Brian Rohrbough-who's son was slain at Columbine

October 2nd, on the freespeech portion of a CBS news program, Brian Rohrbough, the father of a boy slain at Columbine, offered an opinion.


"I am saddened and shaken by the shooting at an Amish school today, and last week's school murders. When my son Dan was murdered on the sidewalk at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, I hoped that would be the last school shooting. Since that day, I've tried to answer the question, 'Why did this happen?'

This country is in a moral free-fall. For over two generations, the public school system has taught in a moral vacuum, expelling God from the school and from the government, replacing him with evolution, where the strong kill the weak, without moral consequences and life has no inherent value.

We teach there are no absolutes, no right or wrong. And I assure you the murder of innocent children is always wrong, inclucing by abortion. Abortion has diminished the value of children.

Suicide has become an acceptable action and has further emboldened these criminals. And we are seeing an epiemic increase in murder-suicide attacks on our children.

Sadly, our schools are not safe. In fact, we now witness that within our shcools. Our children have become a target of terrorists from within the United States."

Now this seems like a pretty accurate depiction of the current state of our education system to me. But viewers thought differently. Here are some of thier responses......

"Brian Rohrbough lost a son.. apparently he also lost his grip on reality."

"It's amazing over the last 24 hours all the Christian fanatic fundies who normally don't watch CBS News have flooded this site with praise for Brian Rohrbough. News sure travels fast in the fascist-wing blogosphere."

"CBS is pandering to right-wing-nuts.."

I guess I just find it disturbing when people can be so biased as to refuse to see the truth which stares them in the face.

On a different note, I finished reading Job today.

"Who then is able to stand against Me?
Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
Everything under heaven is MINE!"

Just a reminder in case you had forgotten.