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Originally posted by Lebell
I think my focus is that we are forcing the familys to continually re-live the tragedy without really healing.
So while I agree that retrospects can serve a good purpose, we have not STOPPED looking at Columbine, so how can there be a retrospective?
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Well, I would argue that we did stop looking at Columbine for a few years when there was nothing new information-wise. For about six-months to (generously) a year after the shooting, it was very much in the news. Then, it faded to the background - certainly not disappearing from people's minds, but not pinging the radar of the national media, with the exception of the one year anniversary, when there were ceremonies. (And, it's worth noting, the date was marked in Littleton today by closing the school for a day.)
All that said, I've neither seen nor heard any complaints from anyone in the Columbine area. Most are happy their children haven't been forgotten - and are working hard to make sure this sort of thing doesn't happen again. If there's any family who would rather it not be mention, it's one of the two that claimed the shooters as their son.