Reply #27: One moment that stands out is the time of the Kent State shootings. [View All]

[kath]

I was a couple of days short of 14, and we lived in the Cleveland area, about a 45 minute drive from KSU. Some adults said "They should've shot more of 'em". I was totally appalled, thinking "how can you SAY such a thing!!"

(my memory is fuzzy on this part, and I've been wanting to check with old friends and family to see if anyone can verify, but my 8th grade American History teacher MAY have been one of the "they should've shot more of 'em" camp. If he actually voiced such thoughts to a class of 8th graders, then that is really, really, really appalling.)