable?  I think not.  Did the NBC personnel involved
consider that...or did ratings drive their decision?  Their ratings were
sky high that night...which also says something--I don't know
what--about the viewing public.

--Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of Alan L Domenghini
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:43 AM
To: GroveNet at rdrop.com
Subject: [Grovenet] Hosstyle Disdain for the NEWS MEDIA

If what I'm about to say offends anyone, which includes anyone from the
media, then I shall relay on the first amendment of The Constitution of
the United States.         

In light of Va. Tech Disaster
An article in this mornings Oregonian says "Experts see Cho as textbook
killer", ad the inset says "Campuses hit by rash of threats, scares"
It has been my experience over the years both in Law Enforcement, and
now in Private Life that shortly after these types of articles air, all
of the nut case start doing the same thing.  Look at what happened
shortly after Columbine High School, and Springfield, Or.
I am wondering just how prepared the schools in our area are if this
should happen.  I think what worries me more is that some RedNeck will
grab a gun and go to wherever this might happen, and make things worse.
I saw this happen once while dressed in blue in my home town, but this
is another tale for another time.

~alan~ as "Mr Bliss" always states at the end of his posts "Speaking
Only For Myself~ Hoss
By the Bye ... I expect some sart butt will say "Hoss your life ain't
never been private"