Thread:YingHe/@comment-36159587-20190323014144/@comment-36159587-20190416231754

Sorry for abrupt transition from joking to ranting. Or...whatever the following would be called. Those faint of heart, I suggest not reading.

My school cancelled after-school activities...because there was a person who threatened to kill people in schools. To be honest, I've heard the name before, so I researched a bit. Supposedly, she is infatuated with the Columbine High School shooting.

First things first...how in the world is someone infatuated with a school shooting?

So, naturally, I researched the Columbine High shooting. I kind of wish I hadn't.

I can't seem to comprehend why anyone in their right minds would ever do something like that--hurt people, whether it would be complete strangers, people they hold grudges against, their own families with what they did--I just don't get it.

I was reading the narrated "Massacre" part, which was long and tragic. It detailed every person who was wounded and killed, and what the perpetrators did. But...as the names were scrolled through, and every single small event through however many minutes there were in that shooting, I realized...I couldn't remember.

Characters in stories, I can only remember those memorable few, but I can't when it comes to real world happenings. In fact, it's kind of undeniable...when friends leave to go to a different school and such, even their names end up being forgotten at some point.

So what of those victims? Would they just be forgotten, as those close to them survived and only remembered the event as a whole? Would they just be forgotten by all those except those closest, the absolute closest, to them? What of their memories when those absolute-closest to them vanished as well?

I want to know how many people will have their memories cut off too short, and how many will have others' memories of them cut off too. See, when it comes to the grand scheme of space and time, we're probably close to nothing. We're trying to make others remember us...but is it really purposeful, if someday we'll be forgotten anyways?

Maybe that's why people continually want power. Maybe that's even why people do bad things, too? Maybe they want to be remembered, just like the rest of us.

-Galaxian Explosion-